NHTSA Complaint #10133819 — 2005 KIA SEDONA

DT: 2005 KIA SEDONA. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT IN MAY, AND IT STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FIST TIME VEHICLE STALLED WAS IN JULY. CONSUMER'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WHEN APPROACHING A LIGHT THE CAR STALLED. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. SECOND TIME THAT VEHICLE STALLED WAS WHILE DRIVING ON I95 AND SLOWING DOWN 20 -25 MPH. AGAIN,NO INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AT THIS TIME. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. A THIRD TIME THE CAR STALLED, BUT IT WAS RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. CRANKED THE CAR AND IT ONLY STAYED FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS. THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST TWICE. . THE CONSUMER MADE IT TO A GAS STATION AND PUT MORE GAS INTO THE GAS TANK WHICH SHOWED A LITTLE OVER TANK. STARTED BACK UP AND DROVE HOME. THE FORTH TIME, WHILE DRIVING ON A HILL HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND THERE WAS A DECREASE IN ACCELERATION AND VEHICLE STALLED. THE CAR HAD AT LEAST TANK OF GAS. NO INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON PRIOR TO THE CAR STALLING. *AK