NHTSA Complaint #10231654 — 2006 KIA SEDONA

BOUGHT 2006 KIA SEDONA NEW IN 2007. NO ISSUES UNTIL EARLY 2008 WITH LESS THAN 15K MILES. ENGINE LIGHT ON AND SOMETIMES BLINKING. VEHICLE STALLS WHEN IN GEAR AND AT A STOP. VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN DRIVING, OFTEN JERKING VIOLENTLY. HAVE HAD IN FOR WARRANTY SERVICE AT LEAST FOUR TIMES. MANY SENSORS REPLACED. SERVICE PROVIDER STATES KIA ADVISED VEHICLE IS DRIVABLE EVEN WHEN ENGINE LIGHT IN BLINKING. NO WAY FOR ME AS A CONSUMER TO TELL IF I AM DOING DAMAGE TO ENGINE OR OTHER COMPONENT. STALLING AND JERKING IS SAFETY ISSUE. SINCE I DID NOT PURCHASE AT MY NEAREST DEALER, LIBERTY AUTO PLAZA (LIBERTYVILLE, IL), THEY HAVE STATED THEY HAVE DONE WHAT THE CAN AND I SHOULD "TAKE IT UP WITH KIA". INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS COMMON UNRESOLVED ISSUE AND LIBERTY MANAGEMENT WAS AWARE OF ISSUE. MANAGER PLAINLY STATED HE DID NOT HAVE ISSUE CONTINUING TO SELL, YET HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM CONSUMERS. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE KIA TO PROVIDE MECHANICALLY SOUND CAR UNDER WARRANTY AGREEMENT, REPLACE OR REFUND. CAN NOT CONTINUE TO JEOPARDIZE FAMILY SAFETY OR TIME. *TR