NHTSA Complaint #10346935 — 2007 KIA SEDONA

2007 KIA SEDONA [XXX]NORMAL VEHICLE USAGE. WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL OPEN WITHOUT OPERATOR INTERACTION, RESULTING IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. TYPICALLY THE POWER SIDING DOOR IS CLOSED USING ONE OF TWO POWER BUTTONS, FIRST IN OVERHEAD CONSOLE FOR DRIVER THE SECOND IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE PASSENGER ON THE BODY FRAME. WITHOUT NOTICE THE DOOR WILL OPEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. OCCASIONALLY THE NON-LATCHED DOOR WARNING WILL LIGHT UP FOLLOWED BY THE WARNING ELL AND THEN THE DOOR IS OPEN. THE POWER BUTTON IS DISABLED TO ALLOW THE DOOR TO BE CLOSED MANUALLY AND THE SAME SCENARIO WILL OCCUR. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR, INDICATING THAT DIDN'T HAVE CORRECT PARTS, AND NEED TO ORDER. MUST STILL OPERATE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION. SIMILAR INCIDENT WITHIN THE PAST YEAR WITH DOOR ON OTHER SIDE OF VEHICLE, DON'T RECALL EXACT DATE OR FIX PERFORMED BY DEALERSHIP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR