NHTSA Complaint #10411896 — 2011 KIA SORENTO

MY 2011 KIA SORENTO IS STUCK IN THE DRIVE POSITION. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON AND OFF FOR A FEW MONTHS BUT WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO MANIPULATE THE BRAKE, AND KEY TO GET THE CAR TO SHIFT. TODAY I LEFT FOR WORK, MADE A QUICK STOP AT THE STORE AND MY KIA WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. I WAS AE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. I TURNED THE CAR OFF APPLIED THE ER BRAKE GOT WHAT I NEEDED. RETURNED TO THE CAR AND STARTED IT. WAS STILL UNABLE TO SHIFT TO P, OR R. I WAS IN NEUTRAL AND LUCKILY ON A SLIGHT SLOPE SO THE CAR ROLLED BACK ENOUGH TO AVOID HITTING THE BUILDING. PLACE THE CAR IN DRIVE AND WENT ON TO WORK. WHEN I ARRIVED AT WORK THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT GO IN TO ANYTHING BUT N AND D THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND DOWN SLOP LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF. AFTER A WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR IN PARK. I THEN LEFT FOR AN APPOINTMENT AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF P. GIGGLED THINGS AROUND AND FINALLY WAS ABLE TO BACK UP AND DRIVE. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY APPOINTMENT THE KIA WOULD NOT GO INTO R OR P AND IT REMAINED THAT WAY. I HAD TO PLACE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL APPLY ER BRAKE. AFTER WORK I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE GEAR SHIFT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET IT TO GO INTO REVERSE. I HEARD LOUD CLUNKING NOISES. BACKED UP SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY. PUTTING THE CAR INTO DRIVE I HEARD MORE LOUD NOISES. I THEN PROCEEDED TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND LEFT IT FOR THEM TO CHECK IT OUT. I'M EXTREMELY AGGERVATTED THAT I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR UNLOCKED ALL DAY WITH THE KEY IN THE EMISSION AND ER BRAKE APPLIED. I HOPE THIS HELPS WITH THE INVESTIGATION OF THE BAD TRANSMISSIONS IN THE KIA. *TT