NHTSA Complaint #10439948 — 2011 KIA SORENTO

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE "PUSH TO START" FAILING IN OCT. '10, THAT WAS FIXED. DEC. 12, 2011 AM I COULD NOT START MY CAR. THE PUSH TO START DID NOTHING. AFTER TRYING VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR 15 MIN I TRIED AGAIN AND THE CAR STARTED WITH THE PUSH BUTTON AND BRAKE APPLIED. I CALLED KIA TO REPORT IT AND HAD THE DEALERSHIP CHECK IT OUT THAT MORNING, THEY FOUND NO ERROR CODES. I STARTED MANY MORE TIME WITH NO INCIDENT UNTIL THE NEXT PROBLEM. DEC. 14, 2011AM, AGAIN I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I COULD HERE A SMALL "TIC" AS I PRESSED THE START BUTTON. I REMOVED MY PHONE AND EZ PASS FROM THE AREA AS SUGGESTED BY THE DEALER, NOTHING. I GOT A DIFFERENT FOB FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE, NOTHING. I STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR, STANDING NEXT TO IT AND THE CAR STARTED BY ITSELF, NO ONE PRESSING THE BUTTON. THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE IMPOSSIBLE AS YOU MUST PRESS THE BRAKE AND BUTTON FOR THE CAR TO START. NO ONE WAS IN THE SEAT AND THE KEY WAS IN MY POCKET BY THE OPEN CAR DOOR. *TR