2007 KIA SEDONA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Kia Sedona. The contact stated that he initially received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V088000 (Electrical System, Service Brakes, Hydraulic). A year after the recall repair was performed, while his wife was driving 55 MPH, grayish smoke started coming from under the hood. While she was pulling over, the ABS warning light illuminated the instrument panel due to both front brake calipers locking up. The contact’s wife allowed the vehicle to cool down for a while and was able to restart the vehicle and drive home without further incidence. The contact, who is a mechanic, then drove the vehicle to his dealer for an inspection and discovered that water had entered the EBCM (Electronic Brake Control Module) which caused the module to corrode. The contact also discovered that both fuses in the under-hood fuse block had blown which caused the smoke. Upon replacing the fuses,...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SEDONA. WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS UP TO 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER AND DECREASED SPEED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. ON FOUR OCCASIONS THE DEALER HAS UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE OXYGEN TUBE, OXYGEN SENSORS, AND TIGHTENED THE WIRES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK AND THE INSIST THAT THE FAILURE IS RELATED TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH TWO LEASED KIA SEDONA AND WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *NJ THE CONSUMER HEARD AN AWFUL RATTLE NOT LONG AFTER HAVING AN OIL CHANGE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE RESERVOIR AND OIL WAS ALL OVER THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THERE WAS NO OIL AND THE FILTER WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIMMY AND SHAKE. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS A DEFECTIVE CABLE, HOWEVER THE SHIMMY AND SHAKE RETURNED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECOND SEDONA BLEW A FUSE WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH. THEN, TWO MONTHS LATER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THIS VEHICLE ALSO RATTLED. *JB