2004 KIA SORENTO Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

WELL, THERE IS AN ANNOYING, OVER TIME DRIVEN HISSING SIBILANT NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE KIA SORENTO 2004 VEHICLE I WENT TO KIA, AND COMPLAINT ABOUT IT . THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY HEARD THE NOISE, BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH LOUD FOR THEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IN MY LIFE I NEVER HAD A CAR THAT MADE SUCH NOISE . COULD SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT IT?*AK

TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED CAUSING OVERFLOW OF ATF ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD IGNITING A FIRE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2004 KIA SORENTO TWO YEARS AGO. IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE. TAIL LIGHTS/BRAKE LIGHTS BURNING OUT FREQUENTLY WHICH IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SINCE I DELIVER RURAL USDA MAIL. NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS BROKEN!! KIA-DULUTH ASKED IF I HAD HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AT THE SPECIFIED MILEAGE AND THAT THEY WILL NEED VERIFICATION OF THIS. (I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THEIR OBJECTIVE WAS TO NOT HONOR THEIR WARRANTY (10 YEARS/100,000 MILE WARRANTY IF I HAD NOT FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION). I FAXED THEM THE RECEIPT INDICATING THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN FLUSHED. I CONTACTED KIA-DULUTH THE FOLLOWING DAY BECAUSE I HAD NOT HEARD FROM THEM. HE SAID HE HAD NOT HEARD BACK FROM KIA YET TO AUTHORIZE THE REPAIR. THIS VEHICLE HAS CAUSED ME SO MUCH LOST WORK TIME, STRESS AND HAS BEEN EMOTIONALLY DRAINING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. KIA'S DECEPTIVE...

SINCE BUYING MY SORENTO IN FEBRUARY 2004, I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE CAR SOMETIMES HAS TO "THINK" BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR AND THERE IS NO PREDICTABILITY AS TO WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. IN EXAMPLE I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR JUST WOULD NOT GET GOING IT HESITATES AND THEN DROPS INTO GEAR. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT HE HAS HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE BUT THERE IS NOTHING HE COULD DO TO HELP. HE SAID THAT IT SEEMS TO BE THE COMBINATION OF THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION AND THAT SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE JUST A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CAR, THERE WOULD BE NOTHING THAT KIA WOULD DO. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS VEHICLE CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. SINCE IT IS A 6 CYLINDER, I WOULD BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD GET UP AND...

THE CONSUMER APPROACHED A DRIVEWAY WHICH HAD A SLIGHT INCLINE. THE CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPENED. AT LEAST TWO MINUTES LATER, A CLICK WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS UNTIL IT HIT A TREE. A KIA REPRESENTATIVE CAME THREE DAYS LATER, INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND CLAIMED NO RESPONSIBILITY. *AK *SC *JB