2011 KIA SORENTO Structurebody Problems

KIA SORENTO 2011 DOOR HANDLES KEEP COMING APART IN OUR HANDS WHEN JUST OPENING DOORS 'NORMALLY' (I.E.- NO JERKING FORCES USED, JUST NORMAL OPENING FORCE !!!) KIA MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE ABSURD 90% PLASTIC DOOR HANDLES ! THIS IS THE 3RD TIME - WE ARE NOT GOING TO KEEP PAYING KIA DEALER TO FIX HANDLES ! US GOV'T MUST GET INVOLVED IN THIS!WHAT KIND OF BOGUS DESIGN USES PLASTIC HANDLES? PLEASE MAKE THIS ISSUE KNOWN TO PROPER GOV'T AGENCIES & KIA 🧐THANK YOU

DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE ON THE DRIVER REAR SIDE. ALSO I AM STARTING TO HAVE ISSUES WITH MY GEAR SHIFT. I CAN'T PUT MY VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. IF I DO GET IT OUT OF PARK, 2 OF MY DASHBOARDS LIGHTS COME ONE. I ALSO NOTICE WHEN THESE LIGHTS ARE ON MY BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT SHOW ON THE REAR SIDE. THIS IS AM HAZARD AND MY TRUCK SLIPS FROM TIME TO TIME.

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT DOORS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THE DOORS ARE INOPERABLE AND DO NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. I HAVE TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR AND REACH INSIDE HANDLE TO OPEN THE FRONT DOORS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS I WORRY THAT EVENTUALLY ALL OF THE DOORS WILL STOP WORKING. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A PLASTIC MECHANISM INSIDE THE DOOR FRAME THAT FAILS AT SOME POINT. MY WIFE CONTACTED KIA CONCERNING THE ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. THE DEALERSHIP HAS QUOTED OVER $300 TO REPAIR ONE DOOR. THIS SHOULD NOT COST THE CONSUMER AS THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH THIS MATTER. THANK YOU.

MY CAR DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON SUDDENLY AND DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR. THE DRIVER SEAT LOWER BACK ADJUSTING CUSHION DOES NOT FUNCTION ANYMORE. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT UMLOCK DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE TO DIAGNOSE OR INSPECT AND ORDER THE DOOR HANDLE BASE MECHANISM PART, THEN CHARGE FOR THAT AND INSTALLATION.

5XYKT3A15BG[XXX], DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR WANT OPEN. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT

SRS/AIRBAG LIGHTS RANDOMLY CAME ON AMD SHUT OFF ALSO DOOR STOPPED OPENING

ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, KEEPS STALLING OUT AT A STOP OR WHEN TURNING, SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING BURNING, NOW MAKING A ROUGH GRINDING NOISE FROM MOTOR. KEEPS GOING THROUGH OIL, PUTTING TWO QUARTS OF OIL IN EVERY OTHER DAY. PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IN BACK WONT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS BLOWING OUT, THE TIRES ON THE FRONT END KEEP GOING BOLD.

REAR DRIVER'S SIDE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF WHILE TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE BROKEN DOOR HANDLE RENDERS THAT DOOR USELESS, AND IN AN EMERGENCY, THE DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE EXTERIOR. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY/ PARKED WHEN THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE. AN INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE WITH THE KIA SORRENTO. THE LOCAL KIA DEALERSHIP, WHEN ASKED, STATED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN, BUT THERE IS NOT YET A RECALL. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE DOOR "LATCH", WHICH DID NOT COVER THE HANDLE ITSELF. A RECALL OF A DOOR "LATCH" SHOULD INCLUDE THE HANDLE, IF BROKEN.

PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR LOCKED, UNABLE TO OPEN FROM OUTSIDE OR INSIDE MANUALLY OR WITH REMOTE. PREVIOUSLY DOOR WAS REPAIRED DUE TO RECALL, DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF ALSO DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONING. VEHICLE STATIONARY OR IN MOTION WONT OPEN. PLEASE ADVISE.

MY BACK PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. I PUT MY TWO GRANDSONS IN THE VEHICLE ONE ON EACH SIDE PUT THE SAFETY LOCKS ON THE NEXT DAY THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE

DOOR LATCH PROBLEM, WON'T OPEN FROM INSIDE, AND THEN WON'T OPEN ON OUTSIDE. IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS KIA, FOUND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAME ISSUES. YOU UNLOCK THE DOOR AND DOOR LATCH WON'T UNLOCK THE DOOR . IT WILL NOT OPEN. SO YOU HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE TO OPEN . THE SECOND SIMILAR PROBLEM. DOOR UNLOCKED, BUT YOU CAN'T OPEN THE DOOR, THIS SAME ISSUES HAPPENED ON DRIVER'S SIDE!

THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. YOU CAN REACH ACROSS THE INSIDE OF THE CAR AND OPEN.

THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM EITHER THE OUTSIDE NOR THE INSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN ISSUE WAS NOTICED.

DOORS ARE NOT OPENING FROM THE INSIDE NOR OUTSIDE. DOOR HANDLE BROKE ON ONE DOOR WHEN OPENING.

CAN NOT OPEN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. I HAD THE SAME ISSUE LAST YEAR WITH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR.

DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. CHILD LOCK IS ON AND NOW I CANNOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE EITHER.

FRONT INSIDE DOOR HANDLES CHROME PEAL OFF CAUSING CUTS ON HANDS.

MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NO LONGER OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. I HAVE TO REACH ACROSS THE PASSENGER SIDE AND PULL THE INTERIOR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN IT.

IN 2017 MY DRIVER SIDE EXTERIOR REAR DOOR HANDLE WAS BEING OPENED BY MY 98 LBS DAUGHTER AND THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. CAR WAS IN PARK THEN IN 1018. THE PASSENGER EXTERIOR REAR DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF BY THE SAME 98 LB DAUGHTER. TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES. IF I WAS IN A CAR WRECK AND PASSED OUT. YOU WOULDNT BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE BACK SEAT.

WENT TO GET IN VEHICLE AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM OUTSIDE USING KEY FOB OR USING KEY ENTRY. I HAD TO CRAWL FROM PASSENGER SIDE TO ENTER VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFTY HAZARD!

(1)TRANSMISSION GOT STUCK IN 2ND GEAR WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION WOULD "JUMP" EVERY TIME THE CAR HIT 50MHP. COULD NOT REPLICATE AFTER SITTING IN DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. (2)ABS LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON-TOLD IT IS A CLOCK SPRING. KIA NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. (3) DOORS STICK-DRIVERS DOOR WILL LOCK ITSELF AND CANNOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. THIS HAPPENED 3X WHILE CAR IS RUNNING AND I EXITED TO GET MAIL. FRONT PASSENGER WILL NOT CLOSE- HAVE TO KNOCK HANDLE TO CLOSE. (4)BACKUP CAMERA INTERMITTENT. (5)BLUETOOTH DOES NOT PAIR WITH PHONE-INTERMITTENT. (6) GAS DOOR STICKS- MUST HIT RELEASE BUTTON DOZENS OF TIMES BEFORE IT OPENS. (7) TIRE PRESSURE GUAGES BROKEN.

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE NO LONGER WORKS. THERE IS A PLASTIC PIECE ON THE ACTUATOR THAT BREAKS VERY EASILY. THIS COULD CAUSE DANGER TO PASSENGERS INSIDE THE CAR AS THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE.

DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE

MOTOR MOUNTS ARE BROKE. I NEED TO REPLACE 3 OF THEM. THIS ISN'T NORMAL AT ALL. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED. THE PAINT KEEPS PEELING OFF. I REPAINTED 1 X ON AN AREA, KIA IS AWARE. I TOOK TO THEM AND THEY SAID KIA WASN'T RESPONSIBLE (BUT , I DISAGREE). I PAID OVER 30,000 FOR THIS KIA.. , BODY SHOP COULDN'T GUARANTEE DUE TO THE PAINT JOB KIA DID ON MY AUTOMOBILE. NOW THE PAINT IS PEELING ON OTHER SPOTS.

REAR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE WILL NOT OPEN THE DOOR. ONLY CAN BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE

VEHICLES CAUGHT FIRE, HAD PULLED IN THE PARKING LOT AT WORK AND SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON THE VEHICLE. WITHIN SECONDS FLAMES HAD ERUPTED AND FRONT END OF CAR WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD ARRIVED. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY LOCKED UP(STOPPED) AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN WITHIN MINUTES THE ENGINE WAS IN COMPLETE FLAMES. PRIOR TO THIS THERE WHERE NEVER ANY SIGNS OF THE CAR RUNNING OR DRIVING LIKE THERE WHERE GOING TO BE PROBLEMS. I'VE NEVER HAD ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES AT ALL ASIDE FROM THIS INCIDENT. THIS HAS COME COMPLETELY OUT OF NOWHERE UNEXPECTEDLY.

THE REAR DOOR ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOES NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT.

AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 6 MILES TO A LOCAL STORE NEARBY AND BACK HOME AS I PULLED MY CAR INTO MY PARKING SPOT BLACK SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE HOOD SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF WAITED UNTIL THE SMOKE STOPPED AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD TO SEE IF I COULD TELL WHAT WAS SMOKING. EVERYTHING APPEARED FINE AND I MADE SURE TO CHECK ALL OF MY FLUID LEVELS AND OIL WHICH WERE ALL FULL. LATER THAT DAY MAYBE 4 HOURS LATER I DROVE ABOUT 15 MILES TO MY SISTERS HOUSE AND AGAIN AS I WAS PARKING MY CAR THE BLACK SMOKE STARTED AGAIN FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PROCEEDED TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AGAIN AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARED. LESS THAN 5 MINUTES LATER THE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND BY THE TIME I RAN OUTSIDE TO SEE THE ENTIRE...

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WITH OUTSIDE HANDLE. YOU CAN OPEN IT FROM THE INSIDE.

MY DRIVER-SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE WHEN UNLOCKED.

DOOR LOCKS ARE BROKEN AND REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK

FRONT DOOR HANDLE LATCH ASSEMBLY CONSTANTLY BREAKING AND I AM UNABLE TO OPE THE DOORS FROM THE OUTSIDE

FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE BUT WILL OPEN FROM THE INSIDE

MY REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE.

THE HOOD LATCH WILL NOT OPEN THE HOOD

2011 KIA SORENTO 116,000. REGULARLY MAINTAINED.THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS THE DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE, THAT HAPPENED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. NOW, MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. IN ADDITION, RECENTLY MY CAR HAS JUST SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING; FOOT ON THE GAS AT IT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING (NO ENGINE LIGHT). WE PARK IT, SHUT IT OFF AND RESTART AND IT WILL WORK FINE FOR A WHILE. THERE IS SOME SORT OF ACCELERATION PROBLEM. I CAN STOP AT STOP SIGN AND LIGHTLY INCREASE MY SPEED AND IT WILL TUG LIKE ENGINE. NO ACCIDENTS. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN WITH HAVING 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT. IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET MY CHILD OUT OF THE BACK. IF I WAS IN ACCIDENT, SOMEONE COULDN'T HELP ME OR MY CHILDREN. THIS TO...

PASSENGER DOOR FRONT AND REAR DON'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE. SAFETY CONCERN IF WE ARE IN AN ACCIDENT AND CAN'T GET OUT. THIS WAS NOTICED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO.

DOOR LATCHES -BOTH BACK DOORS WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE, 1 WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL. NOW THE DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. ITS VERY DANGEROUS AND THE CAR JUST PASSED THE 100K MILES SO WARRANTY IS USELESS. THERE WAS A RECALL THAT REPLACED THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLES FOR COSMETIC REASONS ON THE FRONT, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A BIGGER PROBLEMS. MY LOCAL BODY SHOP COULDN'T EVEN FIGURE IT OUT AND TOLD ME TO GO TO DEALER WHO IS TRYING TO CHARGE ME $110 JUST TO DIAGNOSE IT. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR SAFETY REASONS.

DOOR HANDLES NOT OPENING BRAKES NOT WANTING TO STOP OR GRABING ESC ABS DOWNHILL ON AND PASSGER AIR BAG

DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THERE ARE CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE

TAKATA RECALL THE DRIVER'S SIDE BACK DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR AND THIS WAS REPAIRED BY KIA AS THERE WAS A RECALL.

DRIVER'S DOOR CAN'T OPEN FROM OUTSIDE

ONE DAY WE WENT TO OPEN THE DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE AND IT NO LONGER OPENED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE TO THE DOOR IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. WHEN I CONTACTED KIA THEY DIDNT SEE IT AS BEING A SAFETY ISSUE. IN MY EYES IT S AHUGE ISSUE IF MY GIRLS AND I WERE IN A WRECK AND SAFETY CREWS WOULDNT BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE!

IN SEPT 2017 THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR STOPPED OPENING FROM THE OUTSIDE. NOW, JAN 2018 THE DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. BOTH DOORS OPEN PERFECT FROM THE INSIDE.

THE DOOR WONT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE ON THE DRIVER BACK SIDE SO THE BACK DOOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND STATIONARY

MY DRIVERS SIDE BACK DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE(THIS IS MY CURRENT ISSUE WITH THE CAR). I HAVE BEEN IN NO ACCIDENTS WITH THIS CAR. I HAD TROUBLE WITH MY DRIVER'S DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS UNDER RECALL AND REPAIRED. BOTH ISSUES JUST STARTED ALL OF A SUDDEN.

MY FRONT DRIVER AND REAR DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE READ IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE. I IT FIRST HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER DOOR THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER THE THE BACK DRIVER DOIR

WITH THE VEHICLE STATIONARY PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. CAN OPEN FROM THE INSIDE ONLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR HANDLE WAS LOOSE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO KIA OF GREENVILLE (424 LAURENS RD, GREENVILLE, SC)WHERE THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR HANDLES WERE REPLACED PER A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.