2014 KIA SORENTO Structurebody Problems

PAINT CHIPPING AWAY AND RUST UNDERNEATH. APPEARS LIKE NO PRIMER WAS USED. THIS OCCURRING STILL ABOVE WINDSHIELD AND ACROSS LEFT TO RIGHT OF TOP CABIN, AT LEAST 8' UP. STARTED AS 1-2 SMALL SPOTS. KIA SERVICE BLAMED IT ON BEING HIT BY SOMETHING AND WOULDN'T GO FURTHER IN 12/2019. I TOLD THEM IT WAS FROM WIND SHEAR FROM DRIVING. AT THE TIME CAR HAS JUST OVER 30K, OUT OF PAINT WARRANTY.. NOW IT'S 20 TIMES WORSE. AUTO COLLISION SHOPS AGREED IT'S A PAINT DEFECT. I WENT TO CORPORATE COMPLAINT AND WAS SHOT DOWN SAYING IT'S UP TO LOCAL KIA JUDGMENT. NOT GOOD ENOUGH, HOPE NO ONE ELSE HAS THIS ISSUE WITH PAINT ON THEIR KIA SORRENTO SUV.

A LARGE PORTION OF PAINT ON THE A PILLAR BUBBLED AND CAME OFF. PAINT IS CHIPPING IN OTHER PLACES.

I'M THE FIRST AND ONLY OWNER OF A WHITE 2014 KIA SORENTO. THE PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF ON THE HOOD, BUMPER AND DOOR RAIL/COLUMN. AFTER DOING PLENTY OF RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH WHITE KIA SORENTOS. ON SOCIAL MEDIA THERE'S A FACEBOOK GROUP (KIA SORENTO PEARL WHITE PAINT PEELING CHIPPING AND DELAMINATION). THIS GROUP IS FILLED WITH HUNDREDS OF KIA OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS ISSUE.

I HAVE PAINT PEELING OFF OF MY CAR, I TOOK IT TO KIA & WAS I FORMED MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY SO THEY ARE NOT RELIABLE

MY 2014 KIA SORENTO, WITH PEARL WHITE PAINT, STARTED HAVING PAINT CHIP ABOVE WINDSHIELD IN SUMMER OF 2019, WE WERE GIVEN A TUBE OF PAINT TO STOP FURTHER SPREADING, THEN IN DECEMBER 2020, AREA ABOVE WINDSHIELD STARTED TO SPREAD, AND AREA ON LEFT SIDE OF CAR STARTED TO CHIP

THE WHITE PAINT ON MY KIA SORENTO IS CHIPPING. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HIT MY VEHICLE, IT JUST STARTED CHIPPING ALL ACROSS RIGHT ABOVE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. IT LOOKS VERY UNSIGHTLY AND THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW VEHICLE.

MULTIPLE AREAS WHERE PAIN IS CHIPPING OFF. ONE LARGE AREA ON DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT POST WITH DE LAMINATION OF WHITE PEARL PAINT. NOTICED IT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. JUST TOOK IN FOR BODY WORK AND IT WAS ERCOMENDED I RESEARCH FOR OTHER ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED.

THE PAINT ON BOTH SIDES OF FRONT WINDOW SPONTANEOUSLY STARTED CHIPPING SYMMETRICALLY AND BILATERALLY. I JUST NOTICED IT ONE DAY WHEN IT WAS PARKED. IT WORSENS WITH EVERY DAY. SOME TINY AREAS ON THE FRONT HOOD ARE BEGINNING TO CHIP AS WELL. IT STARTS AS A TINY CHIP THEN CHUNKS START TO PEEL OFF. I'M EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED. THE KIA DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN ROCKS THAT HIT THE CAR

MY 2014 KIA SORENTO HAS DRASTICALLY CHIPPED ON ITS OWN THE PAINT PEELS OFF EVERY-TIME I WASH MY CAR, THE PAINT OVER TIME HAS GOTTEN A LOT WORSE.

PAINT DELAMINATING

MY KIA SORENTO HAS DELAMINATION.THE CAR PAINT STARTED TO PEEL AWAY 2 1/2 YEARS AFTER PURCHASE. I STARTED TO COMPLAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED SINCE IT STARTED TO GET REAL BAD BUT RECEIVED NO ASSISTANCE. AT ONE POINT THEY TOOK PICTURES BUT THAT WAS IT. I NOW HAVE ALMOST 192,000 MILES AND THEY TELL ME MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I TOLD THEM THAT I DID CONTACT THEM MANY TIMES PREVIOUSLY AND THE HAVE A FILE ON IT BUT THE DEALER TELLS ME TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER.

THE PAINT IS PEELING IN LARGE PIECES FROM THE HOOD AND DOORS. IT HAPPENED BOTH TIMES JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THERE ARE SEVERAL SPOTS ON THE VEHICLE THAT ARE BUBBLING AND WILL EVENTUALLY PEEL AS WELL.

I OWN A KIA SORENTO, PEARL WHITE, 2014, WHICH JUST RECENTLY STARTED TO CHIP AND NOW PEEL THE PAINT ON THE SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. ITS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY ONLY TOLD ME WARRANTY IS UP, NOTHING WE CAN DO. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 85000 MILES ON IT RIGHT NOW. I ALSO HAVE A LITTLE SPOT CHIPPED ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR. I HAPPEN TO CATCH 2 PIECES OF PAINT IN MY YARD. ITS NOT JUST LITTLE PIECES THAT COME OFF, ITS REALLY LIKE SNAKE SKIN PEELING IN BIGGER PIECES AND ITS GETTING REALLY BAD.

THREE YEARS AGO WHEN OUR KIA WAS AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES THE PAINT WHICH IS PEARL WHITE, AROUND THE WINDSHIELD STARTING PEELING OFF AND SINCE THEN HAS PEELED OFF IN MULTIPLE AREAS EXPOSING THE BARE METAL LEADING TO RUST. THE FORMING AROUND THE WINDSHIELD IS CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO WEAKEN. I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER KIAS WITH THE SAME ISSUE OF PAINT PEELING AROUND THE WINDSHIELD AND AM AFRAID THAT THE PAINT USED FOR PEARL WHITE KIAS WAS DEFECTIVE.

I BEGAN NOTICING PAINT CHIPS IN 2019 ON A 5 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THESE SPOTS HAVE BECOME LARGER AND LARGER IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON THE CAR PRIMARILY THE HOOD, A FRAME, AND ROOF. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THIS SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER KIA SORENTO'S THAT ARE ALSO PEARL WHITE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE PAINT. I KNOW THAT ALONE MAY NOT BE A HUGE ISSUE BUT WHAT IF IT CONTRIBUTES TO ANOTHER ISSUE? THERE ARE ALREADY SEVERAL SERIOUS RECALLS. IF THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE PAINT, WHAT HAPPENS IF IT GETS TOO HOT OR SOMETHING?

DELAMINATION OF PAINT ON OUR 2014 KIA SORENTO. WE FIXED THE DRIVER SIDE THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IN 2018 AND NOW IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE 102820

ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 15, 2020 I WAS GETTING IN MY CAR AND SAW SOMETHING ON IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A LEAF AND REALIZED THE PAINT WAS PEELING OFF. I TOUCHED IT AND THE PAINT KEPT PEELING. UPON DOING RESEARCH I SAW WHERE THIS PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING IN KIA CARS 2014 AND OTHERS THAT WERE THE PEARLY WHITE COLOR. IT LOOKS TERRIBLE AND ACCORDING TO OTHER CAR OWNERS OF THE KIA PEARLY WHITE IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE. IT WAS NOT DUE TO WEATHER LIKE HAIL OR ANY PARTICULAR ISSUE. I CALLED KIA LOCAL DEALERS AND THEY HAD HEARD OF IT BUT SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING SO THEN I CALLED CORPORATE AND WAS RUDELY TALKED TO STATING THEY KNEW THEIR WAS A PROBLEM BUT IT WAS OVER 36K. I AM DISABLED AND DON'T DRIVE MUCH. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 46,339 MILES ON IT. I AM WANTING THE ENTIRE...

STARTED IN FEBRUARY 2020. PAINT IS CHIPPING TERRIBLY AND STARTING TO RUST. TOP OF WINDSHIELD AND FRONT OF CAR ARE THE WORST AREAS.

PEARL WHITE PAINT ON MY 2014 KIA SORRENTO IS DECLAMINATING OR RAPIDLY PEELING OFF IN SEVERAL PLACES. TWO SPOTS ARE ON THE HOOD AND THE BIGGEST IS ON THE SUPPORT BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND THE WINDSHIELD. WILL COME OFF WHILE DRIVING, PARTICULARLY ON THE INTERSTATE. NOT DUE TO ROCK OR WRECK. HAVE HAD SEVERAL ESTIMATES ABOUT RE-PAINTING.

THE PAINT IS DELAMINATING AND QUICKLY CHIPPING AWAY IN MULTIPLE AREAS OF THE CAR, BUT STARTED ON THE WINDSHIELD PILLAR. THE BODY SHOP INFORMED ME THEY HAD SEEN THIS EXACT THING ON OTHER KIA SORENTOS AND SUGGESTED I CONTACT KIA. THEY ESTIMATED $2,700 TO REPAINT. MY BODY COLOR IS PEARL WHITE.

THE PAINT HAS CHIPPED OFF IN A LARGE PORTION OF THE HOOD. IT IS NOT A NORMAL PAINT CHIPPING BUT RATHER A LARGE PIECE/SECTION JUST CAME FLYING OFF DURING DRIVING TIME, APPROXIAMTELY 50 MILES PER HOUR.

PEARL PAIN IS PEELING AND CHIPPING. WENT THRU CAR WASH AND IT CHIPPED HOOD CAR WASH PAID FOR IT TO BE REPAIRED. THEN ON 9/15/20 IT WAS RAINING AND THE RAIN CHIPPED THE PAINT ON THE DOOR FRAME. NOTHING HIT IT OR DAMAGED IT I WAS DRIVING BUT THE RAIN PEELED MY PAINT. THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH BECAUSE THERE IS NO REASON WHY MY PAINT SHOULD CHIP LIKE THAT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE PAINT IS FAULTY. I ALSO DISCOVER THERE WAS A RECALL DUE TO FAULTY BREAK LINES AND LEAKS AND I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE A BREAK LEAK BECAUSE EVERYTIME ITS TIME FOR AN OIL CHANGE THE BREAK LIGHT COMES ON AND ONCE THEY PUT FLUID IN IT IT GOES OFF. MY UPKEEP HAS BEEN IMMACULATE SINCE OWNING THIS CAR AND ALL OF THESE ISSUES I BELIEVE ARE DUE TO FACTORY DEFECT.

THE PAINT ON MY 2014 KIA SORENTO JUST STARTED BUBBLING UP AND PEELING OFF IN LARGE SWATHS ALL OVER THE ROOF, DOORS, HOOD, ECT. IT HAS NOW STARTED RUSTING EXTREMELY BAD ON THE ROOF AND AROUND THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD.

THIS PAINT IS PEELING OFF IN LARGE SHEETS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, STARTING ON THE WINDSHIELD SUPPORT AND NOW ABOVE THE SECOND ROW DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE.

I HAVE A 2014 KIA PEARL WHITE THAT HAS MAJOR PAINT PEELING ON DRIVERS/PASSENGER DOOR PANELS & HOOD. THIS ISSUE CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. I HAD THIS CAR FOUR YRS & IT STARTED AFTER THE FIRST YR. CONTINUES TO GET WORSE.

I HAVE A PEARL WHITE 2014 KIA SORRENTO PURCHASED IN APRIL OF 2017 WITH AROUND 70,000 MILES ON IT IT HAD NOT A SCRATCH OR DENT. AROUND 9/2017 AT AROUND 80,000 MILES, I STARTED NOTICING SMALL CHIPS OF PAINT MISSING. IT WAS PEELING AND DELAMINATING FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THEY HAVE EVOLVED INTO VERY LARGE SPOTS OF CHIPPED PAINT AND RUSTING ON TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD, ON THE SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND ON THE HOOD. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THINNING PAINT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR.

SNOW WHITE PEARL PAINT IS FALLING OFF THE CAR. THE MOST NOTICEABLE AREAS ARE BEHIND THE SUNROOF AND OVER THE DRIVER'S DOOR.

THE PAINT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF WINDSHIELD STARTED PEELING OFF. I WAS ABLE TO STOP ONE SMALL SPOT FROM SPREADING BY USING THE KIA PAINT PEN, BUT ANOTHER AREA OPENED UP. WIND FROM HIGHWAY DRIVING HAS STARTED TAKING OFF MUCH LARGER AREAS OF PAINT. MY CAR IS KEPT IN A GARAGE SO WEATHER DAMAGE IS NOT THE CAUSE.

KIA SORENTO PEARL WHITE PAINT PEELING CHIPPING AND DELAMINATION. PAINT ON ROOF OF CAR HAS BEEN RAPIDLY CHIPPING PEELING AWAY AND IS NOW RUSTING. THE STREAK HAS GROWN ABOUT 2 INCHES IN THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF. CONCERNED THAT IT WILL NOT STOP AND IS DEFECTIVE AND HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOR KIA SORENTO PEARL WHITE PAINT.

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD UNLATCHED AND WE WERE UNABLE TO SEE

THE PAINT BEGAN TO RAPIDLY PEEL AND DELAMINATE FROM THE BODY OF MY CAR AFTER THE 36,000 MILE PAINT WARRANTY EXPIRED ON MY 2014 KIA SORENTO PEARL WHITE SORENTO. THE RIGHT SIDE ARM OF THE WINDSHIELD AREA RAPIDLY PEELED AND BEGAN TO RUST THEN THE LEFT SIDE ARM OF MY WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO PEEL , DELAMINATE AND RUST . AFTER THIS THE TOP OF MY ROOF AROUND THE WINDSHIELD THEN THE HOOD. THIS IS CAUSING GREAT BODILY DAMAGE TO THE SAFETY OF MY WINDSHIELD. THE KIA DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO HELP DUE TO THE MILEAGE BUT THIS IS REPORTED ON MANY ( PEARL WHITE KIA SORENTOS 2014/2015 ) I HAVE PROOF AND PHOTOS OF OVER 60 KIAS ON A FACEBOOK PAGE I CREATED TO GET THIS RECALLED BY KIA.

THE PEARL WHITE PAINT IS PEELING FROM THE CAR BADLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WINDOW SHIELD. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN REPAINTED. THE FACTORY PAINT IS PEELING EXCESSIVELY

MY WHITE 2014 KIA SORENTO STARTED SHEDDING PAINT IN HUGE SECTIONS. DELAMINATION AND PEELING EVERYWHERE. IT WASN'T CAUSED BY A ROCK CHIP. IT'S HUGE BUBBLES UNDER THE SURFACE AND IT COMES OFF IN MASSIVE PIECES. THE WHOLE CAR WILL HAVE TO BE SANDED TO METAL AND REPAINTED!!

RAPID PAINT PEEL DUE TO DELAMINATION. IT STARTED AS A TINY DO THEN RAPIDLY BEGIN TO PEEL ON THE PANEL NEXT TO THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE.

PAINT IS PEELING ALL OVER AND RUSTING THE CAR. PEARL WHITE COLOR.

ON MARCH 1, 2020, I WENT OUT TO GET IN MY CAR AND NOTICED A 10" SWATCH OF PAINT MISSING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY CAR BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. APROXIMATELY 4 DAYS LATER, I NOTICED THE SAME THING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.I WAS VERY UPSET AS IT IS ONLY A 2014, I HAVE BABIED IT AND LOVE IT. TO HAVE IT LOOK LIKE THIS IS VERY DISTRESSING AND I HAVE NOT HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ANY OTHER CAR I HAVE OWNED.

NOTICED PEELING AND FLAKING OF PAINT ON ROOF AFTER WASHING. USED NON ABRASIVE MICRO FIBER HANDHELD CAR WASH MITT AND TURTLE WAX CAR SOAP. BACKUP CAMERA IS INOPERABLE. BOTH CONDITIONS (PREMATURE FLAKING OF PAINT AND BACKUP CAMERA BECOMING INOPERABLE) ARE KNOWN BY KIA FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL. NO RESOLUTION IS AVAILABLE OTHER THAN TO REPAINT/REPAIR THESE ITEMS AT OWNER'S EXPENSE.

I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS, AND HAVE BEEN NOTICING THE PAINT IS FLAKING OFF. IT'S JUST BEGINNING FOR ME, BUT I DID SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICED THAT ALL THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON VARIOUS KIA MODELS HAD TRI-COAT PEARL WHITE PAINT. I HAVE TO IMAGING THIS CAN'T JUST BE COINCIDENCE. ON THIS ONE WEBSITE ALONE THERE ARE 11 COMPLAINTS ABOUT JUST THIS SPECIFIC YEAR AND MODEL. HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/KIA/SORENTO/2014/BODY_PAINT/PAINT_PEELING.SHTML I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, THANKS!

TAKATA RECALL I PURCHASED MY KIA INDEX 2014. IMMEDIATELY THE PAINT STARTED BUBBLING AND THEN PEELING AROUND THE WINDSHIELD AND HOOD. WE CALLED KIA AND THEY SAID THIS IS NOT COVERED. ALSO WE GET RECALLS ABOUT THE ENGINE. I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM UNTIL I TOOK IT IN. THE FIRST RECALL I GOT THEY DRAINED THE OIL AND TOOK OIL PAN OFF MY CAR. THE SECOND ONE NOT SURE WHAT THEY DID TO IT BUT IT WAS ABOUT. THE ENGINE. NOW I HAVE TO PUT OIL IN MY VEHICLE ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. THE DOOR LOCKS DON'T WORK THE KEYLESS ENTRY WILL LET YOU IN BUT YOU HAVE TO LOCK ALL YOUR DOORS BY WALKING AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE HEADLIGHTS KEEPS,BLOWING. I HAVE PROBABLY PUT 10 HEADLIGHTS IN MY CAR OVER THE PAST YEAR. NOW MY ABS TRACTION CONTROL AND LOW LIGHT FOR TIRES IS ON AND WILL NOT GO...

ENGINE FIRE!! WHILE TRAVELLING DOWN HIGHWAY PASSENGER NOTICED SPARKS LEFT REAR OF CAR. PULLED OVER TO CHECK CAR, LIFTED HOOD ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. DRIVING NORMAL RATE OF SPEED IN NORMAL CONDITIONS. NO COLLISION OR ACCIDENT INVOLVED. TRAVELLING US-71 SOUTH IN VERNON COUNTY MISSOURI INCIDENT NUMBER 190140035. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT FIRE OUT. CAR TOWED TO TCB TOWING AND AUTO SERVICE 205 N BARRETT ST NEVADA MO 64772

THE DELAMINATION OF PEARL WHITE PAINT BEGAN AT 50,000K MILES WITH A SMALL PIECE BUBBLING AND THEN CHIPPING AWAY. THE PAINT ON AREAS ALONG THE WINDSHEILD AND ABOVE THE WINDSHIELD ARE NOW COMPLETELY READY TO PEAL. YOU CAN NOT STOP THIS PROCESS BY FIXING ONLY THE DAMAGED AREAS. ALL AUTO BODY SHOPS STATE IS MUST BE ENTIRELY REPAINTED. THE PAINT IS DELAMINATING AT A FAST RATE, ALL MY PAINT IS GONE ON THE PASSAGENGER SIDE WINDOW ARM AND MY ROOF WHERE THE WINDSHIELD MEETS THE PAINT IS MOSTLY BUBBLING AND RUSTED. THE KIA DEALERSHIPS ARE AWARE THAT THIS PARTICULAR COLOR , MADE AND MODEL KIA HAS THIS PROBLEM. I CAN NOT WASH THE EXTERIOR OF MY CAR WITHOUT LOSING MORE PAINT. IN THE SUNLIGHT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE PAINT IS NOT LONGER BONDED TO THE CAR. MY CAR IS EXPECTED TO BE WITHOUT PAINT ON MY ROOF, HOOD AND...

PAINT COMING OFF A BRAND NEW CAR. I AM ORIGINAL OWNER AT ONLY 39,000 MILES PAINT STARTED COMING OFF MY CAR. I ALWAYS PURCHASED NEW VEHICLES NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE PAINT IS ONLY COVERED TO 36,000 MILES. NOT LIKE THE SONG THEY SING WHEN SELLING YOU THE CAR.

COMPLAINT NO.WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HWY 377 TOWARD GRANBURY, TEXAS. THE UNDERSIDE OF MY CAR BURST INTO FLAMES. FORTUNATELY I WAS TRAVELING AT 70MPH AND THE PERSON WHO WITNESSED THE FLAMES BEHIND ME, RAN UP TO MY CAR WHEN I STOPPED AT A RAIL CROSSING TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPEN. I WAS LUCKY I WAS DRIVING 70MPH AND IF I HAD STOPPED WHILE IT WAS BURNING THE CAR WOULD HAVE BURNED UP. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLASTIC PANELS WERE IGNITED BY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER.. COMPLAINT NO.2 WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF IMPACT, NEAR THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, A CRACK APPEARED FROM THE TOP EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD DOWNWARD ABOUT 2.5" LONG. SINCE IT IS NEAR THE REAR VIEW MIRROR I KNOW IT APPEARED WITHOUT ANY FLYING OBJECT HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. SINCE IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP EDGE, I'M WONDERING IF IT IS A STRESS CRACK AND OTHER KIA OWNERS...

THE RIGHT HAND SIDE PASSENGER DOOR PANEL HAS COME AWAY FROM THE DOOR FRAME AND NOW THE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS FIRST REPAIRED BY KIA WHEN I LEASED THE CAR AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED BUT THEY WILL NOT MAKE THE REPAIR.

THE PAINT ON THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM DAY 1 PRACTICALLY, AND KIA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS. WE TAKE GREAT CARE IN OUR CARS AS WE KEEP THEM FOR THE LIFE OF THEM, AND THUS KEEP IT MOSTLY GARAGED WHEN NOT IN USE, AND ESPECIALLY DURING ANY POTENTIALLY ADVERSE WEATHER. FROM DAY 1, ANY HARD BUG, TINY PEBBLE, ETC WOULD CASE THE PAINT ON THE BUMPER TO CHIP OFF AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRACK AND FLAKE. PROBLEMS SEEMED TO HAPPEN EVEN IF WE HADNT DRIVEN IT. AS THE WHITE ONE WE OWN HAS A BLACK PLASTIC UNDERBODY, IT CONSTANTLY LOOKS LIKE OUR CAR IS BUGGY/DIRTY AND HAS ACNE. UPON TAKING TO THE DEALER, AROUND MONTH 4, THEY GAVE ME A PAINT PEN TO HANDLE IT, SAYING IT WASNT EBOUGH OF A PROBLEM. AS IT WAS ONLY ON THE PLASTIC BUMPER, I CHALKED IT UP TO "JUST THERE." NOW, AT 4...

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THIS MORNING I HEARD A VERY LOUD NOISE AND THEN MY SUNROOF SHATTERED. IT WAS THE BACK PORTION OF THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF AND IT COMPLETELY SHATTERED. SOME SMALL GLASS PARTICLES FELL INTO THE CAR, BUT MOST OF THE GLASS STAYED ATTACHED. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED HWY PATROL THINKING SOMEONE MUST HAVE THROWN SOMETHING AT MY CAR. I WAS NOT CLOSE TO ANY OTHER VEHICLES. MAYBE IT WAS ALREADY COMPROMISED BY A ROCK CHIP OR SOMETHING?? THANK GOODNESS MY BABY WAS NOT WITH ME AS HER CAR SEAT IS DIRECTLY BELOW THE SUNROOF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WILL COST $2300 TO FIX. I AM NOW IN A RENTAL FOR 4-5 DAYS WHILE IT IS REPAIRED. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY THE SUNROOF EXPLODED VIOLENTLY AND ALL GLASS FELL ON US. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO OTHER CARS NEAR, THE GLASS SUNROOF ABOVE THE DRIVERS HEAD EXPLODED LEAVING A BOWLING BALL SIZED HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GLASS TOP. NOTHING HIT THE TOP, IT EXPLODED OUTWARD WITH FORCE....UPDATED 04-30-14 *BF UPDATED 10/1/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE LIFT GATE BY PRESSING THE CLOSE BUTTON, BUT WHEN IT CLOSED IT OPENED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE IT MANUALLY BUT THE LIFT GATE WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 525.