2005 Kia Sedona Electrical System Problems

MY 2005 KIA SEDONA WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE AND IT CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DASH IN FRONT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THAT IS WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT STARTED. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS, ONLY HAD 115,000 MILES, NO ISSUES. THANK GOD IT WAS AT 8 AM AND WE WERE AWAKE, EARLIER MY WHOLE FAMILY AND OUR HOME MAY HAVE BEEN GONE AS WELL.

BRAKES CONSTANTLY SQUEAK AFTER NEW BRAKES AND PADS ON. ELECTRIC WINDOWS PASSAGENER AND DRIVER SIDE NOT WORKIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING NO LONGER FUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 240,000.

STARTED THE VEHICLE AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE PASSENGER REAR BY THE WINDOW. THE ENTIRE PASSENGER REAR SIDE OF VAN BURNT AND MELTED. CAUGHT SEAT ON FIRE TOO. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL MAYBE STARTED IN THE REAR AC UNIT. VAN WAS TOTALED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD SPORADICALLY FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE WHERE THE LOCKS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR ACTUATOR TWICE HOWEVER, AFTER THE SECOND FAILURE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN UPDATED VERSION ON THE ACTUATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA SEDONA. THREE HOURS AFTER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS COMPLETED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS SEAT. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND STATED THAT IT WAS ELECTRICAL. A REPORT WAS FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HER THAT THEY NEEDED TO SEE PICTURES AND THE FIRE REPORT BEFORE THEY COULD INVESTIGATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

MY DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW WAS NOT ALWAYS COMING UP OR DOWN I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE SWITCH HAD MELTED. THEY ALSO PUT IN A NEW MOTOR FOR THE POWER WINDOW. TOTALING $689 AND THE WARRANTY ISN;T THERE TO HELP US. IT WAS A SECOND HAND VAN. WE ARE CONCERNED SINCE IT IS A 2005 KIA SEDONA AND ITS THUS ONLY 5 YRS OLD AND THAT THE FACT IT MELTED AFTER OVER HEATING. *TR

MY WIFE WENT TO START OUR 2005 KIA, SHE HEARD THE STARTER CLICKING. SHE THEN TURNED OFF THE VAN. TRIED A SECOND TIME, HEARD THE STARTER CLICKING AND TOOK OUT THE KEY, THE CLICKING NOISE CONTINUED, THEN SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, HER FATHER HAD TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A GARDEN HOSE. *JB

I OWN A 2005 KIA SODONA VAN, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT "HESITATING" AND "CUTTING OFF' WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

I HAVE HAD MY KIA SEDONA IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES NOW DUE TO IT BLOWING FUSES UNDER THE HOOD, THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND THEY JUST KEEP REPLACING THE FUSES. SEEMS TO ME THERE IS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM SOMEWHERE, I AM WORRIED THIS CAN BECOME A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. *NM

2005 KIA SEDONA, WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED VEHICLE, ONLY ABOUT 3 WEEKS OLD, I WENT OUTSIDE TO START IT AND SMOKE CAME POURING OUT OF STEERING WHEEL AREA, SO MUCH SO THAT I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CALLING 911 AFTER GETTING MY YOUNG CHILD OUT OF HER CAR SEAT AND OUT OF VAN, THE SMOKE WAS SIGNIFICANT AND JUST STOPPED AS QUICKLY AS IT STARTED, I TOOK THE VAN IN AND THEY ACTED LIKE I WAS CRAZY AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, THEN LAST WEEK WITH ONLY 30,000 MILES ON THE VAN, I PULLED INTO THE STORE PARKING SPACE AND CAME OUT AND THE STEERING COLUMN AND WHEELS AND IGNITION WERE COMPLETELY LOCKED AND FROZEN, THE VAN HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE NO ONE COULD GET THE STEERING COLUMN OR IGNITION TO UNLOCK, THEY TOLD US IT WAS A CABLE THAT WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A CABLE BEING ABLE TO RENDER A CAR COMPLETELY INOPERABLE AT 30,000 MILES, WHAT IS IT WENT OUT OF ADJUSTMENT WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY!!!! I STRONGLY FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH THE STEERING COLUMN AND CONNECTED SYSTEMS IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THEY ARE NOT TELLING US THE TRUTH WHEN WE TAKE IT IN FOR REPAIR. *NM

I BOUGHT A NEW KIA SEDONA ON 2-27-06 HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIO. THE FIRST TIME I HAD IT IN TO BE CHECKED, THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IN A NEW RADIO BUT IT WAS DAMAGED IN SHIPPING. THEY ORDERED ONE PUT IT IN ON THE 10TH OF MARCH 06, THAT NIGHT THE VAN STARTED CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALED. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER A WHILE IT RESTARTED. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE CAR IN. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP THE VEHICLE STALLED NINE TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP ADJUSTED THE IDLING AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, AND THE CAR DID NOT STALL. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP; THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE SENSOR. THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL THE NEXT WEEK. THE DEALERSHIP ASSURED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STALL UNTIL IT COULD BE REPAIRED. THE CAR STALLED AGAIN WHILE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. A FEW DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS REVVING. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN, TOOK THE CAR IN THE SAME DAY,. THIS TIME THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THIS PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STALLED SEVEN MORE TIMES.*AK

DT: 2005 KIA SEDONA. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT IN MAY, AND IT STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FIST TIME VEHICLE STALLED WAS IN JULY. CONSUMER'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WHEN APPROACHING A LIGHT THE CAR STALLED. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. SECOND TIME THAT VEHICLE STALLED WAS WHILE DRIVING ON I95 AND SLOWING DOWN 20 -25 MPH. AGAIN,NO INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AT THIS TIME. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. A THIRD TIME THE CAR STALLED, BUT IT WAS RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. CRANKED THE CAR AND IT ONLY STAYED FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS. THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST TWICE. . THE CONSUMER MADE IT TO A GAS STATION AND PUT MORE GAS INTO THE GAS TANK WHICH SHOWED A LITTLE OVER TANK. STARTED BACK UP AND DROVE HOME. THE FORTH TIME, WHILE DRIVING ON A HILL HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND THERE WAS A DECREASE IN ACCELERATION AND VEHICLE STALLED. THE CAR HAD AT LEAST TANK OF GAS. NO INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON PRIOR TO THE CAR STALLING. *AK