2002 Kia Sedona Service and Repair Manual

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD RECENTLY BEEN SERVICED AT A SERVICE DEALER, FOR RECALL # 05V013000, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CABLES. THE SERVICE REPORT DID NOT STATE THE CLIP WAS ADDED TO KEEP THE CABLES IN PLACE. ITEMS WERE NOTICED HANGING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY TO 75 MPH. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED THE TRAVEL FORWARD, SWERVED OFF THE ROAD , GLANCED A TREE ON THE RI

JAN. 10TH- BRAKED TO AVOID ACCIDENT ON I-59 AT 70 MPH AND CAR WAS COMPLETELY UNCONTROLLABLE-RAN OFF I-59 AND COLLIDED WITH TREE FEB. 14- BRAKED AGAIN AT HIGH SPEED TO AVOID ACCIDENT AND CAR WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. HIT TREE AND ALMOST LOST LIFE. WOULD HAVE LOST LIFE HAD NOT SOMEONE PULLED ME FROM VEHICLE, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED DOWN COMPLETELY. *NLM

BEFORE THE INCIDENT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE REAR CAPTAIN CHAIRS SEAT BELT LATCH WHEN TRYING TO BUCKLE THEM. I HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 3 YEARS OF AGE AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL THAT SEAT BELTS ARE IN WORKING ORDER WITHOUT ISSUES FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR WELL BEING. BEFORE THE INCIDENT THE SEATS THEMSELVES IN THE REAR ROWS HAD ISSUES LATCHING AS WELL WHEN BEING INSTALLED. ON AUGUST 18, 2015 MYSELF AND THREE SMALL CHILDREN WERE IN A SEVERE HIGH IMPACT ACCIDENT AND NON

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MIDDLE ROW SEAT BUCKLE BECAME UNLATCHED WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY AN INFANT IN A CAR SEAT. *AK THERE WERE THREE INJURIES. *JB

WHEN THE CONSUMERS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR MOVED(LURCHED) BY ITSELF AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE CAR TO THE KIA DEALER APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES IN THE PRIOR YEAR. THEY FOUND THREE MAJOR THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, AND REPAIRED ALL OF THE DEFECTS EXCEPT THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE CONSUMER THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED THIS MORNING. CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY WANT TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED IN. IT STARTED GOING BAD THIS PAST YEA

ONE MORE TIME KIA SEDONA 2002 FAILED TO BRAKE CAR LOST CONTROL FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT SNAPPED OUT, LOOKS LIKE POWER STEERING FAILED AND BRAKES ALSO, NOT THE FIRST TIME BRAKES FAILED IN KIA SEDONA. PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER ABOUT VIBRATIONS WHILE BRAKING. CAR ACCELERATE BY ITSELF (THROTTLE STUCK). *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 KIA SEDONA EX. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. ALL THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, BUT A REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, LOWER BACK, LEFT SHOULDER, AND CHEST, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000. TH

THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN OUR 2002 KIA SEDONA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED HEAD, NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SEDONA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A NEARBY VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND IT ACCELERATED AGAIN CAUSING HER TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED; HOWEVER THE DRIVER IN THE VEHICLE IN THE FIRST CRASH SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ON MORE THAN 2 OTHER OCCASIONS AND THE VEHICLE HAS N

DRIVING HOME AND A DEER JUMPED OUT IN FRONT OF MY VAN AND I HIT THE DEER AND TOTALED MY VAN BAD WHERE THE AIR BAGS SHOULD OF WENT OFF BUT IT DIDN'T NOW THERE'S A LIGHT ON THE DASH THAT LOOKS LIKE A GUY SITTING IN A SEAT WITH A BELT ON AND AN AIR BAG IN FRONT OF IT.

CONSUMER STATES THAT DURING A VEHICLE ACCIDENT THE FRONT SEAT BELTS BUCKLES WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY CAUSING INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

THE BRAKE PEDAL PLACEMENT MAKES IT EASY TO SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESS BOTH THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE WALL OF THE CONSUMER'S GARAGE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *TS *NLM

2002 KIA SEDONA HAD STEERING PROBLEMS VERY TOUGH TO STEER MAKING IT FEEL REAL DANGEROUS, I TOOK TO DEALER TO CK OUT SAID I NEED INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT/UJOINT AT THE PRICE OF $544.16... WHAT A RIPOFF I CAN GET THE PART FOR $100 AND FEEL THAT KIA SHOULD COVER THESE COSTS TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

BRAKES FAILED . *AK