What 978 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Kia Sorento Plug-in Hybrid

DRIVING ON 2014 KIA SORENTO WITH ONLY 84,000 MILES. DOING OIL CHANGE ON TIME I KEEP THE RECEIPTS FOR RECORDS. LAST FRIDAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. SOUNDED LIKE CRANKING ENGINE RATTLING. HAD TO TOW THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC THAT TOLD ME THE ENGINE BROKE DOWN. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND KIA HAD FEW UNANNOUNCED ENGINE RECALLS ON MY MODEL. WHEN I CALL KIA THEY DON'T WANT TO HELP AT ALL. THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

NHTSA ODI 11327468

I BOUGHT A 2014 KIA SORENTO IN NOV. 2013. 2MONTHS I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND THE BLUE TOOTH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE AND TOLD THEM ABOUT IT AFTER 3-4 TRIPS AND BEING TOLD EACH TIME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG THEY FOUND THAT THE RADIO SYSTEM WAS BAD. STILL NOTHING WRONG WITH THE DOOR LOCKS NOT UNLOCKING. THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT STARTING, AGAIN 3-4 TRIPS OF BEING TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG THEY SAID YOU HAVE A BAD BATTERY! I STARTED GETTING A WARNING FROM THE UVO SYSTEM IN NOVEMBER 2014 THAT I HAD A TRANSMISSION ISSUE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND EVEN THOUGH A TECHNICIAN SAW THE WARNING ON THE SCREEN AND THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON THEY SAID THE GAS CAP MUST HAVE BEEN ON WRONG CAUSING THE WARNING AND THE TRANSMISSION TO STALL AND BE SLUGGISH, ALONG WITH CAUSING THE BLUETOOTH NOT TO RESPOND, AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS NOT TO RELEASE,BACKUP CAMERA BEEPS WHEN THERE IS NOTHING BEHIND ME, THE AUTOMATIC WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE TO NOT ROLL UP. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING OUT AND WAS REPAIRED AT THE NICHOLASVILLE STORE, HOWEVER IT HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF THE ISSUES, THE DOORS WILL NOT UNLOCK AND THE UVO SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SEND EMAILS TO THE DEALER THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE A HEAD LIGHT BULB, BRAKES ARE RUBBING. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE KIA CORP ANALYSTS SPENCER WITH NO RESULTS AT THIS POINT. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NICHOLASVILLE KY DEALER DURING OUR CONVERSATION HE SAID TO ME TO BRING MY CAR TO THE DEALER THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO CHECK IT. I ASK IF THERE WAS ANY WAY WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT SO THAT THEY COULD COME TO ME AND GET THE CAR. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT I DO NOT FILL SAFE IN THE VEHICLE AND THAT I AM AFRAID FOR MY KIDS SAFETY, ON 1/20/15 I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH IT. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10678653

AFFECTED PART IS THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE DRIVESHAFT. A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PROBLEM. AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM, AS I WAS EXITING MY VEHICLE (WHICH WAS TURNED OFF AND IN PARK), IT STARTED ROLLING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS OPEN AS I WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A LARGE BUSH AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS 09 LEFT T-BONE. THIS RESULTED IN $3510.21 IN REPAIR FEES. WE INCURRED AN OUT OF POCKET COST OF $1000 FOR OUR DEDUCTIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND READY FOR PICK UP UNTIL THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 3RD. I CALLED KIA TO SCHEDULE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE DRIVESHAFT ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4TH. MY COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS SITUATION IS KIA DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REPLACE THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE ON BACK ORDER FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS. KIA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS NOT BEEN AS RESPONSIVE AS I WOULD LIKE. I HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SINCE I HAVE ALREADY HAD ON ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THE AFFECTED PART. I WAS TOLD TO CALL THEM THIS MORNING AT 7:30 AM TO ARRANGE TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. I CALLED, LEFT A VOICE MAIL, AND MY CALL WAS NOT RETURNED IN WHAT I THINK IS A TIMELY MANNER. AFTER 4 HOURS, I CALLED AGAIN. I WAS TOLD I CAN ONLY SPEAK WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WHO STARTED THE CLAIM. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR HIM TO CALL ME BACK. THIS IS PROBABLY MORE INFORMATION THAN IS NECESSARY, SO TO SUM UP MY COMPLAINT: THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND AN ISSUED RECALL, BUT THERE ARE NO PARTS TO REPAIR IT. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10547081