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2005 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1119469
Internal NHTSA #	10643441
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2005
File date	23/08/14
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	On 8/23/2014 my family a i were in chicago we traveled there on friday 8/22/2014 from virginia in the 2005 kia sorento that i just purchased in july 2014 from pearson hyundai. While driving to my family reunion in the forest reserves the vehicle brake light and other warning lights came on, and a rattle could be heard coming from the engine, the vehicle became hard to steer and the noise from the engine became louder. I stopped the vehicle and had it towed to my families mechanic, after checking the vehicle it was found to have the pin on the crank gear broken off, and the crank bolt came loose, replaced the sprocket (crank gear), the harmonic balancer, and the bolt. I drove the vehicle back to virginia with no problem, then on october 3, 2014 while my wife was driving in richmond, va the exact same thing happened again, (warning lights, no power steering and rattling from the harmonic balancer, i had the car towed to the kia dealership on friday, they finally got back with me wed, october 8, 2014 and told me that i needed a motor cause the crank shaft is blown, prior to having it towed, i saw that the harmonic balancer was doing the exact same thing it had did in chicago and turning it i can tell that the same pin has came off the sprocket. The kia dealership wants to sell me a used engine, same as the one that is in the kia i have, i am reluctant to pay $5000. 00 to replace the engine to have the same problem, that i and after further investigation a lot of kia sorento owners have suffered.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	104900
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	RICHMOND, VA
VIN pattern	KNDJC733355XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	20
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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2005 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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