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2012 KIA SORENTO Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1124731
Internal NHTSA #	10650090
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2012
File date	03/08/14
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My 10-year old son, without my knowledge, was playing in our 2012 kia sorento one sunday afternoon. It's the pushbutton start type and he didn't have the key fob. That was in the house. Regardless, without the car started and without his foot on the brake, he was able to shift the vehicle out of park and into neutral. Because the sorento was parked on an incline, it began to coast backward down the driveway. Our son tried to put the suv back into park. Because it was moving, he was unable to do this. So, in a panic, he jumped out of the truck and tried to stop it by getting behind it and trying to slow it down. He was unsuccessful and ended up being crushed between the sorento and a tree in the yard. This resulted in a huge laceration in his knee, serious bruising to his lungs, 4 cracked ribs and a cracked pelvis. He spent nearly 3 weeks in the hospital including 10 days in the pediatric intensive care unit at children? S hospital. After the incident, i tried to recreate what happened. I was able to shift in and out of park without much force at all. This is without a key fob in the car, without the car being on, without my foot on the brake, and with the driver? S side door open. Our son was very seriously injured, but this could have been much worse.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	28000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	MASON, OH
VIN pattern	5XYKU4A20CGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	Y
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	10
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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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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 KIA SORENTO Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 KIA SORENTO Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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