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2004 Kia SORENTO Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1123016
Internal NHTSA #	10648938
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2004
File date	03/10/14
Component	STRUCTURE:BODY
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My son was driving this car when he heard a loud bang and lost control of vehicle while driving in a roundabout in taunton mass and nearly crashed this vehicle due to losing the ability of stabilizing it, but was able to pull off to side of road thankfully because of the speed of travel at the time, thankfully he was not on the highway or i may be telling a different story. Upon driving vehicle home, my husband looked over vehicle to see where the problem was and noted frame near right rear tire had rusted totally through where it attaches to an arm of some sorts maybe a stabilizing arm(not sure). We purchased this vehicle march 2014-7 months ago and it passed inspection at the time, but i don't believe that it should have as they are supposed to check the frame as listed on inspection report and there is absolutely no way it rusted through that badly in 7 months time with roughly 6,000 miles put on it. This particular problem has been reported on many blog sites as well as on this site, their should be a recall as it seems to be a known problem, and consumers should not have to pay possibly their life for such a defect. I have pictures of this issue, and will also be notifying kia about this as well.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	125000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BERKLEY, MA
VIN pattern	KNDJC733345XXXXXX
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
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	26/01/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	4WD
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Vehicle speed	40
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Kia SORENTO Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Kia SORENTO Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

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