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2006 Kia SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1125853
Internal NHTSA #	10650855
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2006
File date	11/09/14
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My 2006 kia sorento, manufactured in august 2005 & was a basic vehicle, no luxury model. A rental car business was 1st owner and only had it for a few months, then i bought it from a dealer in sept 2006 w 14,000 miles. It is 8 years old with 108,000 miles. The check engine light turned on, i heard loud banging in the hood, then suddenly it turned off while i was driving on city streets. Traffic was slow moving. I had it towed to an expert mechanic and owner of his own shop. My mechanic has done some preventive maintenance in the past and considered it to be in excellent condition. He took the engine apart and found pieces broken off from the "intake runner butterfly valve assembly & fell into the engine; also there was a bushing failure in the lower induction manifold. My 3. 5 engine was totaled within minutes along with all surrounding parts. The same engine as in the recall. My kia has a 3. 5 engine, same as in the recall bulletin #tt2008020601. The recall bulletin was for kia models 2003-2005, yet this exact incident was described in the recall bulletin. I have two photos of some of the damage (1st photo is the intake runner assembly w/two broken missing butterflies for cylinders 5 & 6 & the 2nd photo of a piece of the butterfly stuck in the intake port of the cylinder head -both taken on 9-12-2014.) i then had it towed to a garden grove kia dealership. They inspected & gave me an estimate of $11,700. All they said it was out of warranty and that 2006 models was not part of the recall. How can kia corporation guarantee that the same inferior parts were not installed in my 2006 sorento? It was manufactured in 2005. Kia corporation should take responsibility for the damage due to the fact that this problem was not completely resolved with the 2005 models.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	108000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BREA, CA
VIN pattern	KNDJD733565XXXXXX
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	19/01/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	35
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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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2006 Kia SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2006 Kia SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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