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2008 Kia SORENTO Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	875417
Internal NHTSA #	10419279
Manufacurer	KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2008
File date	15/06/10
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	2008 kia sorento loses power. Esc light illuminates as well as check engine light. Vehicle will not accelerate to more than about 40-45 mph. If i pull over to a stop and turn the engine off and then restart the engine the problem sometimes resolves itself. Sometimes i find the fuel cap is loose and without turning the engine off i tighten the cap and this resolves the problem. I bought this vehicle in june 2009. It was used with about 12,000 miles on it. The first time this happened my son had it on a trip and he called in a panic while driving in a large city with heavy traffic. That was in the summer of 2010. The problem was resolved by tightening the fuel cap as he told me he had just filled it with fuel. During the summer of 2011 the problem has become much more frequent, nearly a weekly event for either my wife or me. Thankfully we live in a smaller city where traffic is lighter and it is easy to pull off on a side street to do the "shutdown/restart" procedure.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	30000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SIOUX CITY, IA
VIN pattern	KNDJC735185XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	25/01/25
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	45
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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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2008 Kia SORENTO Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Kia SORENTO Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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