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2011 Kia SORENTO Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1247633
Internal NHTSA #	10811503
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2011
File date	19/12/15
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Original owner '11 sorento 4cyl, awd w/tow package & approx 88k miles. Problem 1st noticed about 2 mos ago when seat belt light began flashing with audible clicking coming from relay behind dash. It was daytime when this happened 1st few times & i could not duplicate problem. This issue seemed to happen after starting car & would go away after a few moments of driving. Releasing & re-connecting seat belt had no effect. The 1st time it happened @ night i realized that the headlights & dash lights would flash on & off also. Still could not duplicate problem, but being a mechanic i watched for it to happen and tried different things to see if they had any effect on the issue. Always would begin after initially starting car, but not do it most times. Then 3 evenings ago, i found it happening every time i would start the car & would even do it afterwards driving down the road. I was 70 miles from home & tried to get back. It didn't matter whether the headlight switch was on, off or auto, it would still flash all lights & seatbelt light w/clicking from relay. On the way home, while driving a rural road, the lights again started blinking on & off causing me to hit a metal pole a drainage ditch thru farmer's fence into his field. Accident pushed metal bumper (behind bumper cover) back about 12", tore the entire front end &lights from car & bent hood back 1 1/2 feet and buckled it upward - all of this without ever deploying the airbag. These problems are prevalent in this car as i have read, but i now have a vehicle which despite it's damage will now duplicate the lights going on & off every time the car is turned on. Have contacted kia corp in hopes that they will want to use my car to get to the cause of this issue & finally correct it. As a mechanic i very well understand the need to be able to duplicate problem to find cause ..... Kia now has no excuse.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	88000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	HARRISON, AR
VIN pattern	5XYKUDA11BGXXXXXX
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	22/05/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	40
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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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2011 Kia SORENTO Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 Kia SORENTO Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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