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2011 Kia SORENTO Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	837887
Internal NHTSA #	10376110
Manufacurer	KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2011
File date	06/12/10
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Front strut failure at 3k miles. Car randomly has a loud metallic clunk sound when starting, sometimes the car will surge/jump forward when starting (while the car is in park, parking brake on and foot on brake). The transmission shifter gets stuck in park and does not release, with great effort releasing from park(car made loud metallic clank sound and surged/jumped in reverse). I'm afraid to park too close to another car because starting car can cause collision. When the transmission is stuck the brakes depress to floor of car. Since day one the car has pulled to the right, after strut replacement the problem is worse (the faster the speed the harder it is to steer straight).
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	3000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	PORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF)
City and State	FORT WORTH, TX
VIN pattern	5XYKU4A27BGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
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Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	16/05/25
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Vehicle speed	0
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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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2011 Kia SORENTO Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 Kia SORENTO Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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