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Electrical System
09/20/2020
REAR SIDE DOORS WON'T UNLOCK AND ARE HARD TO OPEN ON OCCASION. TOOK EARLY ON WHEN IT WAS NEW THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM AT TIMES I TOOK. NOW IT IS 10 YEARS LATER AND PROBLEM IS MORE PERSISTENT. HAS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM.
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Electrical System, exterior Lighting
09/02/2019
BREAK SWITCH STICKING CAUSING THE BREAK LIGHTS TO STAY ON , ESC DOESN'T WORK CAUSING THE ACCELERATOR TO STOP WORKING AND THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPS WORKING. I WAS PULLING OUT FROM A STOP AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ABOVE AN IDLE. I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL BEFORE I COULD CONTINUE ON MY WAY.
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Structure
07/12/2018
THERE IS NO WAY TO GET OUT OF THE TAILGATE ON THIS VEHICLE, AND NO WAY TO OPEN THE TAILGATE AT ALL. WHILE SITTING STILL, WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND WITHOUT THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE TAILGATE WILL NOT UNLOCK IN ANY OF THE THREE UNLOCKING MODES: USING THE REMOTE FOB, USING THE KEY IN THE DRIVERS DOOR, OR OPERATING THE UNLOCK SWITCH ON THE INTERIOR DRIVERS DOOR PANEL. THERE IS NO EXTERIOR KEY ACCESS ON THE TAILGATE, AND NO INTERIOR DOOR RELEASE OR UNLOCKING MECHANISM. THERE IS NO WAY TO GET INTO, OR OUT OF, THE TAILGATE WITHOUT REMOVING THE INTERIOR TAILGATE PANEL. INTERNET SEARCHES INDICATE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL. IS IT LEGAL TO HAVE NO ACCESS TO OPEN THE TAILGATE FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE? THE DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM IS NOW SILENT WHEN TRYING TO GET IT TO OPERATE, AND NO LONGER CLICKS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO UNLOCK IT. THE OWNER'S MANUAL INDICATES THE TAILGATE LOCK IS ON THE SAME FUSE AS THE REAR SLIDING DOORS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO UNLOCK AS NORMAL IN ALL THREE UNLOCKING MO...
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Air Bags, electronic Stability Control (esc), fuel/propulsion System
12/12/2017
DOOR LACHES LOCK, ELECTRICAL STABILITY , ENGINE FILTER
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Air Bags
11/03/2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, A VEHICLE RAN A STOP SIGN. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE STRUCK THE OTHER VEHICLE'S FRONT DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOORS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK AND HEAD INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED BY A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.
