Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SORENTO / 2004

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004297968 Incident Date: Aug, 29 2004
Consumer's City: BIRMINGHAM Consumer's State: AL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SORENTO Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:driveline:differential unit
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNDJD733X45 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 08 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 08 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1st- manual transmission, hesitiation of take off..o-ring replaced. 2nd-clinking noise when shifting gears..bearings failing in rear differential was replaced 3rd-felt looseness in emergency brake..i was told no trouble found 4th-rust on metal parts of headrest..dealer to replace.. 5th-metal attachments in trunk area also rusted ..were not replaced.. 6th-the back defrost plastic protectors were never removed when vehicle was delivered, so when back defrost was used the heat melted the strips which caused condensation build up causing the rust. gardendale kia of al had my car for five days and i had to find a way to work on my own. i was told they didn't give loaner cars..very poor customer service. i believed in the company/product and purchased brand new off the lot with a full warranty and because of bad kia products, i should have been able to get a loaner car. i still have to pay full monthly car note. customer service is very important to me and i don't feel that i got it. i had to call back to the service to get a status of where they were repairing my vehicle..i was told it would be 09-01-04 and i did not get a response, so i called on 09-02-04 and was told the part came in but all parts were not included so i had to wait another day 09-03-04. i called at 4:30pm cst to get a status, i was told they were working on it & it would be later that afternoon. this was afternoon, they close at 6:00pm cst..needless to say, i got my car at 5:45pm.. i guess it really did not matter to them since they were not getting any money out of me.*ak