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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004301802 | Incident Date: Sep, 24 2004 |
| Consumer's City: DEFOREST | Consumer's State: WI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America |
| Model Name: SEDONA | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KNDUP131926 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 07 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 27 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Our kia sedona's engine has been dying when coming to a stop for about 6 months. kia tried on 8-5-04 to fix and was told it needed new spark plugs. replaced the plugs. three weeks later on 9-11-04 van engine dyed again when coming to a stop. keeped a log of this. on 9-25-04 while driving 70 mph on the interstate, the engine again dyed while in the passing lane. finally got a check engine light. had to wait three days to get van into kia, light went out by then. kia dealership said it has a transmission error code but can't pinpoint the defect to fix. kia kept the van a week trying to get engine light to reappear in vain. so i now have a van that could stopped running at anytime and place. not very reassuring or safe. we are very upset and kia corp refuses to do anything to remedy the situation. *nm |
