Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SORENTO / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005025235 Incident Date: Jun, 17 2005
Consumer's City: PHOENIX Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SORENTO Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 19 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 14 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Harmonic balancer bolt broke. traveling less than 5mph. vehicle started to vibrate. upon investigation, found that the main bolt holding the harmonic balancer in had sheared off. there were some rust deposits at the breakage point. this occured while on an offroad trip. the vehicle was left in the backcountry. i will have to attempt to make repairs in the field in order to get it to the dealer. there is no way to tow the vehicle out of its current position.