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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005025368 | Incident Date: Jun, 15 2005 |
| Consumer's City: MANCHESTER | Consumer's State: NH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America |
| Model Name: SEDONA | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KNDUP131636 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 29 2005 | Complaint Type: LETR |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 15 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2003 kia sedona with approx 48,000 miles, parked and unoccupied in the parking area of my townhouse community. went to open the door remotely using the key ring and there was no response. eventually had to manually open the car and noticed the entire left hand side of the instrument panel and dashboard area had literally melted into the floorboard. appears as if there was some kind of electrical short. vehicle was towed to bonneville kia and due to my extended service contract immediately set up a rental. the service rep at bonneville said he had not seen "anything like it" and was to call his factory rep and recommended i contact my auto insurance carrier to begin the claims process. the circumstances of this incident seem way to close to other complaints found on our webpage. clearly there is some kind of defect that kia needs to address. other than service for oil changes and tire rotation, only kia bonneville has performed maintenance on this vehicle. purchase date was dec 2003. *jb |
