2002 Kia Sedona Body and structure Problems

“Kia has informed us that our car will continue to need repairs since it was not designed to be driven on dirt roads. We live on a dirt road and drive many miles of dirt roads and now we are spending money replacing parts not protected from dirt due to faulty engineering design.”

“Dt: the contact stated both t sliding doors malfunctioned. He had a problem with the passenger's side door previously. It fell off the track, and was repaired by service dealer. Now, both doors were stuck shut and will not open, even open from the inside. No appointment has been made with the service dealer for repairs.”

“The sliding door on the driver's side won't go farther back than 1/2 way & then stops. When this happened on the passenger side on may 16, 2005, and we pulled it back all the way, the sliding door assembly fell out of the window in the rear & the rear part of the sliding door fell down to the ground & left large gouges in the side of the vehicle. This was marked as recall when fixed on the passenger side - 2002, Kia Sedona.”

“Consumer belts squeal, slidding door drags, pulley was replaced at 7744 miles. ***no answer required*** the pulley and belt have been replaced 10 times. The alternator seized while the vehicle was being driven. The A/C fan made loud noises. The sliding door dragged. The emergency brake would not hold, the dealer adjusted it three times then finally replaced. An internal short in the fuse clock caused the vehicle not to start. The vehicle stalled intermittenlty but the dealer was unable to duplicate the stalling. …”

“The door handles are plastic and eventually broke off on the outside so that opening the doors -all 4- is tricky since only one side of the handle remains in place. The inside door handles have a plastic chrome-looking coating that peels off and has cut our hands several times causing us to need bandages as soon as we run in the front door.”