2006 Kia Sedona Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“On the morning of the incident I drove to work (approx 25 miles) at speeds in excess of 60 MPH with no incident. After parking I entered my workplace. During lunch I got in the vehice and began to travel to a nearby reastaurant. I was driving at approximately 45 MPH when the vheicle's hood became unlatched and opened. The hood opened with such force that the hood lift strut supports broke, allowing the hood to open, over extend, obstruct my vision, and strike the windshield. Upon striking the windshield the glass shattered. …”

“Electronic memory rear view mirrors on the Kia Sedona mini-van turn on their own randomly while driving. This is even after they are reset. This has been reported several times to Kia and they are unable to get rearview mirrors to remain in the position they are set to. This is dangerous as while driving and switching lanes under the belief there are no cars present, meanwhile the mirror is facing in the wrong direction. Kia has attempted to fix these mirrors twice but the electronics continue to have ghosts and they refuse to stay put.”

“After heavy rain or prolonged rain periods, the cargo area in the back of the van saturates (floods) with water. This was first noticed when the van was parked for the first time outside the garage during the storm of the end of 2008 in the snohomish, washington area. Since then, this problem presisted until now. The Kia dealer, where the van was bought from as new vehicle, attempted to fix the leak 4 times. The first time they claimed that they sealed body leaks at third brake light and left rear wheel well, but the leak showd up again at the cargo area during the following rain event. …”

“The contact owns a 2006 Kia Sedona. The contact stated that the sun visor would not remain in an upright position and was obstructing his view. The dealer did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure yet the vehicle was not repaired. The current mileage was 77,000 and the approximate failure mileage was 75,000. Updated 08/05/11 updated 08/15/11”

“The contact owns a 2006 Kia Sedona. A fourth of an inch of the windows was not making contact with the rubber stripping. On two occasions, the dealer replaced the rubber stripping on the front and rear windows; however, the front windows were not sealed properly. The contact has to clean the windows manually. The manufacturer stated that the windows were designed to repel water, not remove it from the window. The failure mileage was 700 and current mileage was 17,000.”