CarComplaints.com Notes: Well, that didn't work. After one unsuccessful year of Borrego sales in the USA Kia ditched the SUV and replaced it two years later with the 2nd-generation 2011 Sorrento.

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
30,014 miles

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2009 Kia Borrego miscellaneous problems

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2009 Kia Borrego Owner Comments

problem #7

Jan 012020

Borrego

  • 0 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

My drivers side seatbelt does not latch all of the time. It will pop off while driving. This seems very dangerous and unsafe. I am also have trouble with my antenna around my ignition switch. It doesn't detect my key all of the time which means that my car does not start every time I put the key in it. It might take a few attempts. I just put about $5000 into this car over the last couple of years and was hoping to be done for a little while. The technicians have shared that neither of these issues are of my doing. The car is simply not reading my key and my seatbelt is defective.

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

problem #6

Jul 222019

Borrego

  • miles
Sun visors on both sides will not retract up to rooftop so its blocking visibility. The right side went out 1st about a year ago, but when the driver side stop working about 3 mo.. that's when I have a problem. So for the past 3 months is been a big problem for me.

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #5

May 222019

Borrego

  • 63,000 miles
As I pulled onto my driveway, coming to a stop with my foot on the brake, the car unintentionally accelerated and crashed through the garage door.

- Delray Beach, FL, USA

problem #4

Jan 012019

Borrego

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Once it woukd not ket me put car in reverse or park. Had to goigle the issue. Brakes had to be mashed to floor to engage. When slowing down or stopping at stop sign, the engine doesn't rev down and causes a severe jerking when you accelerate. It happens daily, many times daily. The check engine light is not on.

- Paris, KY, USA

problem #3

Jan 022017

Borrego

  • 1 miles
#1 whenever it rains the right headlight goes out and has to be replaced. #2 when the car is driven there is a burning smell inside the car that smells like wires burning. And there is smoke coming from inside the enging compartment and flowing from under the hood. Between the battery compartment and the frame area. We have taken the vehicle to Kia for a diognostic and although they noticed the issue also, they could not find where it was coming from. Driving the Kia makes me very nervous and we would like to know what is causing the problem and how to fix it. We live in lawrenceville ga and the issue hapoens weather were on the streets or on the highway.

- Lawrenceville, GA, USA

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problem #2

Jun 012018

Borrego

  • 108,000 miles
While sitting in my car with the key in the ignition listening to the radio it would start up. It would start up in park and it would start up and neutral and it sounds like the starter armature is engaging and won't stop and gauging in neutral and stop I don't have to be in the vehicle for it to start all on its own why does start on its own it very easily can you be bumped into drive and take off down the road if I leave it in neutral or park now it sounds horrible and it sounds like you're trying to start the vehicle when it's already running so the only way for me to get the off and going now is to start the vehicle in neutral bye just sitting there soon as you start side drop it into drive and I hit the road never seems to happen while in gear but it always happens now in park and neutral. On top of that it has a code for a bank sensor in the second bank B bank or whatever and it is retarded and advanced in timing. The timing seems to be erratic and all the sensors have been replaced and it is not possible to get it smogged this year because the check engine light doesn't go off due to the timing I'm guessing. While in drive it seems to want to jump if I put it in neutral it's okay and doesn't jump until something happens and then the starter kicks on.

- Manteca, CA, USA

problem #1

Aug 212015

Borrego

  • 39,100 miles
The part in question is good year tire Wrangler sr- a P265/60R18 (M&S) dot # M7C4 exwr 4913. While traveling at 55mph on the expressway the TPMS light came on. I was able to make to a dealership for repairs. Upon investigation from the dealership the tire in question could not be fixed so it was replaced. The tire looks to have split between the treads not caused by a road hazard. I'm concerned if this is a possible defect in the tire. I do have 4 tire of that kind on my vechile. I do have the tire in question in my possession.

- Elmwood Pk., IL, USA

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