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The airbag light would come on and go off randomly while driving. We took it to the dealer several times. I believe repairs were made twice and within days it happened again. The other times it was taken into the dealer, the problem could not be replicated as the light would randomly come on/blink. The airbag light stays on all the time now. I've been told it is dangerous to drive the vehicle while the light is on because the airbags will not deploy should the vehicle get in an accident. The passenger side seatbelt like blinks constantly now whether there is a passenger in the front seat or not. I've been told by Kia that the warranty has expired and any cost associated with the repair of the airbag and seatbelt sensor will be our responsibility. This was an ongoing problem well before the warranty expired.
The daytime and headlights lights will turn off randomly. (started around the 100K mileage). When stationary, the sliding doors do not shut correctly. 1st the driver's side door begins rattling like change is inside the door. 2nd then the door begins taking 2 turns to close, and then it is hit or miss when closing. The door closure button will occasionally not work, regardless of whether the car is off and parked. (started around the 45000 mileage). The driver's side seat belt connector occasionally indicates a fault error. Also the passenger side seat belt indicator will turn on when 5 pounds or less is in the passenger seat. (started around the 100K mileage). My biggest concern: Since I believe the side doors are fatal accidents waiting to happen, I have my kids sit in the 3rd row. Only adults are allowed to sit in my passenger captain chairs. The blind spot warning does not work consistently.
Airbags - the sensor light keeps coming on at random times, then will turn off for a few seconds, then come back on. There is not one certain thing that causes this (ie bumps, breaking, acceleration, etc). Not sure if this is a bad sensor issue or what it could be. Seatbelts - front passenger side seatbelt will 'lock' into place while driving (like after you would stop suddenly), and the only way to undo it, is to release the seatbelt.
Center seat belt in the middle back row which pulls down from the roof of the vehicle failed when making a quick stop to avoid an accident due to another car improperly changing lanes into our lane. Speed of travel was 45mph on the straight away on a city street. The passenger's head was aiming for the center console and was buffered by the passenger extending his hands to not hit the center console. The seat belt appears to be working now, but we cannot be sure that it will continue to function properly or if the others may also work intermittently in the future.
Air bag light comes on and off frequently with no explanation as to why. The passenger seat belt light blinks on and off with no passenger and nothing in the seat. This happens while driving the vehicle or at start up of the vehicle the lights may stay on. I fear that if needed my airbags may not deploy properly.
- Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
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The 2nd row center seat belt is defective and can not hold an occupant. The center seat belt had never been used before today - the buckles were still wrapped in blue plastic from the factory. Upon attempted first use, the smaller latchplate would not go into the smaller buckle. The white release button on the smaller buckle was depressed inwards - which it should not have been. The smaller latchplate would go into the buckle and give a false latch and then at even a little bit of pulling on the belt the latchplate would come out of the buckle. Note: Because this shoulder belt comes from the roof there are 2 buckles and 2 latchplates. The defect was with the smaller latchplate that would not latch properly into the smaller buckle.
Front seat belt unlatches and retracts when object accidentally slid off console between front seats and fell onto seatbelt locking mechanism. This occurred during a leftward turn. Reproducible by dropping cell phone onto mechanism.
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- Covington, GA, USA