Kia Sorento Problems by year

were no warning lamps, messages of the problem prior to the failure. On the morning of July 10, while backing the car out of the garage, a loud grinding noise occurred, appearing to come from under the hood. It was one of the hottest days and the only thing that came out of the vents was warm/hot air. It appeared that the A/C compressor was broken. When the A/C was turned on the grinding noise occurred, and when the fan was increased the grinding noise got louder and louder. When the A/C was turned off, the noise stopped and there was no cool or cold air. yes there is a video recording of the problem and the problem was able to be reproduced over and over. The vehicle was taken into a Kia dealership on July 13, 2026 and a complete investigation was performed and the dealership found that the original A/C compressors failed on the vehicle making it an internal compressor failure with systemic metallic contamination. The noise was from the destruction of the A/C compressors exploding causing metal shrapnel/debris shaving from the compressors that was sent up through the AC lines and into various other components, such as the condenser and evaporator, contaminating the entire HVAC system and could have come out the vents causing damage to the passengers. Due to the metal debris contamination throughout the AC system, the dealership deemed the vehicle unsafe to operate or return to the customer until a full HVAC system replacement was complete.

UT said they can hear it but they cant do anything about it since their is no engine codes they told me that since these kind of cars are sensitive and smart enough it will throw a code oncer the car detects it. but nothing. i then took it to master auto tech in downtown salt lake city, UT, they said they can hear it but can not find the issue. since i have at 98,800 or so miles and im at the near end of the warranty, i am very concerned that worse case scenario that i will have a even bigger issue.

opiniion by young kia in layton, UT since i had moved here i had to have it taken somewhere else. again,,they confirmed it and since this is the 2mmd time. they advised me to make a claim to KIA. i have yet to hear back from them, the dealership said since this is the 2nd time they would want me to push the issue to them to take it to the next level. i have not heard from them dealership said nothing they can do, they say everything looks good and just says that the clicking sound will be just annoying.

(DCT) electric oil pump circuit board causes pump failure and sudden loss of motive power. Although my vehicle was built with the exact same 2.5L Turbo engine and 8-speed DCT assembly, my vehicle was excluded from the original recall scope. Because a sudden loss of drive power in traffic creates a severe crash hazard, I am requesting that NHTSA investigate expanding Recall 22V-760 to include affected VINs experiencing this identical electric oil pump failure.