Kia Sorento 2.5 CRDi XS Review

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Kia Sorento 2.5 CRDi XS
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troon's Review of Kia Sorento 2.5 CRDi XS

25th Jul 2008

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    11 months
  • Performance
    4.5 stars
  • Reliability
    4.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    05
  • Doors
    5
  • Practicality
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Easy to drive, comfortable on long journeys, plenty of room, can load it up, and you would not notice any diffrence in the drive.


Bad Points

Kia Sorento 2 yrs 10 months old just done 21,000 miles, and the fuel pump has imploaded causing some serious internal damage.


General Comments

Bought the kia Sorento 2.5D XT approx 11 months ago (July 2007) the vehicle now is approx 2yrs 10 months old, just done 21,000 miles, over the last few weeks we have notice a bit of a chuging when pulling off and when idling, the car was due for a major service so booked it in to the Kia dealer in swansea where I purchased the car from, it was in for a day, and when I got it back it drove exactly the same, I was told the car had to come back in 7 days time, for an engine diagnostic check, (tues 22nd July) I was told the fuel smelt different and that I might have put unleaded in by mistake, which I know I have not done, any way they drained my fuel out, replaced with new diesel, at a cost to me and also replaced the fuel filter, again at a cost on top of the normal service price. I have just phoned the garage today friday 25th, to be told that the fuel pump has imploaded, causeing damage to the Rail, the injectors, and there might be more damage as well, at this moment in time the dealer is waiting for Kia to give the OK for the work to be done under warranty.
Don't know the full extent of the damage yet and waiting for an update from the dealer.

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  • troon Rank: Lance Corporal on 21st Aug 2008

    Update on my fuel problem, the car went in the garage for a full diagnostic, to find out the fuel pump had imploaded, the full fuel system was replaced from the fuel pump forward including the fuel rail, injectors etc, and all on waranty, thankfully, other wise the garage told me the bill would have been circa £4,000.00, what I did not like was that the garage would not give me a breakdown of what was done for me to put with the service history! They said it would be kept on their computer system.
    Any way got the Sorento back, and all is working ok again, the Sorento was in the garage for a full two weeks, and the garage give me a courtousy vehicle for the duration, all in all I was very pleased with the service and the response to the problem.