Kia Sorento 2.5 CRDi XS Review

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

24th Nov 2008

Overall Rating

2 stars
  • Value for money
    3 stars
  • Length of ownership
    since then
  • Performance
    4 stars
  • Reliability
    2 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    2008
  • Doors
    5 usually
  • Practicality
    4 stars
Good Points

Solid feel and kia have used some nice quality fitments. Firm seats and firmer suspension.


Bad Points

Some initial faults and an overall feeling remains about what is going to fail next - lack of confidence. Vague steering and self undoing rear screen bolts, cured with loctite!


General Comments

Purchased new March 08, At 500 miles the manual gearbox developed noise from 5th to 4th gear and difficulty disengaging 1st gear. Repeatedly (5 times) took car back to dealer who kept it for a week each time and pronounced it cured each time, which it wasn ' t. Eventually began the process of rejecting the vehicle and was ignored by Kia UK and was treated with indifference and rudeness from dealer. Trading Standards suggested I strengthen my case by allowing another dealer to inspect the car. 2nd dealer replaced gearbox without question. Trim was poorly refitted and the seats had grease on them, as did the floor carpets and the boot carpet (?) I asked dealer to do intermediate oil and filter change while it was in and they charged me £130 quid. Nice. Must have used gold plated oil. Electric ariel went up one day and didn ' t stop going up. Replaced under warranty and they scratched the wing as a free offer. Had it repainted but it looked like my mum had done it and then buffed the lacquer off the paint. Started to misfire at 3500 miles which turned out to be an injector. Windscreen wiper motor failed soon after. The car came back with the same failed motor but they had replaced the Washer motor! I will go back to land rover when this heap is 3 years old. I feel ashamed that I broke my 25 year relationship with LR to buy this. Perhaps it should have a Lada badge on it?

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