2012 model Kia Sorento, purchased as an ex demo model from a Kia yard, and have been experiencing "limp mode" problems over the last 3 years, with them getting more and more frequent. Kia, nobody can find a solution. But they will charge you $150 each time to run a diagnostic. Maybe it's this??? $200 thank you. Nope, wasn't that. Then lets replace this???? $500. Nope, not that either.... Google "Kia Sorento Limp Mode"and there are forums and forums, pages and pages, of this issue. Yet NO SOLUTIONS. I think this needs leaking to the news o...Read more

My Kia Sorento has been fantastic to us. We have taken it out to all parts of Victoria and use the all-wheel-drive many times on some rocky ground.

Recently a couple of noises were coming from underneath and then my wife brings it home and it is rattling like crazy.
We use the Kia roadside assistance and they took it straight to the Berwick dealership no charge.

The mechanics identified that we had sheared the spline in the casing of the front diff. We were quoted $5,500 for the fix. Our car came out of warranty last July 9 months ago. Becau...Read more

Great car, WAS an awesome all rounder, we have the diesel, 7 seater, leather seats, awesome we thought !
although IF i had the money, i would only have this car during the warranty period, which is longer now, but ours only had 5 yrs, and several things seems to fall apart at the end of the warranty period ! more than i will mesion below...
UPDATE NIGHTMARE ! really consider selling by warranty end OR dont buy one !!!
we have had No end of troubles and expenses since the car turned five ! now at 7 yrs old, another issue which they have had...Read more

We purchased a 2014 SLI Sat Nav brand new twelve months and 18000Km ago. The car is used for everything from my wife's shopping and school runs, to our weekends away with the kids and dogs camping in State Forests. It has never missed a beat and doesn't even realise it has a full trailer on the back.

Power to boot (I'm a V8 owner to, so I know what power is), low turbo lag and it barely uses fuel compared to other SUV's I have driven. Continuous around town short runs it sits on around 8.5 / 100 but I have a lead foot, towing the trainer loa...Read more

I own a Kia Sorento 2010 SLi which has just completed 90ks. Excellent vehicle on most fronts but has had its share of issues. Warranty claims include, sump pan oil leak at 30ks, heat sensor in transmission failure at 60ks, followed by pan oil leak for 30ks & finally fixed after two years of complaint. Oil leak in tappet cover and timing gear cover. Passenger seat belt buckle failure. Hole in drivers seat back material. Cargo blind failure. The dealership has been very good in agreeing to correct the issues when raised by me. Warranty not a prob...Read more

Best in its class... 7-Seater... Most fuel efficient in its class... Amazing Features... Love the smooth drive and it's the most affordable of all SUVs that can seat 7!!! Great suspension, better than Kluger and more responsive than both Toyota Kluger & Mazda CX-9. Am very happy. Have owned a Honda Odyssey previously and they are a nice car too, and I rate them the best people mover... but Sorento SLi is a great 7-seater SUV package. I bought a 2WD but the AWD is the slickest of them all. So if you think Korean cars are not up to the mark on th...Read more

SLi MY11 2.2crdi have had the Sorento just over 12 months and have completed just over 33,000klms. Have towed a Lv535 Geist caravan for approx 28,000klm of total. Have had no mechanical problems and have not had any oil consumption issues at all, have had a problem with poor reception from the car radio. Had the vehicle into various dealers to try and rectify what they all acknowledge is a problem. Dealer response has been reasonable to appalling bad, problem still ongoing after 7months. After finally getting connected to customer service and s...Read more

We had a Subaru Forester and loved it but it was time upsize with a 5 year old and another bubs on the way we decided a 7 seater would be functional as we may want friends and family to tag along on some trips.

We checked out the usual suspects and tried to be as objective as possible.

Kluger KX-S AWD - $61k Plus and real world Fuel consumption at 15-16L/100km after speaking with owners in shopping centre carparks and blogs. No 3 row split seat at the time, no leather seating to 3rd row, 5 speed auto

Mazda CX9 - $63K Mid Level AWD Spec...Read more

Have just done 5,000km through Victoria and Tasmania. Impressed by the performance, handling, comfort and good fuel economy (up to 40 mpg). SLi version has everything we wanted. Don't use the last row of seats but as they fold flat it gives plenty of luggage space. On the freeway at 110 km/h it gives around 40 mpg (7 litres/100km) and auto hardly changes down - tons of torque. Much better than the 4 speed auto Forester X we had.

November 21st 2016 Update: Problem free motoring

After 5 years driving the 2.2 litre turbo diesel Sorento I can...Read more