Problem Reports

knocking on start up that lasts only a few seconds and is louder the colder the engine is..if turned off and back on engine does not make the noise only after its been off for a little while..

we were unaware of the tensioner problem untill now i own a 08 sedona (still paying on ) and our tensioner failed which caused our timing chain to become loose and break things which all the peices then went all over my engine and a clog so we ended up with low oil presure which none of our gages or lights notifed us of .. we are at a loss we bought the sedona used from a non kia dealership and were unaware of the 60000 mile timing chain we always did our oil changes ourselfs and any other upkeep .. currently trying to get it fixed

Vehicle was brought in for noise at start up. Dealer refused to fix it and said it was no big deal since the noise went away after pressure built up. Noise continuously got louder and Kia kept refusing to fix it. Lo and behold once the warranty ran out they offered to fix it for $1400. Kia scammed their consumers. I contacted Kia corporate and they basically told me to go to hell

Exact same thing happened except I didn't think it was that much harm with the noise and rattling; until my van wouldn't even turn over to start and also would just shut off all together while driving on freeway. Ofcourse that happening called for immediate attention. But, before we took it to our community mechanic we were told that the timing belt is due to change after 60,000miles / 60 months (currently at 112,000 miles) And of course our timing belt is in process of being replaced.

Its the timing chain tensioner verified by kia dealership . They are refusing to fix because it doesnt do it once it has warmed up