Still under warranty, take it in. Even if you are mechanically inclined, take it in. If something else happens and they see that you tried to fix it yourself or something, they may give you a hard time with the warranty work down the road. I had the p0711 code recently, which was the transaxle temperature sensor malfunction. I knew where it was and what it involved to fix, but I was over the bumper to bumper by about 3k miles. Since it was the transmission, I figured I would see if they would fix it since the power train is supposed to be 100k miles. They did end up fixing it but said they had to "check" it to make sure I hadn't messed with anything since I essentially told them what was wrong with the car and what it needed.

 

We bought this car used from a local lot. They didn't say anything about it being under warranty and the nearest Kia dealer is 3hrs away.

 

Humm, ok. I think, but not sure, that the warranty is transferable? Someone can chime in on that one. Now your choices would be to drive 3 hours, take it to your local shop, or fix it yourself. For me, it would depend on how much they want to charge to fix it. I'm sure that part is probably not difficult to replace, although it may be one of those things that's had to get to. If it's something more serious, I would take the 3 hour trip, but call them first to see if they will warranty it. 6 hours round trip + time to fix = you will be minus a car for a few days.

 

Even if you buy used you STILL get the 6 year 60,000 warranty. Take it in, even if they are 3 hours away. why spent any cash/time yourself? The code is not telling you enough anyways, know is when you need a pro to follow the steps involved with the code........

 

I got the same code, same problem as the op. Any news here?

 

Fixed.

Went to my local Kia and bought a Range Sensor.

Pull this wire loom off the tray so the tray can be slid out from under the air box and flipped up.

 

Unbolt the shifter linkage, the nut on top of the sensor. Do NOT loosen the one with the red mark.

Pull it straight up and off.

Unbolt the sensor and pull it off. As you see the shifter linkage and sensor are keyed so they'll only go on one way. This is all done the the vehicle in park and the sensor should come out of the box close to the park position.

Old sensor with it's protective cover.

 

What can you do if the bolt on the shifter linkage is damaged

 

New sensor with it's cover. Here you can see the sensor is keyed.

Put the sensor in place in it's keyed position then you may have to turn it slightly to get the bolt holes to align.

Bolt the sensor in place

Bolt the linkage back in place.

I had a motorcycle battery I was able to hook up to the Sorento so I could switch the vehicle on (not start it) so I could move the shifter to make sure the gear indicator on the dash was showing the gear I had selected. If you don't have a bike battery to use, you'll have to use jumper cables or put your battery back in to check it. Put everything back together in the reverse procedure. This should take about an hour with no special tools.
Email me if you have any questions, djsska at yahoo dot com
Good luck!

 

For people looking into this that are still under warranty, let me provide clarification on the warranty stuff.

The 5/60 warranty is the only warranty that stays with the life of the vehicle, the 10/100 does not, unless of course you bought a certified pre-owned, then it does transfer over to you.

If you are under warranty don't touch it, heck if a Kia tech who does not have certification in transmissions does the job Kia will bounce the warranty claim and the dealership will have to eat it. If you, the owner, does it you may get all of your warranty claims related to the transmission bounced, so protect yourself and let it be done by the dealer with a certified technician, it's going to be no charge to you under warranty so why bother?

 

Nice write-up, this is what forums are all about.

 

I second that. This forum is severely unhelpful in real world mechanics so it was great to actually see something done and done properly just like on the motorbike forums. Many of us avoid dealers like the plague for good reason and this is what the forum should be about, trying to help each other with good easy to understand write ups.

 

Thanks folks.

I should have noted; Our's is not under warranty so I simply attacked it like I do everything else. Of course if your Kia is under warranty, let the warranty handle this job as stated in post 10.