Kia Sorento Questions
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Kia Sorento
Fri, 15 Jul 2011
Bought a 2011 Kia Sorento in November of 2010. In January ...
Bought a 2011 Kia Sorento in November of 2010. In January 2011, we were one the highway, heard a "pop" and then smelled a funny chemical smell, stronger than nail polish and or nail polish remover, then a flame appeared in the black of the windshield on the drivers side almost behind the sensor on the dash. It got bigger and more noticeable, pulled over ASAP. As soon as I pulled over the flame went out and we could not tell where this was coming from or even what it was. No smoke. Since we could not find anything and it seemed to be gone we continued driving home.
Didn't really know how to explain this to the garage and since there was nothing visible we kind of just forgot about it. Until recently, My husband went to wash my car and noticed on the outside of the windshield under the VIN number there is an area that looked like a computer chip or something but was obviously fried, melted looking and the entire area around it had cracked the windshield in a circular motion. Brough it to the dealership today at 8:30am, they said they had never seen anything like it and would have to call kIA MANUFACTURER, it is now 3:46pm and I have not heard anything from them. I will be calling them at 4:00pm to check the status.
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