2005 Kia Sedona EX review from North America

This is my 2nd Sedona. I purchased an 03 and traded it in on the 05 due to mileage limitations on a lease.

Generally speaking, this van has been reliable.

The brakes are weak and needed to be replaced. Rotors were warped.

I have replaced a wheel bearing after 100k but wear items are wear items.

Things that have flat out broken is the driver window does not work right. It has gotten stuck in all positions, and has forced me to remove the door skin on the side of the road to get it to go back up.

The arm rest on the drivers seat has broken twice. No excessive weight had been placed on it.

The CD player skips a lot. The 03 didn't.

Any buttons pressed regularly have the image or paint wear off. We check the temp a lot so the mode button has warn off. We are not OCD, but we check it enough.

The forward and reverse track button for the stereo has also worn.

Overall we have driven this a large number of KM's and it has held up quite well.

Pretty comfortable van all in all. I wish the rear seats were stow and go (they are newer models), and the fuel economy is shoddy. Not the worst, but poor.

We have maintained the van quite well and are pretty religious with oil changes and what not.

We also had to replace the timing belt. This was a maintenance thing.