MK2 Kia Sorento Door Lock / Latch Repair 2010 Onwards
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- This video shows the disassembly, internal workings and repair of the 2010 onward Kia Sorento door latch mechanism that fails due to a small internal spring that fractures. Spring is part of the lock mechanism that causes the handle to no longer engage the latch system so you cannot open the door from outside.
Latch removal guide:
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Spring Kit from eBay
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This is great! Thank you for sharing. I just did this on both front doors after they failed within months of each other. Saved me $150 on parts alone. I was a little intimidated by the idea of drilling out and re tapping the metal plate, but it all went very smoothly and easily. Don't bother with any of the shortcuts like paper towels as they don't work very long, just replace the spring. The hardest part is getting the lock module out of the door. Great video!
Hi Darren. Thanks for the feedback. Glad it work out well for you. I've done 2 of mine so just waiting for the other 2 to fail.
hi darren, do you have video how to removing door latch out of the door.. now i only that problems to open it... it very pleasure if u can share the video.. 😁
@@stuarts7x what size is the spring? Any chance you measured?
@@adamlogan384 The OD of the spring is 7mm and the length is immaterial for our use but mine was 38mm. The diameter of the spring steel is 0.7mm. I purchased the set as buying springs online can be tricky as it is difficult to ascertain the tension but you might be able to find one with the measurements..
Wow! Thanks so much! Saved me $300 + shipping as i have to replace 3 door actuators! All of them have the same spring issue! Used a safety pin for the spring.
Glad the video was helpful. Only one more for you to do then, :-)
My door refused to open today after telling someone how the car hasn’t given me any trouble! Hence the frantic searching on TH-cam for help! Thankfully I have found your video and I’ll be giving it a go soon. Thanks.
I followed this procedure today on a 2011 Sorento, and it worked great. Many thanks for posting this helpful video! After drilling out the rivets, for reassembly I was able to run a 4mm thread tap through the metal bracket, and used a couple of 25mm M4 set screws. The third rivet hole which goes into plastic was not strong enough to take a new thread, so I used a 30mm M4 set screw with locknuts. The tip on how to make up a replacement spring is particularly helpful. Thanks again.
Thank you for the feedback. Very rewarding when you can fix something that is supposed be just thrown away, :-)
thanks for your video a great help. i ended up using a straight length of mig welding wire and wrapping it into shape around the parts. it worked out great. thank you.
Thank you for the video! Was able to get a makeshift spring in there and fix my door problems!
Glad it helped
Thanks for this. Just fixed mine.
Very good, clear explanation on how to fix this problem. Thanks!
Thanks indeed for your great information.
Another door done this evening. Thank you so much. You have saved me hundreds of pounds.
Glad it was useful, :-)
Absolutely brilliant, great video loved the spring making instructions
Glad you found it useful, 👍
Just disassembled mine, from a 2011 Sorento. It had 4 screws holding it together. Two rivets, one motor and a broken spring. This is more of a practice run, as I replaced the entire assembly with an OEM one from Amazon. At least I'll be ready for the next time. Thanks for the guide.
I wonder if it's a manufacturing defect, perhaps a nick on the spring. They all seem to break at the same place.
Thanks for the guide.
Great repair video. Nice job
Followed your how to from start to finish.
Very ingenious. Save a lot of people a lot of money 👍
Thanks for the feedback. You can now wait for the next one to fail, :-)
Thumbs up. Great little video right up my alley. I love to tinker with this kind of stuff.
Great video.
Absolutely brilliant
Hope it helped
Muchas muchas muchas gracias, de verdad me ayudo mucho.
Really you're amazing!!
Thanks alot man
I may try placing a piece of fairly dense sponge behind the end of the slider forcing it to stay forward similar to what the broken spring did
Fun.. this has happened to my 2011 and they want over $800 to repair.. crazy stuff. Such an obvious point of failure seeing it opened up like that.
Exelent explanation
In Canada I got a recall for both front & rear doors as an extended 10 year warranty good till 2021
Hi. My Sorento in 10 years old already. Good to know for others though. Unfortunately even if you have one replaced under warranty they just put the same part in which will fail in due course. There is no upgraded part available! Regards, Stuart.
Update Since my Kia "in Servce" date was August 2010 I have now been denied in spite of special request as the failure occurred back in the Covid shutdown days So this video is a major help. Anyone know of a spring kit available in USA or Canada that works? THANKS KIA for nothing .Thanks Stuart big time
i can see why you did not show the reassembly process. There must have been a lot of cursing and yelling. Mine broke while the child lock was engaged. There is no way to open the door from either the inside or outside. This is a major safety issue. This whole design is a giant kludge and it is not the only thing in a Kia car that is this way. The design engineers are smoking something when they do this and they just want to frustrate owners. It is backfiring. I have had several Kias but no more. I am done with this foolishness. Thanks for tackling this issue.
thank you. fixed mine too. very good video. one question...why your latch assembly has 2 actuators? mine is a sorento 2011 the latch assembly looks the same as yours but i only have one actuator
Unfortunatly I do not know. The ones I have done have always been the same. It may be that your Sorento is slightly newer so the actuator was changed from 2011 onwards.
Could a person use an elastic instead of a spring, think it would work?
My Kia Sorento 2011 has issues on door lock twice. The first time, the door on driver's side won't unlock from inside. That got fix by the dealer. Then after 3 years, the the door won't unlock from the outside! It seems to be a common problem on his doors! This should have been recalled by Kia!
I entirely agree. I tried the main dealer but they were very unhelpful. The issue is that there is no upgraded part to fit so even if Kia replaced faulty units they will still fail in due course. I did get Kia to disable the auto door locking at 15mph function as this operated all the locks every time you drive away. Each cycle must put strain on the spring that breaks so hopefully this will reduce the number of occurrences.
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Hello i just followed your repair video. Nice job. And thanks for sharing. I haven’t put it back in the vehicle just yet. Its dark out now. Will get back on it tomorrow. But it works manually. Thanks again.
How did they disable the auto door lock. I would like to do the same. As you state it will lower the amount of times it locks.
@@gm19651 Sorry for the very late reply but here goes anyway. The disabling of the auto door lock needs a computer. Only expensive ones will do it or you need to go to the dealer.
I can open 2014 driver door from outside only. Not inside. Would this be a cable, electrical, handle issue. And would i have to replace whole riveted unit, 2014 sorento?
Hi. Not the same fault as I had so it may be a different problem My issue was not opening from the outside. Sorry
I followed the steops in this video and managed to fix the spring using the old one - I just unwound it a loop and it still works pefectly. I have one problem though. My driver door now won't lock and the automnatic central locking is trying to initiate as I'm driving around. I've obviously not got the reattachment of the cables right but not sure how they should be. This video skips that part. Does anyone have any advice?
The only time I have had this issue was when I fitted a replacement unit and it was a slightly different part number. Otherwise check that the wiring is securely attached. Hope you find the problem, 🤞.
@@stuarts7x Thanks Stuart will go back and check everything. Much appreciated!
What is the part called to order?
What is the size of the diameter of spring, and what is the length of the bolt
Hi. I do not know the diameter of the spring or the length of the bolt. Sorry
Is there a link to video of removing this from door?
This written guide with photos is pretty good. www.kia-forums.com/threads/door-wont-open-from-outside-how-to-replace-the-door-actuator-assembly.264826/
I really wish you had done a video on getting to this stage. The only one on TH-cam is rubbish.
It was a bit tricky
stuarts7x I had it all stripped and just couldn’t get everything out of the door. I built it all back up and gave up. I had another go and realised I had left the bolt in the handle in the outside of the door! Out it came and all is well!