Sorento IV hybrid: scraping or rumbling noise when turning the wheel from the small steering bearing

Engine / equipment

Kia Sorento (IV) hybrid and plug-in hybrid, electric power steering (MDPS)

Period mentioned

Built from 15–30 September 2020 to 30 June 2021 (US bulletin)

Symptoms

When turning the wheel one way and the other there is a scraping or rumbling noise from the steering. The steering does not get heavier.

Possible cause described

Kia explains in a US technical bulletin (May 2024) that foreign matter gets into the small bearing of the worm shaft in the electric power steering motor. It does not change the steering effort.

Check for the garage

Ask a Kia dealer to check where the noise comes from and, if it is this bearing, to replace it with the kit from bulletin CHA122 (only the bearing is replaced, not the column).

Cost cited in the source

No verified estimate; ask the garage for a quote.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.

Sources from the original database