NHTSA Complaint #10277621 — 2006 KIA SPORTAGE

MY ESC LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR AND MY CRUISE CONTROL WOULD SHUT OFF BY ITSELF OR NOT COME ON AT ALL. AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS, THE CRUISE WOULD NO LONGER SET AT ALL. THIS BEGAN INTERMITTENTLY AROUND 60,000 MILES OR SO AND BECAME A FULL BLOWN PROBLEM AT AROUND 92,000 MILES. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A DEFECTIVE STOP LAMP SWITCH. THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL ON THIS PART, BUT JUST NOT FOR MY 2006 KIA SPORTAGE. I CALLED THE KIA CONSUMER LINE AND WAS BASICALLY TOLD "TOO BAD" BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN SPORTAGE ISSUE, MY VEHICLE DIDN'T MAKE THE DATE CUT. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER RECALL, BUT ENDED UP COSTING ME $100 FOR THE WARRANTY DEDUCTIBLE! THE ACTUAL BILL WAS $161.00. HOW CAN KIA GET AWAY WITH THIS? *TR