NHTSA Complaint #10593494 — 2012 KIA SORENTO

A FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO HER VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE AND UPON LEAVING THE PARKING LOT AND DRIVING INTO THE STREET I LOST ALL POWER AND CONTROL OF MY CAR INCLUDING MY POWER STEERING ETC. I ALMOST CRASHED THE CAR INTO THE SIDE OF A HOUSE BUT LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO PRESS THE BRAKES HARD ENOUGH TO FINALLY GET THE CAR TO STOP. I THEN PUSHED THE POWER BUTTON AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS CAME ON THE DISPLAY BUT NO POWER TO THE CAR. I PRESSED THE POWER AGAIN AND THE CAR STARTED. THEN THREE DAYS AGO I WAS IN THE CAR PICK UP LINE PICKING UP ANOTHER DAUGHTER FROM SCHOOL. I HAD THE POWER OF THE CAR OFF AND WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR IT WOULD NOT START. I PUSHED THE POWER BUTTON AND AGAIN ALL OF THE LIGHT ON THE DISPLAY CAME ON. THEN I PUSHED IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. IF MYSELF OR MY HUSBAND ARE DRIVING ANY OF OUR 4 CHILDREN ON THE FREEWAY AT 65-70 MILES AND HOUR AND THE CAR DECIDES TO POWER ITSELF OFF IT COULD BECOME A CATASTROPHE ONE OF WHICH I AM NOT WILLING TO RISK. I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE EXACT ISSUES HOWEVER NOTHING IS EVER DONE ABOUT. IT'S THE SAME OLD STORY YOU TAKE IT INTO YOUR DEALER AND THEY RUN THE DIAGNOSTIC AND IT DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING WRONG. WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME BOTH TIMES I TOOK MY KIA IN. THIS AUTOMOBILE HAS A DEFECT, WHICH IS TERRIBLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS, AND WHICH THE AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER APPEARS TO BE IGNORING, MUCH IN THE MANNER THAT GM IGNORED SERIOUS, DANGEROUS, AND SOMETIMES FATAL DEFECTS IN ONE OR MORE OF ITS MODELS. I TRULY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM CAN KEEP HAPPENING AND KIA IS CHOOSING NOT TO IGNORE IT RATHER THAN ISSUE A RECALL ON THE CAR. *TR