NHTSA Complaint #10628320 — 2003 KIA SORENTO

I BOUGHT A 2003 KIA SORENTO FROM MY NIECE BACK IN NOVEMBER 2013 FOR $2000 AND NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS INTO OWNING THIS VEHICLE, THE CRANK SHAFT BROKE IN HALF! THE BOLT BROKE OFF IN HALF INSIDE THE CRANK SHAFT PULLEY AND THE OTHER HALF OF THE BOLT WAS INSIDE THE CRANK SHAFT CASE. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE CRANK SHAFT NEEDED REPAIRING (MY NIECE, HUSBAND WHO WERE THE FIRST AND ORIGINAL OWNERS TO THIS KIA SORENTO HAD IT BREAK DOWN ON HIM ON THE FREEWAY AS WELL, HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO KIA THEN PAID THEM TO FIX IT WHEN THEY OWNED THE VEHICLE) BUT THIS TIME, WHEN THIS ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE I OWNED THE VEHICLE, THE CRANK SHAFT FAILED IN A GREATER AND MORE COSTLY CONDITION THEN THE FIRST TIME THE CRANK SHAFT FAILED ON THEM. WHICH THEN CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE, LOSS OF POWER STEERING, LOSS OF THE CHARGING SYSTEM, LOSS OF THE COOLING SYSTEM AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN, VEHICLE WOULDN'T START UP AFTER THAT AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT HAPPENED WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND WHILE MY HUSBAND, MY DAUGHTER AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS IN THE VEHICLE TRAVELING. IT COULD HAVE JEOPARDIZE THEIR LIFE'S AS WELL AS OTHER! *TR