NHTSA Complaint #10650855 — 2006 KIA SORENTO

MY 2006 KIA SORENTO, MANUFACTURED IN AUGUST 2005 & WAS A BASIC VEHICLE, NO LUXURY MODEL.A RENTAL CAR BUSINESS WAS 1ST OWNER AND ONLY HAD IT FOR A FEW MONTHS, THEN I BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALER IN SEPT 2006 W 14,000 MILES. IT IS 8 YEARS OLD WITH 108,000 MILES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON, I HEARD LOUD BANGING IN THE HOOD, THEN SUDDENLY IT TURNED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. TRAFFIC WAS SLOW MOVING. I HAD IT TOWED TO AN EXPERT MECHANIC AND OWNER OF HIS OWN SHOP. MY MECHANIC HAS DONE SOME PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE IN THE PAST AND CONSIDERED IT TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. HE TOOK THE ENGINE APART AND FOUND PIECES BROKEN OFF FROM THE "INTAKE RUNNER BUTTERFLY VALVE ASSEMBLY & FELL INTO THE ENGINE; ALSO THERE WAS A BUSHING FAILURE IN THE LOWER INDUCTION MANIFOLD. MY 3.5 ENGINE WAS TOTALED WITHIN MINUTES ALONG WITH ALL SURROUNDING PARTS. THE SAME ENGINE AS IN THE RECALL. MY KIA HAS A 3.5 ENGINE, SAME AS IN THE RECALL BULLETIN #TT2008020601. THE RECALL BULLETIN WAS FOR KIA MODELS 2003-2005, YET THIS EXACT INCIDENT WAS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL BULLETIN. I HAVE TWO PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE DAMAGE (1ST PHOTO IS THE INTAKE RUNNER ASSEMBLY W/TWO BROKEN MISSING BUTTERFLIES FOR CYLINDERS 5 & 6 & THE 2ND PHOTO OF A PIECE OF THE BUTTERFLY STUCK IN THE INTAKE PORT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD -BOTH TAKEN ON 9-12-2014.) I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO A GARDEN GROVE KIA DEALERSHIP. THEY INSPECTED & GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $11,700. ALL THEY SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT 2006 MODELS WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. HOW CAN KIA CORPORATION GUARANTEE THAT THE SAME INFERIOR PARTS WERE NOT INSTALLED IN MY 2006 SORENTO? IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2005. KIA CORPORATION SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COMPLETELY RESOLVED WITH THE 2005 MODELS. *TR