NHTSA Complaint #10781372 — 2005 KIA SORENTO

THE KIA SORENTO HAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILOR DO TO A SINGLE PIN ON THE CRANK SHAT TIMING GEAR. THIS GEAR HAS BROKEN FREE TWICE AND CAUSED HEAD DAMAGE BENT VALVES AND ALSO COST BETWEEN 2 AND 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE 30 DOLLAR GEAR THAT WILL WITH OUT QUESTION FAIL AGAIN I'M ON MY THIRD TIME OF THIS HAPPENING THIS TIME THE TIMING GEAR PIN GROW SLOWING ONLY THE CRANK SHAT HIMONIC BALANCER TO COME FREE BRAKING A 10 DOLLAR BOLT BUT WITH OUT A DOUBT IT WILL COST ME AGAIN THOUSANDS TO FIX . EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IT HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT SITUATION ONCE WAS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY THE VECHICAL MADE A LOUD BANG AND THE VECHICAL LIST POWER AND CAME TO A HALT ONCE WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY THIS TIME THE ENGINE LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE HAD TOBE TOWED TO A SHOP ONLY TO FIND OUT THEY WOULD NOT WORK ON IT BECAUSE IT IS A KNOW DEFECT THE THIRD TIME WAS DRIVING THREW TOWN AND IT SOUND LIKE I HAD DROPPED A SAW MILLE UNDER THE HOOD IT DAMAGED THE VALVES AND BROKE THE FANS AND TORE UP THE MOST THUS TIME.