NHTSA Complaint #10821941 — 2012 KIA SORENTO

@ 66,000 MILES, THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, LOCATED UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, IS DEFECTIVE AND LEAKED ALL THE OIL OUT OF THE ENGINE. YOU CANNOT REPLACE THE SWITCH/SENSOR WITHOUT DISASSEMBLING THE ENGINE. KIA WILL ONLY COVER THIS REPAIR UP TO 60,000 MILES. AN INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THIS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, ITS THE SAME SWITCH THAT IS COVERED UNDER A RECALL ON THE 2011 KIA SORENTO. KIA CUSTOMER RELATIONS SAID I SHOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I READ ON THE INTERNET YET IT WAS THE INTERNET I USED TO MAKE MY DECISION TO PURCHASE THEIR PRODUCT. THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH SHOULD BE ON THE SAME RECALL AS THE 2011 RECALL. SAME PROBLEM SAME SWITCH. DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE SWITCH AND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO ACCESS IT, THE COVERAGE SHOULD BE THE SAME AS AN INTERIOR ENGINE PART 10 YEARS, 100,000 MILES. THE OIL DRAINED WHILE DRIVING/RUNNING, AND SPILLED WHILE SITTING STATIONARY DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE ENGINE. THE OIL POOLS ON WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A "VALLEY PAN" THEN DUMPS WHEN PARKED.