NHTSA Complaint #10940026 — 2015 KIA SOUL

THE ENGINE FAILED AT 23,600 MI. I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC WHEN THE "OIL" LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE SEIZED UP COMPLETELY. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. THE KIA DEALERSHIP DENIED THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY STATING THAT SINCE I DID THE OIL CHANGES MYSELF THE WARRANTY WAS VOID. I PAID A MECHANIC TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP THE MECHANIC SAID THEY HAD JUST REPLACED THE ENGINE IN A 2014 KIA OPTIMA AND WHERE MORE THAN FAMILIAR WITH AN ENGINE SWAP ON A MODERN KIA. THESE CARS ARE NOT SAFE, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATING KIA MOTORS FOR THEIR FRAUDULENT PRACTICES.