NHTSA Complaint #10959011 — 2016 KIA SORENTO

POWER STEERING WILL RANDOMLY TURN OFF, MAKING IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. TURNS BACK ON IN APPROX. 3 SECONDS WITH A JERK. DATES ARE ALL 2016. MILEAGE REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED 4/6 1141 AM DRIVING TO WORK FIRST DRIVE OF THE DAY 5 MILES. SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY. FOURTH EVENT SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR. 4/7 4:33 PM DRIVING FROM ? TO ? 60 MILES AN HOUR, GOING STRAIGHT. HAPPENED WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF STARTING THE CAR. 4/8 5:17 PM 7270 FROM ? TO ? LOW SPEED PULLING INTO GAS STATION SLOW SPEED 4/22 8:24 PM 7681 DRIVING IN TOWN. 3RD START OF THE DAY. SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN. 4/29 11:08 PM 7832 DRIVING TOWARDS ? FROM ? TURNING ON THE ? ROAD RIGHT HAND TURN AT LOW SPEED. 5/1 3:00 PM 7924 GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. SLIGHT TURN TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD 5/9 2:58 PM 7998 PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE. SHARP TURN TO THE RIGHT. 5/11 3:47 PM 8052 EXITING OFF OF A HWY EXIT. 35 MPH MEDIUM TURN TO THE RIGHT 5/14 1:08 PM 8269 HWY SPEED ON ?. SLIGHT RIGHT TURN. OFF ABRUPTLY. CORRECTED IN ABOUT 2 SECONDS. 5/25 12:01 8744 SLOWING DOWN FROM HIGHWAY SPEED TO MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY. - STOPPED ADDING TO LIST - 7/9 4:00 PM 10751 SLOW GENTLE CURVE TO THE RIGHT BY ? 27 MPH 8/15 9:00 PM 13123 SLIGHT RIGHT TURN ? AREA 65 MPH 8/22 11:06 AM 13430 GOING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN, MAKING A RIGHT-HAND TURN ONTO TRAFFIC 8/23 3:40 PM 13479 ? SLOW CURVE TO THE RIGHT 25 MILES AN HOUR 8/24 11:15 AM 13543 ? VERY SLOW BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TURNING LEFT 8/27 3:07 PM 13672 ? VERY SLOW TURN TO THE RIGHT IN A PARKING LOT 9/6 2:45 PM 13958 ? 45 MILES AN HOUR SLIGHT RIGHT TURN ON HWY ENTERING TOWN. 9/16 9:10 AM 14317 BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY 9/25 8:00 PM 15068 DRIVING FROM ? TO ?, VERY SLIGHT LEFT TURN, 60 MPH 11/11 8:24 PM 17160 IN ? MAKING A SHARP LEFT HAND U TURN IN A PARKING LOT AT SLOW SPEED