NHTSA Complaint #10981480 — 2012 KIA SPORTAGE

MY PARTNER WAS DRIVING 50 MPH TO WORK ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS HAD COME ON. THERE WAS ONLY A SLIGHT TAPPING SOUND FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIFT THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OFF THE ROAD. WHEN SHE TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST REVEALED A CEASED UP ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD PERIODICAL OIL CHANGES AS REQUIRED TO KEEP A VEHICLE IN GOOD RUNNING ORDER AND AT THE TIME HAD OIL IN IT. AT NO TIME WAS THERE ANY LEAKS OR DRIPS OR SIGNS ON PAVEMENT WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OF ANY OIL LEAKAGE. WE WERE TOLD THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED.