NHTSA Complaint #11010552 — 2014 KIA SORENTO

CAR BEGAN RANDOMLY NOT STARTING. NEW BATTERY INSTALLED IN NOVEMBER 2016. REPEATED ISSUE 6 DAYS LATER AND AGAIN 6 DAYS AFTER THAT. REMEMBERING BACK TO FIRST TIME I PUSHED THE START BUTTON TWICE, PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND BACK INTO PARK. CAR STARTED. FIRST TIME ON A RELATIVELY STEEP DRIVEWAY. ALL OTHER TIMES ON FLAT GROUND. ALL INCIDENCES IN A DRIVEWAY/GARAGE. TOOK TO SOUTHWEST KIA ROUND ROCK (TEXAS) WHERE IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. REPLACED BRAKE SWITCH SINCE DIAGNOSTICS WAS SHOWING A HISTORY. ALSO FIXED A RECALL ITEM (REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR) WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR. TOOK CAR HOME AND THAT EVENING IT WOULD NOT START. PERFORMED THE WORK AROUND AND IT STARTED. IT HAS BEEN WITH THE DEALER 7 DAYS NOW AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPLICATE IT. CLAIMED THEY OPENED A TECH LINE BUT WHEN I CALLED KIA CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO OPEN MY OWN FILE CASE I WAS TOLD THEY SHOW NO RECORD OF A TECH LINE BEING OPENED. MY CONSUMER AFFAIRS CASE NUMBER IS 12421090. I HAVE NOW EMAILED THE GM, SERVICE MANAGER AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR AFTER HAVING NO COMMUNICATION FROM THEM AT ALL FOR THE LAST WEEK. I AM CONCERNED IT WILL FAIL WHILE DRIVING AND FEAR THE SAFETY ISSUE THIS COULD CAUSE - BEING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR, ETC.THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IT HAS 40K MILES ON IT AND I'VE OWNED IT FOR 3 YR AND 8 MO.