NHTSA Complaint #11022956 — 2015 KIA SPORTAGE

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH IN THE SLOW LANE WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON, THEN ALL THE SERVICE LIGHTS LIT UP AND THE CAR BEGAN LOSING POWER. LUCKILY, I WAS COMING TO AN OFFRAMP AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE END OF THE OFFRAMP (SIGNAL) BEFORE THE CAR DIED COMPLETELY. WE HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OUT OF THE ROAD AND AROUND THE CORNER TO A CURB AS WE WERE BLOCKING ONE SIDE OF THE OFFRAMP. HAD I NOT BEEN IN THE SLOW LANE AND NEAR AN OFFRAMP, THE CAR WOULD HAVE DIED ON THE FREEWAY WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION. WAS TOLD BY KIA SERVICE DEPT. THAT THE ENGINE BLEW BECAUSE OF SLUDGE IN THE OIL.