NHTSA Complaint #11118555 — 2012 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID

AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK YESTERDAY 8/7/2018, MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A WEIRD SOUND. I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR FROM A PRIVATE SELLER ON 5/29/18 WITH 80K MILES ON IT, AS OF YESTERDAY IT HAS 85K MILES ON IT. I TOOK THE CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE, JUST IN CASE, BUT WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS ONLY A PORTION OF A QUART LOW ON OIL, BUT THEY PROCEEDED WITH THE OIL CHANGE, AND TOLD ME THE SOUND WAS A ENGINE KNOCK AND ADVISED THAT I TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A ENGINE ROD KNOCK AND THAT THE ENGINE IS TOAST. I WAS TOLD THE REPAIRS (A NEW ENGINE) WOULD COST ROUGHLY $7000, AS I'M NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER SO THE 100K MILE WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO ME, AND I'M PASSED 60K MILES AS THE SECOND OWNER. THE TURBO ENGINES WERE RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE. THIS HAS TO BE RECALLED. IT IS UNSAFE