NHTSA Complaint #11150915 — 2015 KIA SOUL

MY CAR STARTED MAKING A 'BUBBLING' NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHEN I ACCELERATED. I TOOK IT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP THEY CONNECTED IT TO THE COMPUTER NO CODES THROWN. TOLD ME NOTHINGS WRONG. ON WEDNESDAY 11/7/18 THE BUBBLING NOISE WAS VETY LOUD, THEN A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO KIA DEALERSHIP THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT. TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE THEY CONNECTED IT, IT WAS THROWING P0014. I TOLD KIA WHAT CODE IT WAS THROWING THEY TOLD ME IT WAS OKAY TO KEEP DRIVING IT TILL FRIDAY WHEN THEY COULD LOOK AT IT. THURSDAY 11/8/18 MORNING I DROVE 6.2 MILES BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SHUT OFF AND THE LOUD KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE STARTED. TRAILERED SOUL INTO DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME IT DROPPED A VALVE BUT THE HEAD WAS FINE. THEY SAID IT WAS THROWING THE P0014 CODE WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, BUT THE OCV WAS WORKING PER KIA MECHANIC.