NHTSA Complaint #11154389 — 2012 KIA SORENTO

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON 11-26-18, ABOUT A MILE OUT OF TOWN WHEN MY CAR MADE A REALLY HIGH PITCH SQUEAL SOUND FOLLOWED BY A TERRIBLE GRINDING SOUND, PULLED IN TO THE CLOSEST BUSINESS TO IT KNOCKING AND IT HAD STALLED RIGHT WHERE IT WAS PARKED, HAVE I NOT PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT IT WOULD HAVE STALLED ON A COUNTY HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH. HAD IT TOWED IN TO A DEALERSHIP ON THE MORNING OF 11-27-18, THEY SAID IT IS ENGINE FAILURE. THE 2012 KIA SORENTO DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 90,000 MILES ON IT YET AND GETS REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND OIL CHANGES SO THERE REALLY IS NO REASON FOR THIS TO HAVE HAPPENED. IT WAS A PERFECT RUNNING VEHICLE WITHOUT EVER HAVING ANY ISSUE WITH IT WHAT SO EVER, NO SIGNS OF ANYTHING GOING OUT EITHER, NOT EVEN A DASH INDICATOR LIGHT! HAVE READ NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF THIS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE INTERNET, THERE'S A RECALL OUT FOR THIS TYPE OF THING BUT MY CAR ISN'T IN THE BATCH THAT WAS RECALLED???!!! I THINK THIS IS ABSURD!