NHTSA Complaint #11157343 — 2015 KIA SORENTO

VEHICLE STALLS DURING NORMAL OPERATION BOTH WHILE MOVING AT TRAFFIC SPEEDS AND AT A STOP. INITIAL OCCURANCE WAS WHILE TURNING LEFT THRU AN INTERSECTION. ENGINE RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO AND ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. RESTARTED AFTER SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. HAPPENED 15 ADDITIONAL TIMES DURING TWENTY MINUTE DRIVE HOME - WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, SLOWING FOR OTHER VEHICLES, AND WHEN NOT ACTUALLY ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. VEHICLE WILL NOT IDLE ONCE RESTARTED WITHOUT STALLING OUT. BATTERY CONNECTIONS ARE TIGHT, OIL LEVELS ARE NORMAL. VEHICLE SPEED VARIED FROM STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT TO 55 MPH ON OPEN ROAD. STALLING OCCURRED WHENEVER ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS NOT DEPRESSED. SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND REVVING MOTOR PREVENTED STALLING WHILE AT A STOP. UNLESS UNDER ACCELERATION VEHICLE ENGINE WILL NOT REMAIN OPERATING. I AM NOT A QUALIFIED MECHANIC OR SAFETY EXPERT, BUT THIS CONDITION SEEMS UNSAFE TO ME.