NHTSA Complaint #11161262 — 2012 KIA SPORTAGE

ON 11/09/2018 OUR SON WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER VISITING HIS FATHER IN THE HOSPITAL.HE CALLED AND SAID THE KIA HAD BEGAN SHAKING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO HE IMMEDIATLY TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT .THE CAR MADE SOME LOUD NOISES AND COMPLETLY LOST POWER BEFORE HE COULD PARK IN A SPACE.THIS WAS AROUND MIDNIGHT AND HE IS A TEENAGER SO HE WAS REALLY UPSET .AS I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL WITH HIS DAD HE CALLED A FRIENDS PARENT TO PICK HIM UP .THE NEXT DAY WE HAD CAR TOWED TO KIA DEALER.THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE DEALER CALLED AND SAID ENGINE WAS UNREPAIRABLE .AS SOON AS MY HUSBAND WAS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL WE WENT TO DEALER ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY AND GOT QUOTE OF OVER 5000.00 TO FIX WITH A NEW SHORT BLOCK ENGINE.OF COURSE OUR VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALLS OF THIS ENGINE BUT WE FEEL CERTAIN THIS FAILURE IS THE RESULT OF KIAS FAULTY ENGINE.THIS CAR DID HAVE 144,000 MILES THAT WERE INTERSTATE COMMUTER MILES AND I HAD ALWAYS KEPT THE OIL CHANGED.PRIOR TO THIS THE ONLY THING REPAIRED WAS THE RADIO AND A NEW BATTERY.THERE WAS ZERO WARNING OF ANY APPROACHING PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE.IT DID NOT USE OIL,DRIP ANY FLUIDS OR GIVE ANY INDICATION ANYTHING WAS WRONG. FORTUNALTY THIS HAPPED LATE AT NIGHT WITH NO TRAFFIC AND NOT TO ME DURING MY DAILY INTERSTATE COMMUTE.