NHTSA Complaint #11172010 — 2013 KIA OPTIMA

MY CAR BEGAN TO SMELL LIKE GAS WHEN DRIVING AND MY CAR STARTED JERKING, AND MAKING A WEIRD NOISE..SO I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT SMELLED LIKE FUEL THROUGH MY AIR VENTS WHILE DRIVING, AND WHEN I POPPED THE HOOD TO LOOK UNDER IT WITH MY BOYFRIEND THERE WAS A LEAK, AND IT WAS SPEWING OUT FUEL OUT OF THE PUMP. WHAT WAS THE SCARIEST PART ABOUT IT IS THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT OR ANY THING THAT TOLD ME THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK WE HAD TO FIND OUT FOR OURSELVES. I HAD CALLED KIA TO SEE IF THEY WOULD REPLACE IT BECAUSE IT BASICALLY WAS A BRAND NEW CAR WITH ONLY 60,000 MILES ON IT AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT UNDER ORIGINAL WARRANTY SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. I HAD TO BUY THE PART MYSELF WHICH COSTED ME AROUND 500 DOLLARS, THEN I HAD TO BUY A FUEL LINE WHICH WAS ANOTHER 50, THEN GET IT REPLACED WHICH COSTED ME ANOTHER 200. I WAS EXTREMELY UPSET BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY A BRAND NEW CAR DOING THIS.. AND I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR MY TROUBLES. I WAS OUT OF WORK, COULDN'T DRIVE MY VEHICLE, AND HAD TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT MY FAULT. IT WAS THE MANUFACTURES FAULT. I AM GLAD I CAUGHT IT WHEN I DID AND PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE MY CAR BOYFRIEND AND I COULD HAVE BURSTED INTO FLAMES. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET. I AM NEVER BUYING ANOTHER KIA AGAIN UNLESS THEY REIMBURSE ME FOR THE TROUBLES THEY HAVE CAUSED ME AND MANY OTHERS. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY KIA NOW KNOWING THAT ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN TO IT, OR THAT MY FUEL PUMP MAY GO OUT ANOTHER TIME. THE ENGINE IS DEFINITELY FAULTY AND IT HAS CAUSED ME AND MY BOYFRIEND FEAR, AND ANXIETY. WE ARE SCARED TO SEE WHAT MAY HAPPEN NEXT.