NHTSA Complaint #11172161 — 2015 KIA SORENTO

WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSECTION ON 1/15/2019 AROUND 2:30 PM AND DOING AROUND 40MPH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. A SHORT WHILE AFTER THE CEL BEGAN FLASHING THE CAR RPMS SLOWED DOWN EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS IN MOTION & I WAS PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR BEHIND ME BEGAN HONKING THEIR HORN BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN. I TRIED TO FIND A STREET WHERE I COULD SAFELY PULL OVER. AFTER DODGING CARS WHILE THE CAR WAS IN A SLOW RPMS MOTION I PULLED OVER TO A SIDE STREET & SHIFTED THE GEAR TO PARK BUT KEPT THE ENGINE RUNNING AND TRIED TO CALM DOWN. I DECIDED TO HEAD HOME, AFTER SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR WAS IN MOTION BUT THE RPMS ONLY REACHED 10MPH EVEN THOUGH I KEPT MY FOOT ON THE GAS. AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY THE SPEED INCREASED. THE SLOW ACCELERATION FROM A PARK AND STOP MODE THE CAR WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE. THE STATE OF MY COMPONENT PART OR SYSTEM IS UNKNOWN. GOOGLED RECALLS FOR 2015 SORENTO'S AND FOUND SEVERAL WEBSITES PERTAINING TO A RECALL ON KIA SORENTO'S. HOWEVER AFTER CONTACTING KIA (1-800-333-4542) THE REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED ME THAT MY 2015 KIA SORENTO WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. SINCE MY CAR WAS ONLY AROUND 50,000 MILES SHE INFORMED ME THAT IT'S STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL KIA DEALERSHIP (1450 E CAMELBACK RD, PHOENIX, AZ 85014 602-388-1276) ABOUT THE ISSUE I AM HAVING. THE SERVICE ADVISOR ERIK INFORMED ME THAT HE WOULD HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THEIR DEALERSHIP AND CHECK OUT THE ISSUE. STATED "IT" "SHOULD BE" COVERED SINCE I WAS UNDER 60,000. I'M WAITING ON WHAT THE MECHANIC FINDS AND IF THE ISSUE WILL BE COVERED.