NHTSA Complaint #11184931 — 2015 KIA SORENTO

BETWEEN OIL CHANGES, THE ENGINE ON THIS VEHICLE BURNED THROUGH / CONSUMED ALL OF THE FULL SYNTHETIC OIL CAUSING A MASSIVE FAILURE WITH THE TIMING CHAIN AND ALL THE TENSIONERS. REPAIR ESTIMATE: $2800. I'VE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT CONSUMED OIL LIKE THIS. IT WAS UNPREDICTABLE. IF I HAD CAUGHT THIS LATER, IT WAS HAVE LIKELY CAUSED A MORE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE ENGINE OR REBUILD. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER 75,000 MILES. HAD I BEEN THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY WOULD APPLY. HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENT OWNERS LOSE 40,000 MILES OF WARRANTY COVERAGE. MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED AS A RESULT. KIA HAS HAD OTHER RECALLS ON PRIOR YEAR SORENTO MODELS, BUT THE 2015 IS YET TO BE RECALLED AS OF THE WRITING OF THIS COMPLAINT. I HOPE THAT CHANGES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.