NHTSA Complaint #11195843 — 2012 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID

I LITERALLY JUST HAD MY ENGINE REPLACED (BLEW IN AUGUST AT 85K MILES, DEALERSHIP HAD MY CAR FOR SIX MONTHS WHILE I WAITED ON AN ENGINE, COST $7K). I GOT MY CAR BACK IN MID-FEBRUARY. ON MARCH 25TH, I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, AND WHEN I ACCELERATED, THE CAR LAGGED AND LURCHED FORWARD. THIS CONTINUED ANY TIME I SHIFTED INTO D OR R, OR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND THE CAR WAS PARKED FOR TWO WEEKS. MY PARTNER DROVE IT YESTERDAY (4/11/19), CHECKED FLUIDS, AND OBSERVED THE LURCH. AS HE WAS ARRIVING HOME, THE CAR LURCHED TO A STOP AND GAVE A "HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING! SAFELY STOP AND DO NOT DRIVE! WE DROPPED IT AT THE DEALERSHIP. I BOUGHT THE CAR FOR $9K, SUNK ANOTHER $7K INTO THE CAR, AND AM NOW EXPECTED TO PAY $5K MORE ON A TRANSMISSION THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES BEFORE. KIA HAS ALREADY STATED THAT REPAIRS AT THEIR DEALERSHIPS AREN'T BEING PERFORMED CORRECTLY. THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS. I HAD TO VDEAL WITH MASSIVE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP OVER THE SIX MONTHS I DIDN'T HAVE A CAR, AND NOW ITS GOING TO START ALL OVER AGAIN AND I WILL BE $20K IN THE HOLE ON THIS CAR. THIS IS NOT HOW GOOD, SAFE VEHICLES ARE BUILT.