NHTSA Complaint #11209140 — 2015 KIA SOUL

I WAS DRIVING MY KIA ON BACK ROAD ABOUT 40 TO 45 MPH AND NOTICED A TICKING SOUND. I PULLED OVER TO CHECK OIL, IT WAS LOW BUT STILL IN HASH MARKS. I ADD ABOUT A HALF QUART OF OIL. RESTARTED AND STILL TAPPING BUT NOT AS LOUD. I DROVE CAR MAYBE 2 MILES AND NOISED TURNED INTO A LOAD CLACKING NOISE. I WASN'T FAR FROM HOME AND WAS TRYING TO GET HOME. I WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR STOP SIGN AND CAR JUST CUT OFF. BRAKES BECAME HARD TO USE AND I COULD NOT STEER. HAD CAR TOWED TO HOUSE. I LET IT COOL DOWN AND THEN CHECKED ALL FLUIDS, RADIATOR AND ENGINE OIL WERE FINE. I WAS ABLE TO START CAR BUT IT WAS STILL CLACKING. I HAD READ ON LINE IF YOU LET IN IDLE CLACKING MIGHT GO AWAY, I DID AND IT BECAME LESS CLACKING, I DROVE IT AROUND THE HOUSE , WE HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT GOES AROUND HOUSE. 3/4 OF THE WAY AROUND IT STALLED AGAIN. I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. HAD TOWED TO SHOP THEY ARE SAYING NEEDS NEW MOTOR. THE ONLY CODE ON COMPUTER IS CAM POSITION. I HAVE NOTICE THAT KIA HAS HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH OTHER ENGINE OF SAME YEAR BUT NOT THE 2.0 WHICH IS THE SAME MOTOR WITH BIGGER PISTONS. I'M SCARED OF WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE DOING 70 ON A HIGHWAY IF THIS HAD HAPPENED. HARD BRAKING AND STEERING.