NHTSA Complaint #11209172 — 2015 KIA SORENTO

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 75 IN THE FAST LANE WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME FLASHING ON AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN TO 60 WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP I NOTICED SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND IT DID NOT WANT TO GO. I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS IN LIMP MODE AND THEN GOT TOLD THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACE. ESTIMATED TIME FOR MY CAR TO BE RETURNED TO ME 2 MONTHS. WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE CAR WAS MARCH 2019, A FEW DAYS INTO DRIVING IT I NOTICED THAT IT WAS SHIFTING WEIRD FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND HAD A HARD TIME DOWN SHIFTING. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK THEY SAID IT'S JUST A NEWER CAR TO YOU AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. I SAID FINE WHATEVER. NOW IT'S MAY AND IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY DANGEROUS WE HAVE 3 KIDS AND WHAT IF WE ALL WERE IN THE CAR AND IT JUST SHUT DOWN A HIGH SPEED.