NHTSA Complaint #11221870 — 2012 KIA SPORTAGE

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE 57 FWY IN SO CALIFORNIA WITH MY WIFE I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A VEHICLE WHO WAS TRAVELING SLOWER THAN THE REST OF THE FWY (UNDER 55MPH). UPON DOING SO I STARTED TO HEAR A KNOCKING NOISE. (PER MYSELF AND MY MECHANIC ITS TOASTED THE ROD BEARING). BEING A MECHANIC FOR 20 YRS I KNEW THAT SOUND WASNT GOOD. I PULLED ON THE SHOULDER TO VERIFY I HAD MOTOR OIL. AFTER CHECKING OIL LEVEL WAS GOOD. I CONTINUED TO EXIT THE FWY. MY CAR ONLY HAS 114K MILES. HOW DOES THE WATERPUMP LAST LONGER THAN THE MOTOR. WHILE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK I STARTED TO GOOGLE THIS ISSUE. AFTER WHAT I READ I CALLED KIA TO ONLY FIND OUT MY CAR WASNT PART OF THIS RECALL. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? IT IS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM TO WHICH THERE IS A RECALL. CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED REGULARLY. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE WE ARE MOVING OUT OF STATE IN 5 DAYS. I WOULD HAVE NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT THIS CAR WOULD BLOW THE MOTOR AT 114K MILES. QHEN THE SALESMEN AT THE KIA DEALERSHIP WROTE MY CREDIT SCORE ON A PIECE OF PAPER 60 POINTS LOWER THAN WHAT IT ACTUALLY WAS I SHOULD HAVE WALKED AWAY. THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER INVESTIGATION/ CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR ALL KIA 2.4 THAT THROW A ROD BEARING AT SUCK LOW MILES. THIS ONLY HAPPENS DUE TO FAULTY PARTS AT THIS LOW OF MILAGE. THE ONLY REASON I BOUGHT A KIA WAS THEY ARE WERE TO BE GOOD CARS. I WILL NEVER BUY ONE AGAIN. EVER