NHTSA Complaint #11230309 — 2012 KIA SORENTO

MY CAR WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED CHUGGING, DRIVING EXTREMELY ROUGHLY, AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH THE RECALL ON ENGINES LIKE MINE SO I TOOK IT TO A KIA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND EXPLAINED MY CONCERN AND THE THE RECALL IN QUESTION HAD BEEN CLEARED BECAUSE IT HADN'T DONE ANYTHING AT THE TIME BUT NOW I WAS CONCERNED THAT WAS THE ISSUE. THEY RAN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE IGNITION COILS AND THE FUEL INJECTOR AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT $800 BUT THEY WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RECALL OR SHOW ME WHAT THE CODES WERE. I TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE TO HAVE THEM RUN THE CODES SO I COULD SEE WHAT THEY WERE AND IT WAS JUST THE IGNITION COIL AND CYLINDER 4 MISFIRING AND NOT THE FUEL INJECTOR AT ALL. I GOT THE IGNITION COILS AND SPARK PLUGS REPLACED BUT IT'S STILL RUNNING ROUGH AND CYLINDER 4 IS STILL MISFIRING AND MY CAR EVEN STALLED OUT ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE. MY CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD WITH 151,000 MILES ON IT. IT DROVE LIKE A DREAM WHEN I GOT IT AND I'VE TAKEN CARE OF IT REALLY WELL EVER SINCE. I'M AFRAID THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF MY HAND AND HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CURRENT RECALL OR POSSIBLY ANOTHER ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.