NHTSA Complaint #11245011 — 2015 KIA SORENTO

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, I ACCELERATED TO PASS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND WHEN I CAME AROUND THE CAR, ABOUT 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON. THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER, EVEN THOUGH THE AIR AND ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS ON THE CAR CONTINUED TO FUNCTION. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION AND TRIED TO RESTART IT, NOTHING HAPPENED. LUCKILY SOMEONE I KNEW WAS DRIVING BY AND STOPPED TO HELP ME. THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS CHECK THE OIL AND IT WAS FULL, IT WASN'T DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE FOR ANOTHER 200 MILES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH MY CAR PREVIOUS TO THIS. REGULAR MAINTENANCE WAS DONE AND IT IS AT 74,000 MILES. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP NEAR MY HOME AND AS I FEARED, THE MOTOR WAS SEIZED. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AGO. THE MAIN REASON I PURCHASED IT WAS BECAUSE KIA IS KNOWN AS A RELIABLE CAR WITH AN AMAZING WARRANTY. I FOUND OUT WHILE SIGNING THE PAPERS THAT THE WARRANTY IS NOT PASSED ON THE ANOTHER OWNER AND THAT IT WAS ONLY VALID TO 60,000 MILES, WHICH THE CAR WAS ALREADY PAST. I DECIDED TO PURCHASE ANYWAY BECAUSE EVERYONE I KNOW THAT OWNS A KIA HAS NEVER HAD TROUBLE WITH THEIR VEHICLE. THE PRICE OF A NEW MOTOR IS GOING TO BE $5500. I AM DEVASTATED AND TRUSTED THAT KIA WOULD NOT SELL A VEHICLE KNOWING THAT THERE ARE SUCH CATASTROPHIC ENGINE PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION IS BAD, IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WHERE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A REST ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.