NHTSA Complaint #11252699 — 2013 KIA SPORTAGE

I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE DRIVING AROUND 70 MILES PER HOUR MY CAR DIED AS IN STOPPED IN FRONT OF A SEMI! MY CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY AND HAD NO PROBLEMS -NOTHING-NO NOISE IT JUST DIED. WE ARE LUCKY I WAS NOT KILLED. CAR WAS TOWED TO COOKEVILLE KIA THEY SAID IT WAS INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE POSSIBLE ROD BEARING. HE TOLD US IT WOULD COST AROUND $7000 TO FIX. I STILL OWE 4000 ON MY PIECE OF CRAP OF A CAR THAT ONLY HAD 130,000MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD A FEW NIGHTMARES FROM THE ORDEAL AND IN GENERAL, I'M KINDA SCARED TO DRIVE EVEN A FEW DAYS LATER. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED I WAS TOLD IT'S NOT UNDER RECALL BUT HOWEVER I KEEP SEEING THE SAME YEAR AND CAR ON ALL KIND OF WEBSITES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING GOOD ABOUT THIS SITUATION IS THAT MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER KIA! [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR