NHTSA Complaint #11270532 — 2018 KIA SORENTO

IN JANUARY 2019 A RECALL WAS DONE ON MY VEHICLE. A FEW DAYS LATER, I WAS TRAVELING OUT OF STATE. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE DRIVING 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME. I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL SENT THE CAR INTO LIMP MODE BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS BAD. MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 4 MONTHS IN WISCONSIN. I LIVE IN IOWA. LONG STORY SHORT, KIA CAME UP WITH NEW DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND AFTER 4 MONTHS THEY DECIDED I DID NOT NEED AN ENGINE AND IT WAS MY WIRING HARNESS THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. 2 MONTHS LATER, I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AGAIN WHEN MY VEHICLE DID THE SAME THING MY CAR WENT FROM 70 MPH TO 50 MPH WITHIN SECONDS. I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR AND A SEMI WAS RIGHT BEHIND. THANK GOODNESS THE DRIVER WAS PAYING ATTENTION. HE HAD TO GO ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY TO AVOID CRASHING INTO ME. I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS ONCE AGAIN IN LIMP MODE. IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 3 DAYS AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW KNOCK SENSOR. FAST FORWARD A FEW MORE MONTHS AND MY VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE FOR THE 3RD TIME. CURRENTLY MY CAR IS STILL IN THE SHOP. IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR 6 WEEKS. I'M BEING TOLD THAT IT NOW NEEDS A NEW COMPUTER, BUT KIA HAS TO WRITE ONE, SO IT COULD BE AWHILE. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE. THE CAR GOING INTO LIMP MODE IS DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR 15 MONTHS AND OF THAT, ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 6 AND COUNTING.