NHTSA Complaint #11270941 — 2012 KIA SORENTO

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11270941
Vehicle 2012 KIA SORENTO
Component ENGINE
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 129,000 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State NY

Consumer Description

I BROUGHT MY 2012 KIA SORENTO TO DORSCHEL FOR THE SC147 RECALL A COUPLE MONTH AGO. THEY SAID MY ENGINE WAS NOT BEING REPLACED BECAUSE KIA IS ONLY REPLACING ENGINES FOR THIS RECALL IF THEY STOP WORKING. THEY DID NOT TELL ME I HAD ANY OTHER ISSUE WITH MY ENGINE, ALTHOUGH KIA'S RECALL TELLS THEM TO INSPECT TO THE ENGINE FOR ISSUE. I WAS DIRECTED TO KEEP DRIVING IT UNTIL THE ENGINE STOPS WORKING. NOW MY ENGINE HAS MAJOR ISSUES. WHILE DRIVING IT WAS HAVING TOUGHT TIME PICKING UP SPEED WHEN I ENTER A 55MPH ROAD AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE FAST. THE CAR KEPT SPUTTERING AND SHUTTERING, CAUSING A CAR TO ALMOST HIT ME FROM BEHIND. THIS IS ONLY A 2 MONTHS AFTER THEY INSPECTED IT AND FOUND NO ISSUES. DORSCHEL KIA SAYS IT IS A TIMING CHAIN FAILURE AND COMPRESSION PROBLEM, BENT VALVES AND SUCH, OIL SLUDGE AND THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SC147. I ALSO HAD REALLY EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION (1QT EVERY 300 MILES) SINCE THE SC147 INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. WHY? NOW KIA COMPANY IS SAYING THIS IS NOT THEIRFAULT. I BELIEVE EITHER DORSCHEL WAS NEGLIGENT IN THEIR ENGINE INSPECTION PERFORMED THE SC147 RECALL, OR THE ENGINE SLUDGE WAS CAUSED BY THE ROOT CAUSED OF THE SC147 PROBLEM, WHICH CAUSED THE OTHER ISSUES. OR SOMETHING DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE FOR THE SC147 PROBLEM CAUSED OTHERS ISSUES THAT LEAD TO MY CURRENT SITUATION. I HAD NO ENGINE PROBLEMS BEFORE I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO DORSCHEL KIA 2 MONTHS AGO AND THEN I HAD ALL OF THIS HAPPEN. WHAT DID DORSCHEL KIA REALLY DO TO MY CAR TO MAKE IT FAIL SO QUICK? THIS SEEMS VERY SUSPICIOUS TO ME.

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