NHTSA Complaint #11280486 — 2012 KIA SPORTAGE

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE MY SPEED AND THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO DECREASE IN SPEED. I IMMEDIATELY GOT PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED ALL THE WAY DOWN AND STOPPED. THE CAR WOULDN'T RESTART OR GO. AT THIS TIME 2 LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASH, THE OIL LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT. MY OIL HAD RECENTLY BEEN CHANGE 2 WEEKS PRIOR. ONCE TOWED TO A SHOP, THEY DETERMINED IT COULD BE ENGINE ISSUES BECAUSE THE CAR HAD POWER BUT WOULDN'T TURNOVER. I THEN TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID THERE COULD BE A BATTERY ISSUE. ONCE THE BATTERY WAS RULED OUT, I WAS CALLED 30 MINUTES LATER AND INFORMED MY ENGINE WAS LOCKED. AT 148, 000 MILES AND THE ONLY OWNER OF THE CAR, I HAD NOT PRIOR WARNINGS OF SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 80 MPH, NO NOISES, NO LIGHTS, NOTHING. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS LIKE A PERSON DYING OF OLD AGE. THERE ARE RECALLS ON THE 2012 KIA SPORTAGES FOR ENGINE ISSUES.