NHTSA Complaint #11290049 — 2016 KIA SOUL

IN MOTION GOING ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR WHEN VEHICLE MADE A KIND OF CRACKLING NOISE AND FELT A SLIGHT SPUTTERING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY TO CHECK ENGINE. AFTER CHECKING FLUIDS WHILE VEHICLE WAS OFF STARTED VEHICLE AGAIN. IMMEDIATELY HEARD EVEN LOUDER CRACKLING AND CLANKING NOISES. TURNED IT OFF AGAIN. TRIED AGAIN TO CRANK AND SWITCHED INTO DIFFERENT GEAR TO SEE IF NOISE CHANGED AND IT GOT QUIETER WHEN CHANGING HEARD BUT THEN WHEN RIGHT BACK TO LOUD NOISES. AFTER LETTING IT SIT THAT AFTERNOON HAD TO DRIVE IT HOME A SHORT DISTANCE BUT DID SO VERY CAREFULLY TRYING NOT TO STRAIN THE ENGINE. THEN HAD IT TOWED THE NEXT DAY TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP. ENGINE ISSUE, BROKEN CONNECTING ROD CLANKING AROUND IN ENGINE DAMAGED THE ENGINE BLOCK. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT THAT MY KIA SOUL PLUS WITH THE 2.0L ENGINE WAS NOT INCLUDED. I SCOURED THE WEB LOOKING FOR OTHER PLUS OR EXCLAIM SOUL OWNERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES AND THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE. I THINK THE 2.0 L ENGINE NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED WITH THIS RECALL ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.