NHTSA Complaint #11301378 — 2020 KIA SOUL

VISIBILITY/WIPER issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11301378
Vehicle 2020 KIA SOUL
Component VISIBILITY/WIPER
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 4,500 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State IL

Consumer Description

1-13-2020 DRIVING WHEN A LITTLE ROCK MADE A CHIP IN MY WINDSHIELD AND WITHIN SECONDS A CRACK ABOUT 8 INCHES LONG APPEARED AND NOW THE CRACK IS A FOOT LONG. WHEN WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WE WERE TOLD OUR WARRANTY WOULD COVER EVERYTHING, BUT WHEN WE TOOK IT IN THEY INFORMED US WE ONLY GOT BUMPER TO BUMPER MECHANICAL. THE PERSON WE GOT IT FROM LIED TO US ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GETTING AND WE THOUGHT WE COULD TRUST HIM. WE HAD TO RESET THE RADIO BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT WOULD WORK SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T, THEN MY BACKUP CAM WOULDN'T WORK IF THE RADIO WAS ON THE FRITZ. STARTING 1-17-2020 MY KIA STARTED SURGING OR CHUGGING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HOPEFULLY THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. THIS IS MY FIRST BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE SELLERS OR THE VEHICLE SO FAR. AND NOW MY WINDSHIELD WONT BE FIXED BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE COULD TRUST THE PERSON WE BOUGHT FROM AT THE KIA IN MOLINE, ILLINOIS CAUSING THIS SAFETY ISSUE AND OUR DEDUCTIBLE IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT WOULD BE THAT TO JUST PAY OUT OF POCKET.

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