NHTSA Complaint #11318137 — 2013 KIA OPTIMA

I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND WENT TO MOVE TO THE SECOND LANE IT WAS FINE EXCEPT I MY CAR BEGAN TO STALL AND SLOW DOWN MAKING THIS GRINDING NOISE WHEN I TRIED TO GAIN SPEED... ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AND I COULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR. ALL WHILE INCOMING TRAFFIC WAS COMING AT ME GOING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR I HAD TO GAIN COMPOSURE. PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND PULL OVER... IT WOULDN'T LET ME GO ABOVE 20 WHEN I PULLED OVER.... I WAS FREAKING SCARED ONCE I PULLED OVER I WAS SHAKING AND CRYING HAD TO GAIN COMPOSURE... I BELIEVE I CAUGHT THIS ON MY DASH CAM. I [XXX] HATE THIS KIA... IT BY GRACE MY KIDS WEREN'T IN THE CAR WITH ME AND THAT THE VAN BEHIND ME SWITCHED LANES AT THE LAST SECOND.... I HAVE TAKEN MY KIA 2 TIMES TO THE KIA REPAIR DEALERSHIP, THE FIRST ONE WAS FREE THE SECOND TIME I HAD TO PAY 145 JUST TO BE SEEN. MIND YOU I WENT TO THE KIA REPAIR DEALERSHIP IN BERWYN AND THEY SAY IT'S FINE.... IT'S NOT FINE THAT MY CAR COULDN'T GO ABOVE 30 MILES ON THE EXPRESS WAY, IT'S NOT FINE THAT I WAS ALMOST IN A COLLISION IT'S NOT FINE. KIA WILL NOT REPAIR THESE CARS UNTIL SOMEONE DIES.... I CAN'T TAKE THIS CHANCE WITH MY CHILDREN. I WILL BORROW MY MOM'S TOYOTA UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS RECTIFIED. I AM A SINGLE MOM MY KIDS ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME AND SUPPORT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE OFF FROM AN INJURY THAT MAY OCCUR OR LACK OF RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. I WILL HAVE TO SEE IF MY DASH CAM CAUGHT THE INCIDENT BEFORE MY CAR SHUT OFF... I WILL SEND IT LATER IF IT DID. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR