NHTSA Complaint #11326334 — 2013 KIA SORENTO

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2017 WITH 60,000 MILES. THE TRUCK JUST HIT 100,000 MILES NOT TO LONG AGO. WHILE LEAVING THE BANK, I ACCELERATED, AND WHILE DOING SO THE TRUCK JUST SHUT OFF ON ME, NO WARNING LIGHTS AND IT DID NOT OVERHEAT. I MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (THANK GOD BECAUSE IT WAS A BUSY ROAD AND I HAD MY TWO KIDS WITH ME) AND TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND NOTHING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM WHERE THEY STATED THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED. I STILL OWED MONEY ON THE CAR, SO I HAD TO GET A BRAND NEW CAR WITH MY NEGATIVE EQUITY AND AM NOW STUCK WITH EXTREMELY HIGH PAYMENT. AFTER THE INCIDENT I RESEARCHED ABOUT THE KIA SORENTO S AND SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HAD ROUTINE OIL CHANGES, BUT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. ME AND MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT BY THE TRUCK JUST SHUTTING DOWN. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN A SMALL CLAIMS CASE, AS I WAS PUT IN A BAD PREDICAMENT. *TR