NHTSA Complaint #11350733 — 2013 KIA OPTIMA

SO FROM THE START I BOUGHT THE CAR $5000 CASH FROM A DEALERSHIP WHO PROMISED A 3 MONTH WARRANTY 3 WEEKS INTO HAVING THE CAR I DECIDED TO TAKE A ROAD TRIP FOR MY GRADUATION PARTY FROM HIGH SCHOOL I'M ABOUT 2 HOURS OUT FROM MY CITY GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY CAR JUST STOPS ACCELERATING AND FLASHING A ENGINE LIGHT WHILE I'M ON A ONE WAY HIGHWAY TRACTOR TRAILERS AND CARS ARE GOING 80MPH BEHIND MEANWHILE MY CAR CAN'T ACCELERATE LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT LOSING MY LIFE SO I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND HE HANGS UP AND SAYS THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO THERE'S NO WARRANTY AT ALL AND I'M JUST IN SHOCK I'M STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO ONE NEAR ME THAT I KNOW SO I END UP PAYING THE TOW TRUCK $600 TO GO BACK TO MY CITY TAKE THE CAR TO MECHANIC HE SAYS IT'S THE KNOCK SENSOR HE ' FIXED' IT ON THE WAY HOME FROM PICKING IT UP FROM THE MECHANIC I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN THE CAR DOES THE SAME EXACT THING BUT THIS TIME IT WAS WORSE BECAUSE CARS WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME AND SWERVED AND ALMOST TOOK THERE OWN LIFE AND MY CAR JUST WON'T ACCELERATE ANYMORE AND SOUNDS HORRIBLE KNOCKING SOUND WHILE CARS ARE COMING STRAIGHT BEHIND ME I PULLED OVER EVENTUALLY GOT IT TOWED BACK TO THE MECHANIC AFTER PAYING HIM HE SAYS HE'S STILL TRYING TO FIX IT I HONESTLY JUST WANT TO BE SAFE IN MY CAR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GET ME TO COLLEGE NOW IM OUT OF A CAR AND COLLEGE FUNDS DUE TO FIXING THE CAR AND CAN'T EVEN GO DUE TO LACK OF SAFETY ON VEHICLE IT WAS VERY TRAUMATIZING AND IMPACTING ON MY LIFE .