NHTSA Complaint #11354277 — 2012 KIA SOUL

ON OR ABOUT JUNE 27, 2013, I HAD ABOUT 58,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND WHILE ON THE FREEWAY I NOTICED A SLIGHT HESITATION AND THEN A LIGHT KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SO I HAD THE CODE READ AND IT IDICATED THAT THE KNOCK SENSOR WAS BAD. I HAD IT REPLACED AND STILL HAD THE KNOCKING NIOSE AND ENGINE LIGHT ON. HAD THE CODE READ AGAIN AND IT IDICATED THAT IT WAS THE KNOCK SENSOR, SO I REPLACED IT AGAIN. ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT BUT THE KNOCKING CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THEN IT STARTED STALLING AT STOPS, ALSO ENGINE WAS RUNNING ODD AND NOT HAVING POWER. ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND THIS TIME THE CODE INDICATED THAT IT WAS THE CRANK SENSOR. I REPLACED IT AND THE ODD RUNNING STOPPED. THE ENGINE STILL STALLS ON OCCASION IT STALLS EVEN WHILE DRIVING. I'VE HAD BOTH RECALLS COMPLETED ON MY VEHICLE, AND WAS TOLD BY: ARAPAHOE KIA, (9701 E ARAPAHOE RD, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112) AFTER THE CATALITIC CONVERTER RECALL WAS COMPLETED, THAT I SHOULD GET THE ENGINE FLUSHED AND IF IT STILL CONTINUED, I HAD TO HAVE ENGINE REPLACED AT MY COST. TO SAY THE LEAST, THAT AFTER 241,436 MILES, IT IS STILL KNOCKING, USING OIL. I THINK THE CATALITIC CONVERTER HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS ISSUE, BUT YOU KNOW HOW DEALERSHIPS TREAT CUSTOMERS, LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. I'M A MECHICAL ENGINEER INSPECTOR, SO GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR KIA SOULS, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL 1.6L ENGINES.