NHTSA Complaint #11403427 — 2014 KIA SOUL

BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IT'S ALWAYS USING EXCESSIVE OIL NO LEAKS ITS JUST USING EVEN WHEN IT WAS NEWER. HAD TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE OIL BURN. HAD PROBLEMS WITH POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE GRADUALLY UNTIL IT GOT SEVERE ENOUGH IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. TOOK IT IN FOR A RECALL ON THE ENGINE THEY STATED IT HAD PASSED ALL TEST EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A TICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. ALL SO STRONG SMELL OF FUEL COMING OUT THE TAIL PIPE. FROM MY RESEARCH AT LEAST COUPLE OF THE ITEMS DISCUSSED HERE ARE COMMON WITH THESE VEHICLES. THE 1.6 HAS HAD SIMILAR ISSUES AND HAD THE ENGINE RECALLED ALTOGETHER. THE 2.0 NEEDS A RECALL AS WELL INSTEAD OF WITH TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS TO WORK AROUND REPLACING ALL ENGINES. I THINK SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE DESIGN OF THE ENGINE. I'M HOPING KIA CAN RECOGNIZE & RESOLVE THE ISSUE.