NHTSA Complaint #11405961 — 2013 KIA OPTIMA

I LOANED MY CAR TO MY SON A FEW MONTHS AGO AND HE SAID THERE WAS NO OIL SHOWING ON THE DIPSTICK. HE ADDED OIL AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING TO ADD OIL REGULARLY TOO SINCE THEN. I'VE ALWAYS HAD TOYOTAS IN THE PAST AND COULD "ALWAYS" DEPEND ON THE OIL LEVEL STAYING SAFE BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. I HAVE 148,000 MILES ON MY CAR. I KEPT CARS IN THE PAST WITH DOUBLE THAT MILEAGE WITH NO ENGINE PROBLEMS. I STILL OWE $4,000 ON MY CAR AND NEED TO KEEP IT A LONG TIME. THE KIA SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME MY CAR WOULD HAVE TO BE KNOCKING IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HONOR THE RECALL. I'M SURE IF MY SON DIDN'T CATCH THE PROBLEM THAT THE ENGINE WOULDN'T BEEN KNOCKING SOON. THE PRODUCTION DATE OF MY CAR FALLS IN THE AFFECTED DATES LISTED ON RECALL # 17V-224. IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET MY ENGINE REPAIRED THROUGH THAT RECALL? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.