NHTSA Complaint #11457015 — 2017 KIA SOUL

The contact owns a 2017 Kia Soul. The contact stated while his girlfriend was driving at 35 MPH, the vehicle started lunging, jerking, and was making abnormal sounds. The vehicle then stalled. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact's girlfriend was able to veer to the side of the road. The contact's girlfriend was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The independent mechanic referred the contact to the dealer. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they could not assist as the contact had failed to complete an unknown manufacturer product improvement campaign on the vehicle prior to the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.