NHTSA Complaint #738888 — 2000 KIA SEPHIA

OIL LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED OIL ON 12/16/2000 & PUT IN FOUR QUARTS. VEHICLE DID NOT OVERFLOW. ON 12/17/00 THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AT 65 MPH ON S/B 15 FWY. ON 12/19/00 CAR WENT TO HIGH DESERT KIA WHERE THEY FOUND NOTHING WORNG WITH OIL LIGHT. BUT THEY REPLACED A EXHAUST SENSOR SLIENCER AND CENTER PIPE WAS REPLACED. ON 12/20/00, I DROVE TO WORK AND LOMA LINDA WITH NO PROBLEM. ON MY RETURN FROM LOMA LINDA THE OIL LIGHT CAME BACK ON. I PULLED OVER CHECKED THE OIL AND ADDED ONE QUART TO MAKE SURE. OIL LIGHT REMAINED ON. DROVE TO THE 215 FWY AND THE CAR STARTED TO SKIP (JOLT). THIS WAS AT ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR. AS I WENT DOWN THE FWY IT BECAME MORE PROFOUND. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED TOW SERVICE. STRONG BURNING SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE. BOSH KIA PRESNTLY HAS VEHICLE. THEY STILL CLAIM THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE.*AK