2012 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems

JULY 2016, WHILE HWY DRIVING MY 2012 KIA SORENTO (V6) (@69,000 MILEAGE) THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPED & SMOLDERED (POLICE CALLED FIRE DEPT). CAR WAS INOPERABLE, TOWED TO SHOP & THEN TO KIA DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED THAT RADIATOR CAP MELTED & THEY FOUND "METAL IN COOLANT & THE ENGINE" (AS NOTED ON THE KIA DEALERHSHIP DOCUMENTATION). HE SAID HE NEVER SAW SUCH A THING. DEALER SAID ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF THE METAL FOUND IN ENGINE & METAL LIKELY CAUSED OVERHEATING WHICH MELTED RAD CAP. KIA DEALER INSTALLED NEW RADIATOR & A USED ENGINE (W/43K MILEAGE), COSTING ME $14,000. THE CAR HAS CONTINUED TO MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE AND RECENTLY 7/2019, @122K MILES AGAIN SMOLDERED & LOST POWER. RADIATOR CAP AGAIN "MELTED" REQUIRING A 3RD RADIATOR REPLACEMENT. GAUGES/DASH SHOWED NO INDICATION OF CAR OVERHEATING. I FEAR PROBLEM IS RECURRING WITH 2ND ENGINE (SAME DEFECT). LEARNED OF 2012 SORENTO RECALLS FOR EXACT...

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, CAR SUDDENLY GOES DEAD, NO WARNING NO ENGINE LIGHT. NO POWER, NO BRAKES NO POWER STEERING. DID GLIDE TO SIDE OF ROAD WITH A NEAR MISS, CAR BEHIND ME WAS ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. HAD IT TOWED TO KIA DEALER.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A LOCAL ROAD AT 35 MPH THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISES, SMOKING, CAUGHT ON FIRE AND SEIZED WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING AND NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE. MY 2012 KIA SORENTO WAS PART ON MANUFACTURING DEFECT RECALL RELATED TO THE ENGINE AND IT WAS CHECKED BY A KIA SERVICE SHOP FOR THIS OVER A YEAR AGO. AT THAT TIME I ASKED IF THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION COULD OCCUR AT A LATER DATE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FINE NOW. THEY SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT IT COULD STILL OCCUR AT A LATER DATE BUT WAS NOT INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE COULD FAIL/LOCK-UP, CATCH ON FIRE WITH NO WARNING AT ALL.

VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MY KIA SORENTO. AT 90000 MILES IT STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. I WAS TOLD IT HAD BEARINGS WEAR AND WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM BUT THE ENGINE I HAVE IS NOT RECALLED. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS GET MORE COMPLAINTS ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT A CAR NEEDS A NEW $6000 ENGINE AT 90,000 MILES. I CAN'T AFFORD THAT I WAS RECOMMENDING KIA TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND NOW SINCE THIS HAPPENED I WOULD NEVER AGAIN BUY OR RECOMMEND A KIA CAR EVER.

2ND COMPLAIN FOR KIA ENGINE. DEC. 2017 MY ENGINE SEIZED. I SPENT ON 5GRAND FOR A REBUILT ENGINE. ORIGINAL COMPLAINT WAS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DID NOT GIVE ME ANY INDICATION THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH MY OIL OR ENGINE. DRIVING DOWN A MAIN STREET WHERE MY CAR SUDDENLY DIED. I HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. ONCE IT WAS RESTARTED YOU CAN HEAR LOUD CLICKING FROM THE ENGINE. FAST FORWARD TO A YEAR AND 4 MONTHS LATER. REBUILT ENGINE ON FEB 2018.. CAR DIED AGAIN ON 7/16/19. ONCE AGAIN NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. NO OIL LIGHT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR WAS NOT PICKING UP ON ACCELERATING. I DECIDED AFTER WORK I PUT SOME OIL INTO MY ENGINE. SCHEDULE AN APPT WITH MY MECHANIC TO HAVE MY OIL CHANGED. THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT DROVE TO KIRBY KIA OF VENTURA (6424 AUTO CENTER DR, VENTURA, CA 93003, (805) 256-7021) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY HAD NO WAY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CONTACT REFUSED THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT REQUESTED AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AND WAS DENIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

LOSING 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 1000 MILES. STARTED AT 80,000 MILES. TAKEN TO DEALER. WE ARE DOING OIL LOSS TEST. SAID THIS IS NORMAL. NO WAY THIS IS NORMAL. STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO FIX. ON TEC SAID JUST DRIVE TO ENGINE LOCKS UP IS ONLY WAY KIA WILL FIX. THAT WOULD BE NICE GOING DONE THE ROAD AT 70 MPH.I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLINE COMPLAINING ABOUT SAME THING. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THESE ENGINES. NO SMOKE OR DRIPPING ON GROUND. ALL THE PEOPLE ONLINE ARE SAYING THE SAME THING.

MY CAR IS HAVING PREMATURE BEARING WEAR AND CAUSING NOISES WITHIN THE ENGINE AT ALL TIMES. I WAS TOLD MY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SC147 BUT IT SHOULD BE.

MY CAR WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED CHUGGING, DRIVING EXTREMELY ROUGHLY, AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH THE RECALL ON ENGINES LIKE MINE SO I TOOK IT TO A KIA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND EXPLAINED MY CONCERN AND THE THE RECALL IN QUESTION HAD BEEN CLEARED BECAUSE IT HADN'T DONE ANYTHING AT THE TIME BUT NOW I WAS CONCERNED THAT WAS THE ISSUE. THEY RAN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE IGNITION COILS AND THE FUEL INJECTOR AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT $800 BUT THEY WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RECALL OR SHOW ME WHAT THE CODES WERE. I TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE TO HAVE THEM RUN THE CODES SO I COULD SEE WHAT THEY WERE AND IT WAS JUST THE IGNITION COIL AND CYLINDER 4...

2012 KIA SORENTO, WHEN DRIVING AT 30MPH AVERAGE, STRAIGHT OR TURNING, SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP SIGN, OR DRIVING IN PARKING LOTS, AT THE MOMENT OF PRESSING THE BRAKES, THE ENGINE CUTS OFF.

AS I WAS DRIVING, I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER MY HOOD AND WHEN I PULLED OVER TO CHECK, MY CAR BLEW UP IN FLAMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WAS OUT. A WEEK LATER, THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TEAM KIA OF EL CAJON (LOCATED AT 541 N JOHNSON AVE, EL CAJON, CA 92020, (619) 444-7200) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING A NEW ENGINE AND LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT BULB. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE HEADLIGHT FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR TAIL PIPE. THERE WAS ALSO REDUCED ENGINE POWER WHEN NEEDING TO DRIVE MORE THAN 40 MPH. CENTURY 3 KIA (2483 LEBANON CHURCH RD, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122, (412) 466-1466) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE RELATED TO THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE19004 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

OUR 2012 KIA SORENTO EXPERIENCED A MAJOR BEARING FAILURE THAT KNOCKED A HOLE IN THE CAST BLOCK ALLOWING THE OIL TO DUMP OUT OVER THE CARS EXHAUST. THE CAR HAD BEEN SERVICE ROUTINELY UTILIZING FULL SYNTHETIC AT 6000 MILE INTERVALS. THE OIL LEVEL AND COOLING SYSTEMS WERE ALL FULL AND THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CAR HAD 103000 MILES AND HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED. CONTACTED KIA AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND RECEIVED NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS SIGNIFICANT FAILURE. THE PREMATURE BEARING FAILURE ISSUE IDENTIFIED ON OTHER MODELS AND INVOLVED IN THE SIGNIFICANT RECALL DEFINITELY APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED ON OUR CAR AS WELL.

MY BURGUNDY 2012 KIA EX I PURCHASED IN 2017 HAS BEEN GIVING ME NO PROBLEMS I LOVE THE SUV UNTIL 6/18/2019 WHEN I STARTED UP THE SUV AN THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE IN THE ENGINE WHICH NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE WHEN THE NOISE QUIETED DOWN I PROCEEDED ON ROUTE 51 AN GASSING THE VEHICLE THE NOISE COMES BACK AN IT SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO BREAK DOWN AN I DONT WANT TO HAVE A ACCIDENT I SAW THERE ARE SOME RECALLS ON THIS SUV THAT A CLEARLY WASNT AWARE OF AN I JUST WANT TO GET THIS RESOLVED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT APPROACHED A RED LIGHT AND THE ENGINE MADE AN ABNORMAL RATTLING SOUND. WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND BACK INTO DRIVE, THE NOISE STOPPED AND THE CHECK ENGINE OIL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

ENGINE SEIZED, CAME TO A RED LIGHT CAR DIED HAD IT TOWED AND WAS TOLD THE MOTOR IS LOCKED UP DUE TO BEARING WEAR!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT VEERED TO THE SHOULD OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DESTINATION KIA (760 CENTRAL AVE, ALBANY, NY 12206, (518) 478-8036) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY SLUGGISH AND THE ENGINE WAS CHUGGING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP & I WAS INFORMED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT KIA WILL NOT COVER THIS. UPON PICKING THE CAR UP WITH A TRAILER, MY SON-IN-LAW DISCOVERED THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. AFTER ADDING 5+ QUARTS, IT STILL WAS NOT FULL (THE CAR IS NOT DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE FOR ANOTHER FEW HUNDRED MILES). THERE IS SUCH BAD KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE WHEN IT IS RUNNING THAT IT CANNOT BE DRIVEN.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE CAR TURNED OFF WITH THE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST DOWN THE SMALL HILL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON A TWO-LANE CITY ROAD. I HAD TWO PASSENGERS IN MY CAR AT THE TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF ENGINE FAILURE (SEIZING). THE VEHICLE WAS JUST PICKED FROM SERVICE THE DAY BEFORE AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OR WARNING THAT I WOULD EXPERIENCE ANY SAFETY ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A VERY BUSY INTERSTATE THE MOTOR STARTED MAKING A LOT OF NOISE AND THEN IT SEIZED UP LEAVING MY FAMILY STRANDED DURING A VERY COLD WINTER NIGHT. WE HAD TO SIT ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAIT ON A TOW TRUCK WHILE HOPING WE DIDN'T GET HIT BY A TRUCK. KIA HAS TOLD US THAT THE OUR MOTOR IS NOT COVERED BY ANY RECAL THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE OTHER KIA SORENTOS, BUT THE RECALL IS FOR THE EXACT SAME THING THAT THEY HAVE A RECALL FOR. I AM INCLUDING PICTURES OF THE MOTOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED NO SAFETY RELATED ISSUES OR FAILURES UNTIL MANUFACTURER RECALL CAMPAIGN: SC147 AND AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WERE PERFORMED. JIM SHORKEY UNIONTOWN KIA (1050 PITTSBURGH RD, UNIONTOWN, PA 15401, 724-415-3210) SERVICED THE RECALL CAMPAIGN AN INDICATED THAT THE ROD BEARING, O RING, AND ENGINE WERE WEARING DOWN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD NO REMEDY FOR THE FAILURES. SMAIL KIA (5094 US-30, GREENSBURG, PA 15601, 724-837-7000) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ENGINE FAILURE AND THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE OIL AFFECTING THE CRANK CASE AND PISTON RINGS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

PRIOR TO THE DATE OOF 05/24/2019, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE TO ASK TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT BECAUSE MY CAR WAS BURNING OIL. THIS WAS IN JUNE 2018 AND AT THAT TIME I WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OUT ON THE ENGINE I HAD IN MY VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THIS APPOINTMENT I HAD ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS CALL DOWN AND EXPLAIN TO THE MECHANIC WHAT HE EXPERIENCED WITH MY VEHICLE, AS HE WAS A MECHANIC HIMSELF. I ENDED UP PAYING A BILL THAT DAY FOR SOME MINOR THINGS. IN THE BEGINNING OF 2019 I GOT AN OUL CHANGED AND BY MARCH WE HAD TO ADD BOUT 3 QUARTS. IN APRIL 2019 I NOTICED OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 6 WEEKS I PUT 2 QUARTS IN MY CAR. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND INFORMED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE OIL WAS LOW. THE CONTACT ADDED A QUART OF OIL EVERY FIVE HUNDRED MILES. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO QUIRK KIA OF MANCHESTER (1300 S PORTER ST, MANCHESTER, NH 03103, (603) 836-7600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WAS COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 13113751. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO THE LOCAL DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

I HAD THE MOTOR REPLACED IN JAN 2018 FOR ENGINE FAILURE ROD KNOCKING METAL SHAVINGS ON THE DIP STICK, IT JUST SHUT OFF GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND NOW ITS THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN, GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE STARTED KNOCKING AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. NO OIL ON THE DIP STICK AGAIN WITH METAL SHAVINGS

ENGINE OIL USE EVERY 1.000 MILES GIVE OR TAKE CAR IS USING 1 TO 1 1/2 QUARTS OF OIL. I HAVE TAKING MY CAR TO THE SELLING DEALER THEY HAVE DONE A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AND HAVE VERIFIED THAT CAR IS USING OIL.I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK 3 TIME FOR THEM TO CHECK OIL LEVEL AND FOR THEM TO SAY YEP ITS USING OIL .AND WENTON TO TELL ME THAT KIA CORP WILL NOT REPLACE THE ENGINE.SO EVERY 1.000 MILES I HAVE TO PUT OIL IN IT TILL IT BLOWS UP.THIE IS SO SAD I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THIS CAR AND KIA WILL NOT STAND BY REPAIRS.IM A DIESEL TRUCK SERVICE MANAGER AT A NAVASTAR DEALER.AND WE WOULD NOT TREAT ARE CUST THIS WAY.WE HAVE REPLACED $30.000 MOTORS CAUSE OF OIL USE.CAN YOU PLEASE HELP THANKS FOR YOUR TIME JOEL B [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM...

MY 2012 SORENTO HAS BEEN BURNING/LOSING OIL SINCE IT WAS TESTED FOR THE PREMATURE BEARING WEAR RECALL AT 100K MILES. IT BURNS APPROX. 1 QT OF OIL EVERY 1000 MILES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 114K MILES. I HAVE TO ADD 5 QTS OF OIL BETWEEN EVERY 5K MILE OIL CHANGE. DROPPING A MICROPHONE INTO MY OIL PAN DID SOMETHING TO MY ENGINE. KIA DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED FOR AN ENGINE WITH THIS MANY MILES.

ENGINE SIEZED WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE ALL THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS. IT WASN'T LEAKING OIL OR BURNING ANY. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC, HE AGREED THEIR WAS NO LEAK BUT THE OIL WAS LIVE SLUDGE AND IT CAUSED THE CAR TO SEIZE. IT HAD BEEN LESS THAN 4000 MILES SINCE I'LL HAD BEEN CHANGED.

WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY GOING OVER 70MPH MY ENGINE SHUT OFF, MY SPEEDOMETER DROPPED FROM 70 TO 40 CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO HAVE TO PULL INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC (TWO LANE ROAD GOING DOWN MOUNTAIN) TO AVOID SLAMMING INTO MY VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THIS OIL, CHECK ENGINE, AND FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LIGHTS ALL BEGAN TO FLASH. PULLED OVER, SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE STARTED AFTER SOME STRUGGLE. DROVE WITH HAZARDS ALL THE WAY HOME. BEFORE THIS MY VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING. MY RPMS WOULD DROP AND HITTING THE GAS DID NOTHING. EVERY TIME VEHICLE STARTS MAKING KNOCKING SOUND BEFORE RATTLING AND STALLING OUT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION EVERY SINGLE TIME IT LOSES POWER, OR THE ENGINE STALLS OUT. IMMEDIATELY PURCHASED CAR FAX TO SEE ALL OPEN RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ONES. ENTIRE REPLACEMENT OF...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR FLASHED ON AND OFF. THE ENGINE OIL WAS CHECKED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL INSIDE THE ENGINE. FOUR QUARTS OF OIL WERE ADDED TO THE ENGINE. APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS LATER, WHILE AT SONS KIA (100 SONS DR, MCDONOUGH, GA) FOR SERVICE, THE MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. IN ADDITION, AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE, A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

MOTOR JUST ALL OF LOCKED UP WITH NO WARNING I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF SUDDEN I HEAR THE FANS START BLOWING LOUDLY I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT HASN'T STARTED SINCE, NOW I'M WITHOUT VEHICLE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V907000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE). WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE. THE CONTACT DROVE TO HER JOB AND EXTINGUISHED THE SMOKE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO KIA OF DULUTH (LOCATED AT 1701 W MICHIGAN ST, DULUTH, MN 55806, (866) 722-4542). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. * (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS

TOOK 2012 SORENTO IN FOR ENGINE/BEARINGS RECALL AT 92K MILES (WHICH INCLUDED AN OIL CHANGE BY DEALERSHIP). NEXT OIL CHANGE AT 98K THERE WAS APPRX 1 QUART OF OIL LEFT. NEVER BURNED OIL PRIOR TO THIS RECALL CHECK. THOUGHT DEALERSHIP MADE MISTAKE. I USUALLY CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 5K MILES. OIL WAS CHANGED AND CHECKED AGAIN AT 2,500 MILES, IT WAS 4 QUARTS LOW. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE EVER DISPLAYED. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, PERFORMED OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS (4), CONSUMING ABOUT 1 QUART EVERY 500 MILES. KIA DEALERSHIP TOLD ME UNLESS IT DISPLAYS THE P1326 FAULT CODE, THERE IS NOTHING THAT KIA WILL DO - I CAN FILE A CLAIM WITH KIA AFFAIRS, IF I WANT. IT IS BURNING SO MUCH OIL, THAT IF OIL WAS CHANGE EVERY 7,500 MILES AS RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE -- THERE WOULD BE NO OIL LEFT IN ENGINE. IT IS BURNING OIL -- THERE IS NO OIL...

ENGINE IS CONSUMING A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL THIS HAS OCCURRED AROUND THE ENGINE GOING OVER 90,000 MILES. IN SPEAKING WITH THE KIA DEALERSHIP, THEY STATE IT IS COMMON FOR AN ENGINE OF THIS AGE TO BURN OIL. THE ENGINE BURNS ABOUT A QUART EVERY 500-600 MILES. THIS SEEMS EXCESSIVE.

CAR WAS RUNNING FINE, NO WARNINGS. STARTED ENGINE AND IT WOULD NOT START. HAD CAR TOWED. WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS 'LOCKED UP'. IT IS 2012 SORENTO HOWEVER IT IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS, INCLUDING THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR, ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW UP AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.

ENGINE IS CONSUMING A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL. WE HAD TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALER TO CORRECT A RECALL AFFECTING THE ENGINE OIL. THE DEALER SERVICED THE VEHICLE, THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED BURNING OIL. WE TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER WHO REFERRED US TO THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. CONSUMER AFFAIRS SENT IT TO THE ESCALATION DEPARTMENT. THE ESCALATION DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO TO A JUNK YARD AND GET A USED ENGINE. THEY TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE KEPT THIS CAR SERVICED BUT WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE CAR NEEDS A NEW ENGINE TO THE TUNE OF $9,000.

MY 2012 KIA SORENTO KEEPS GOING THOUGH OIL IT'S NOT BURNING IT AND IT'S NOT LEAKING SO WHAT HAPPENING TO IT ?

OUR 2012 KIA SORENTO STARTED HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AS ALL THE OTHER MOTORS THAT WERE ON RECALL FOR BAD BEARINGS. I NEVER GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT WOULD DIE RANDOMLY ON ME. ONCE DIED ON ME ON THE FREEWAY WITH ME AND MY 5YR OLD. LUCKILY I WAS NOT AROUND ANYONE OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY TRAGIC. I LOVED THAT CAR, AND NOW IT'S JUST SITTING AT KIA DEALERSHIP COLLECTING DUST AND NOT BEING USED WITH LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT. THIS IS NOT A OWNER ISSUE. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. EVEN THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS BAD BEARING AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED. YET WE CAN'T GET THIS ISSUE FIXED BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HELP US, AND YET HAVE ALL THESE BAD REVIEWS ON NOT WANTING TO HELP OUT THEIR CUSTOMERS. SO IT'S JUST SITTING AT THE DEALERSHIP ROTTING AWAY BECAUSE WE...

THE ENGINE SEIZED UP. WE HAVE MADE REGULAR OIL CHANGES ON THE CAR. THERE WAS FOUND TO BE METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL, WHICH IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IT IS 2012 WITH 88,861 MILES ON IT. IT WOULD NOT START SO WE HAD TO TOWED TO LIBERTYVILLE KIA DEALER. THE SERVICE CENTER SAID THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN WITH THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE

I WAS DRIVING FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE. I HAD JUST ENOUGH FORCE TO GET IT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ISSUES PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE. THE RADIO WAS STILL ON BUT I COULDN'T GET THE ENGINE TO TURN OVER TO DRIVE. IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE??? MY MECHANIC COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND HE DROVE IT FOR AWUITE A BIT TO BE SURE.

AS I CAME OFF AN EXIT FROM THE HIGHWAY, AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES, FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING. THE TACH DROPPED TO O, AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID GETTING HIT BY THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME. I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT EVEN TURN OVER. I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY, ARRANGED FOR A TOW TO MY MECHANICS GARAGE, ONLY TO HAVE HIM TELL ME THAT THE MOTOR JUST CEASED. AGAIN NO WARNING FROM THE VEHICLES WARNING LIGHTS OR ANYTHING. IT JUST DIED RIGHT THERE.

ENGINE RECALL. LATELY I BEEN HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD OF MY VEHICLE ALSO I HEARD KNOCKING NOICE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE WHEN I START THE CAR AS WELL. IT COMES N GOES I HEAR IT ONCE IN A WHILE MAINLY IN THE MORNING WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR. I HEAR IT ANY OTHER TIME ONCE IN A WHILE. N I SEE LATELY THERE LEAKAGE COMING THREW THE EXHAUST PIPE AS WELL. I TOOK IT TO MY MACHANIC N HE ADVISED ME TO REPORT TO THE DEALER SINCE IT CAN B A POSSIBLE RECALL

MY KIA'S ENGINE SEIZED UP ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING I HAVE NOT EVEN OWNED IT FOR A YEAR. I STILL OWE QUITE A BIT ON THIS AND CAN NOT SEEM TO GET ANY HELP FROM MY LOCAL KIA DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT. I LOST MY JOB BECAUSE OF THIS AND CANNOT TRY TO FIND ANOTHER ONE WITH OUT MY VEHICLE - IT IS CAUSING GREAT DISTRESS TO MY FAMILY. I CANNOT AFFORD TO BY ANOTHER VEHICLE OR PURCHASE AN ENGINE. I REALLY NEED HELP AND GUIDANCE WITH THIS ISSUE. I WAS TOLD KIA WAS THE BEST WITH CUSTOMER CARE AND VEHICLE RELIANCE. SOON I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON MY VEHICLE WITH OUT A JOB. PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM I DO NOT KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN. THANK YOU

LOSING OIL..NO INDICATOR LIGHTS COME ON. THEY TELL ME I HAVE DROP OIL PAN AND AND GET NEW SEAL. WHY DOESNTINDICATOR COME ON? .HAVE APPOINTMENT MARCH 4TH AT DEALER TO HAVE THIS FIXED. SOUNLD NOT HAVE TO AY FOR IT. INDICATOR LIGHT DO NOT WORK.NOW MY ENGINE KNOCKS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A KNOCKING NOISE OCCURRED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NAPLETON'S MID RIVERS KIA (LOCATED AT 4955 VETERANS MEMORIAL PKWY, ST PETERS, MO 63376, (636) 206-4284) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER STATED THAT IF THE ENGINE CONSUMED OIL, IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,276. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIRS UNTIL THE ENGINE SEIZED. *JS PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA),...

THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND IT BEGAN KNOCKING. IT WAS PULLED OVER ALMOST IMMEDIATELY (WITHIN A MILE). OIL WAS CHECKED AND ALTHOUGH IT HAD REGULAR SERVICE, IT REGISTERED LOW. AFTER ABOUT A HALF A QUART OF OIL WAS ADDED, THE OIL REGISTERED AT PROPER LEVEL. WHEN TRYING TO RE-START THE ENGINE IT FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND WOULD NEED A COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. PRICE QUOTED WAS $15,000! THEY CLAIMED THIS WAS DUE TO THE ENGINE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED WITH A SMALLER BLOCK (THEY DON'T MAKE THE 3.5 L ANYMORE) AND THE MODIFICATIONS THAT IT NEEDED. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED USED, HAD 125,054 MILES ON IT AND HAD NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE INITIAL KNOCKING THAT OCCURRED ON THAT DAY.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CARS ENGINE SEIZED UP. I LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE BREAKS AND POWER STEARING AND IT WAS SMOKING AS I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR SEATS OUT OF THE BACK AND LET IT COOL DOWN SOME BUT THE ELECTRIC IN IT WAS NOT WORKING SO IT WOULDNT TURN OVER. IT LEFT ME STRANDED A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR FROM MY HOUSE WITH 2 INFANTS. I HAD IT TOWED HOME AND CHANGED THE BATTERY IN IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD TURN OVER AND IT DID. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR RUNNING AGAIN THERE WAS A KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE AND THE CAR WOULD STALL IF I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR AND PRESS THE GAS. WHEN I CALLED KIA THEY TOLD ME MY VIN WASNT COVERED IN THE ENGINE RECALL SO IM FILING...

SHORTLY AFTER THE ANALYTIC CONVERTER LIGHT CAME ON, THE ENGINE STARTED SURGING AND THEN DIED WHEN I SLOWED FOR A TURN. I PUT THE CARE IN PARK, RESTARTED THE ENGINE, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT DIED AGAIN. I TRIED AGAIN WITH PARK, RESTART AND THEN DROVE INTO A PARKING LOT. I FOUND RECALL SC106 ON LINE BUT THE DEALER CAN'T FIND THIS FOR MY VEHICLE.