2012 KIA SPORTAGE Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND LOST POWER. THE CONTACT HEARD ABNORMAL KNOCKING AND CLUNKING NOISES, AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE CHECKING THE FLUIDS, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO VANDEVERE KIA (328 W MARKET ST, AKRON, OH 44303, (330) 253-8800) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO JUMPSTART THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROD BEARING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REDDING KIA (418 E CYPRESS AVE, REDDING, CA 96002, (888) 778-5635) WHO ALSO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROD BEARING FAILED. THE DEALER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE PROOF OF THE OIL CHANGES. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM LITHIA FORD OF KLAMATH FALLS (2833 WASHBURN WAY, KLAMATH FALLS, OR 97603, (541) 205-4501) WHERE THEY DENIED PERFORMING THE OIL CHANGES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

DRIVING UP HILL AT 106,701 MILES ON CAR AROUND 50 MPH AND LOUD SOUND STARTED WITH NO WARNING. ENGINE POWER DECREASED SUDDENLY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CAR WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO SAFE LOCATION BEFORE BEING DISABLED. TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC AND TOLD ENGINE HAD FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY. TAKEN TO KIA DEALERSHIP AND THERE "SOUNDED LIKE ROD KNOCK" WITH CODE P0301 INDICATIVE OF CYLINDER MISFIRE. REQUIRED ENGINE TO BE REBUILT. METAL DEBRIS FOUND ON EXHAUST CVVT SOLENOID WAS NOTED IN REPORT FROM MECHANIC. VERY FORTUNATE NO FIRE OR HARM TO SELF AND FAMILY. WE ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF CAR. MAINTENANCE RECORDS ARE NOT FULLY AVAILABLE, BUT ALL RECOMMENDED PM INCLUDING OIL WAS SELF PERFORMED (OIL EVERY 5000 MILES USING SYNTHETIC OIL AND TOP END FILTER). SHORT BLOCK, PANS, SHAFT ASSEMBLY, CVVT ASSEMBLY REPLACED.

DRIVING FROM ARIZONA TO VEGAS ON HIGHWAY 93 NORTHBOUND , NO PRIOR PROBLEM, NO WARNING SUDDENLY HEARD A VIBRATING OR TICKING NOISE, CAR SUDDENLY WOULDN'T EXCELL AND LOST RPM, THEN I HEARD A FEW THUMPS AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. I GLIDED TO A STOP ON SIDE OF FREEWAY AND CAR WOULDN'T START. CALLED TOW. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. HAD SIGNS OF LEAKING SOME FRESH FLUID. WAS TOLD ENGINE SEEZED. POSSIBLY BUT ONLY 52,000 MILES.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A AWFUL KNOCKING NOISE. THEN THE DASH LIT UP WITH OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED TO SIDE OF INTERSTATE WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I HAD TO CALL SOMEONE TO COME GET US.

ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 8, 2018 LEAVING GATLINBURG 2 HOURS OUT AT 10:40 ON THE INTERSTATE RETURNING TO MURFREESBORO, TN; KIARA CALL ME STATING HER TRUCK WAS MAKING A TICKING NOISE AND WAS LOSING POWER. SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT IT HAD STALLED OUT AND DIED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINS. IT THEN CRANK BACK UP AND SEEMED FINE BUT THE TICK NOISE WAS STILL THERE, SO SHE PROCEEDED ONWARD. SO THEN I GOT ANOTHER CALL FROM KIARA ABOUT 45 MIN TO AN HOUR LATER, JUST GETTING INTO COOKEVILLE, STATING THE TRUCK WAS NOW MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE ALONG WITH THE TICKING BUT SEEMED TO BE A BIT SLUGGISH EVERY SO OFTEN. UNSURE OF WHAT THE CASE MAY BE WITH THE TRUCK, I ADVISED HER TO PULL OVER AND CHECK THE OIL AND SEE IF IT MAY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL OIL PUT IN IT. SO...

MY VEHICLE MAKES A TICKING/KNOCKING AND GRINDING NOSE. IT RUNS REALLY HARD AND IS SLUGGISH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. IT HAS ALSO STALLED AND TURNED OFF ON ITS OWN FROM TIME TO TIME. IT JERKS AS WELL, BUT NOT CONSISTENTLY. ALL OF THESE OCCUR WHILE IN MOTION.

I HAD BEEN HEARING A STRANGE NOISE WHEN PUSHING THE BRAKES SINCE AUGUST 2018, I HAD A LAY PERSON LOOK AT IT WHO STATED IT WAS THE WHEEL BEARINGS AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. I TOOK IT TO KIA AS I WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY FOR 20 MORE MILES AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T THE BEARINGS AND THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH THE CAR. ON FEB. 20, 2019, 6 MONTHS LATER, I WAS DRIVING WITH MY SON ON THE HIGHWAY AND STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD UNDER THE HOOD AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO FALTER. I TRIED ACCELERATING AND THE KNOCKING INCREASED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH WENT ON AND THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN FALLING. I HURRIED TO GET OVER AND OFF THE HIGHWAY AS THE SMOKE AND BURNING SMELL WAS ENGULFING THE FRONT OF THE CAR. IT COMPLETELY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HORNE KIA (480-725-5220, LOCATED AT 1465 E MOTORPLEX LOOP, GILBERT, AZ 85297) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,000.

ON THE WAY TO FLORIDA ON I-95 WHEN MY ENGINE FAILED PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY IN HARMS WAY I HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN WITHOUT MY VECHICLE SINCE 9/4/2018 AND KIA HAS PROMISED ME MULTIPLE DATES OF WHEN MY VEHICLE WILL BE FIXED AND IT HAS YET TO BE FIXED

PREMATURE BEARING WEAR IN ENGINE. BEARING BROKEN, HOLE IN THE ENGINE. CAR CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND STARTED LEAKING OIL. HAD TO MANUALLY PUSH VEHICLE ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO SAFETY. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR BUT NOT FOR THIS SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER. *DT

I BOUGHT MY SPORTAGE USED WITH 102000 MILES ON IT. I DROVE IT FOR 4 1/2 MONHTHS [4100 MILES]. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO STALL. THEN IT STARTED MAKING A LOUD TAPPING NOISE. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE KIA DEALER AND THE ENGINE IS NO GOOD. I NEED ANOTHER ONE, BUT MY VIN IS NOT ON THE RECALL BECAUSE IT'S A 2.4L AND ONLY THE 3.0L FOR THIS MODEL IS RECALLED. EVEN THOUGH THE 2.4L IN THE SORENTO IS ON THE RECALL LIST. I'M WAITING TO HEAR WHAT I CAN DO BUT THEY OUGHT TO GIVE ME AN ENGINE SINCE IT IS RECALLED ON OTHER KIAS. AT THIS POINT I'M RAILING BECAUSE I SPENT $9000 FOR 4 MONTHS OF USE IF THEY DON'T GIVE ME AN ENGINE.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, IT BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE REALLY STRANGE. ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT CUT OFF . I NEVER HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM, I DO THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR. MY CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I TOOK IT TO CAR MAX THE PLACE WHERE I GOT IT FROM AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE STARTER AT FIRST. UPON DOING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, THEY REALIZED THE ENGINED SEIZED. THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, THE CAR WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY FINE. KIA STATED THEY COULD NOT FIX IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. THEY WON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR. MY CAR IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE STATED HAPPENED TO THEIRS,AND IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL.

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70MPH WHEN ENGINE SEIZED. SHE WAS IN THE LEFT LANE BUT THANKFULLY MANAGED TO GET INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE WITHOUT BEING HIT BY OTHER MOTORIST. VEHICLE ONLY HAD 68K MILES ON IT. KIA DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS EVEN THOUGH IT COVERS OTHER SPORTAGES & OPTIMAS WITH THE SAME ENGINE FOR SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THANKFUL MY DAUGHTER DID NOT GET HURT BUT SHE WAS LEFT WITH A $5,500 BILL THAT WE HAD TO PAY TO FIX. KIA NEEDS TO EXPAND THE ENGINE RECALL TO ALL OF THE ENGINES AND NOW THEY ARE RECALLING SOME FOR A FIRE HAZARD. KIA NEEDS TO STEP UP BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED!

I HAD MY ENGINE REPLACED FROM THE RECALL IN DECEMBER 2017. I WAS DRIVING MY CAR HOME FROM WORK AND THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE TWO WEEKS AGO. I READ ARTICLES ONLINE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER KIA FROM 2012 AND OFHE YEARS THAT HAD ENGINE FIRES.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE MOTOR STARTED TO STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND MAKING LOUD KNOCKING NOISES. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD THE VEHICLE DIED AND WOULD NOT START. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF OVER HEATING OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE. NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE MOTOR DIED AND ONLY THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL SERVICE SHOP AND THE TECHNICIAN AND MECHANIC INFORMED US THAT THE MOTOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. HE INFORMED US THAT THE SAME MOTOR FAMILY WAS UNDER RECALL FROM KIA BUT ONLY THE 'GDI' MODEL NOT THE 'MPI' MODEL, WHICH THIS VEHICLE IS. THEY ALSO INFORMED US THAT THE DIAGNOSIS AND ISSUES ARE IN BOTH MOTORS FROM THE 'THETA II' MOTOR FAMILY IN THEIR EXPERIENCE. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS AROUND 114,000 MILES AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, A KNOCKING SOUND WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KIA OF AUBURN (1687 S. COLLEGE ST, AUBURN, AL) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

TRANSMISSION WENT AT 120,000 MILES. DEALER REPAIRED FOR $3,000. CAR WAS GIVEN MULTIPOINT INSPECTION, ALL OK PER DEALER. 3 DAYS LATER MY SON WAS DRIVING, IN MOTION AND WITHOUT WARNING CAR STOPPED DEAD. TOWED TO LOCAL GARAGE, ENGINE IS SEIZED. NOT PART OF THE CURRENT RECALL. NOT REPAIRABLE EXCEPT FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT. ALSO NOTEWORTHY IS THAT THE DEALER WROTE THE MILEAGE ON THE SERVICE RECIPET AT 98K MILES NOT 120K.

I NEVER EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, NOR NO WARNING LIGHT INDICATING A PROBLEM. OCT. 2018 WHILE DRIVING, MY CAR JUST STOPPED. I HAD TWO MECHANICS LOOK AT THE CAR AND THEY BOTH SAID I HAD A ENGINE PROBLEM. CALLED KIA AND A CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT STATED THAT MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF A THEIR RECALL. I NOTICED ONLINE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH THEIR KIA SPORTAGE ENGINES. MY BIG PROBLEM IS I STILL OWE ON THIS VEHICLE.

ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING/ACCELERATING ONTO A PARKWAY.

TOOK THIS KIA INTO MY DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LOOKED AT AND IT HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL NUMBER 17V224000. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT BARINGS IN CYLINDERS 2 AND 3 ARE GOING BAD AND THAT THERE IS METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN. EXACTLY LIKE THE RECALL THAT MY VIN IN APPARENTLY NOT PART OF.

2102 KIA SPORTAGE 2.4L WITH THE THETA II ENGINE; ENGINE FAILURE WITH 74,000 MILES. ON MARCH 10, 2018 DRIVING FROM ATHENS, GEORGIA TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA ON I-95 SOUTH. AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM IN THE AFTERNOON, ON A CLEAR DAY, GOING 70 MPH IN THE LEFT MOST LANE OF THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED SHAKING AND KNOCKING THEN SEIZED AND SLOWED TO A CRAWL. VERY CAREFULLY HAD TO GET OVER THREE LANES TO THE SHOULDER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.WE HAD NEVER SEEN AN ENGINE LIGHT, OR ANY OTHER WARNING COME ON IN THE CAR PRIOR TO THAT TIME. REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND OIL CHANGES HAD BEEN PERFORMED. THIS IS THE SAME ENGINE THAT IS UNDER RECALL, BUT THE VIN DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL. 'IN DOING MORE RESEARCH WE HAVE SEEN THAT THERE ARE A HUGE NUMBER OF 2012 OF KIA SPORTAGE AND OTHER KIA AND HYUNDAI CARS WITH THE THETA...

MY WELL-MAINTAINED KIA SPORTAGE ENGINE SPONTANEOUSLY SEIZED CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER PROVIDING ALL MAINTENANCE RECORDS, KIA REFUSED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE TO SPITE IT SEIZING FOR NO REASON.

ON 11/09/2018 OUR SON WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER VISITING HIS FATHER IN THE HOSPITAL.HE CALLED AND SAID THE KIA HAD BEGAN SHAKING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO HE IMMEDIATLY TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT .THE CAR MADE SOME LOUD NOISES AND COMPLETLY LOST POWER BEFORE HE COULD PARK IN A SPACE.THIS WAS AROUND MIDNIGHT AND HE IS A TEENAGER SO HE WAS REALLY UPSET .AS I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL WITH HIS DAD HE CALLED A FRIENDS PARENT TO PICK HIM UP .THE NEXT DAY WE HAD CAR TOWED TO KIA DEALER.THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE DEALER CALLED AND SAID ENGINE WAS UNREPAIRABLE .AS SOON AS MY HUSBAND WAS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL WE WENT TO DEALER ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY AND GOT QUOTE OF OVER 5000.00 TO FIX WITH A NEW SHORT BLOCK ENGINE.OF COURSE OUR VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALLS OF THIS ENGINE BUT WE FEEL...

MARCH 2017 (89500 MILES) CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WAS ON. WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE VIBRATION AT HIGH RPMS, VIBRATIONS WHEN SHIFTING, AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. KIA DEALER REPLACED TIMING CHAIN. JULY 2017 (94156 MILES) ENGINE IDLING LOUD AND ROUGH, ENGINE WHINES OUT, WOULD NOT SHIFT TILL REACHED HIGH RPMS. NO ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR AT THIS TIME. KIA DEALER SERVICE ADVISOR COULD NOT DUPLICATE ANY CONCERNS. AFTER SCAN PERFORMED ON VEHICLE, NO CODES THROWN, SUGGESTED DOWN STREAM CATALYST BE CHANGED AFTER AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION. WE HAD CATALYST REPLACED AT MUFFLER SHOP. THE SHOP INDICTED THAT THE CATALYST WAS NOT FAULTY. DECEMBER 2018 (113000 MILES) ENGINE VIBRATION TURNED INTO ENGINE KNOCKING, DECREASE IN POWER, CONTINUE TO SHIFT AT HIGH RPMS. NO ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR. RETURN TO KIA DEALER, INFORMED BY DEALER THAT WE NEED A NEW ENGINE. I FEEL MY ENGINE TROUBLES BEGIN IN MARCH OF 2017, WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, AND WAS NOT...

AT 100,000 MILES, A KNOCKING SOUND COULD BE HEARD. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS FAULTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OF THE 2012 KIA SPORTAGE BUT MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT INDICATE THAT MY VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY MY VEHICLE WHICH IS AFFECTED BY THE SAME ENGINE FAILURE IS NOT COVERED?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 128,000.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A BUSY 4 LANE ROAD THE CAR LOST POWER AND THE STEERING AND BRAKES BECAME STIFF AND HARD TO ACTUATE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A TOW TRUCK TOWED MY CAR TO THE KIA DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A SEIZED ENGINE. MY SPORTAGE HAD 86000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE SEIZURE. I AM NOW WAITING FOR PARTS TO REPAIR THE ENGINE. MY SPORTAGE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS MAY TAKE 60-90 DAYS! I WILL NEED TO PAY A $500.00 DEDUCTIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. I FEEL KIA SHOULD REPAIR THIS DEFECTIVE ENGINE FOR FREE AND ALSO PAY MY RENTAL CAR COST. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH THEIR KIA SPORTAGE AND OTHER KIA MODELS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, A METAL CLUNKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE STATED THAT THE ENGINE THEN STALLED BUT WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER HYMAN BROS KIA (11901 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE, MIDLOTHIAN, VA 23113, (888) 473-0358) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 17V224000, I WAS DRIVING MY KIA ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ENGINE TOTALLY STOPPED.

ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO CRANKSHAFT BEARING FAILURE. CAR WAS MOVING ON A CITY STREET WHEN IT FAILED.

DRIVING OUT OF TOWN AND ENGINE FAILED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE NOISE WAS SO EXCESSIVE THAT THE CONTACT CAREFULLY DROVE THE VEHICLE 45 MPH DUE TO A LOSS OF POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DOLAN KIA (9455 S VIRGINIA ST, RENO, NV 89511, (775) 825-1013) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: RQ17003 (ENGINE), ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT'S FAILURE WAS IDENTICAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT*JB

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK ONE MORNING AND I HEARD A WEIRD FAINT KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM OUTSIDE MY CAR. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE STRAIGHT TO ROYAL KIA IN TUCSON WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR 4 YEARS AGO AS A "CERTIFIED" USED CAR. AT 3P THAT AFTERNOON THEY CALLED TO TELL ME THAT IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. IT HAS 78000 MILES ON IT. THEY CLAIM MY WARRENTY WAS "DEFAULTED" ON BECAUSE OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS I WAS LATE GETTING THE OIL CHANGED TWICE. I CALLED CORP KIA AND THEY BASICALLY SAID TOO BAD AND INSINUATED THAT BECAUSE THE LATE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL. I ALSO SPOKE WITH TGE GM OF ROYAL KIA AND HE INSISTED THE SAME THING. I HAVE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF MECHANICS AND THEY SAID NO WAY CAN THAT CAUSE AN ENGINE TO GO WITH THE LOW...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE DRIVER. WHILE DRIVING AND SHIFTING INTO FOURTH GEAR, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING IN TRAFFIC. ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE PISTON ROD WAS DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

DRIVING FROM FLAGSTAFF AZ TO PHOENIX AZ ON HIGHWAY 17. THE CAR STARTED LOSING POWER SO I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED BACK TO FLAGSTAFF AT A COST OF $390. THE DEALER THERE SAID THE ENGINE SEIZED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THEY ARE HAVING A HUGE RECALL ON KIA ENGINES BUT MINE IS NOT ONE OF THEM. IT WOULD COST 5-6 THOUSAND . I HAVE CALLED KIA AND THEY SAID "THIS CAR IS NOT ONE OF THE RECALLS THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO". I HAD THEM SEND MY COMPLAINT TO THEIR ESCALATION DEPT. AND THEY BASICALLY SAID THE SAME THING. I ASKED THEM TO SUBMIT IT TO A HIGHER SOURCE IF THERE IS ONE. THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING THEY CAN DO AND TO GIVE THEM 3-4...

I AM AN ORIGINAL OWNER. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR AROUND 6 YEARS AND 75K MILES. ENGINE QUIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE KIA 2012 SPORTAGE ON A HIGHWAY. I WAS DRIVING, AS USUAL. I FELT A BIT BUMP(?). SUDDENLY, GAS PEDDLE DID NOT FUNCTIONALLY WORK(IT WORKED PHYSICALLY PUSH AND RELEASE). THE ENGINE LIGHT AND SEVERAL LIGHTS CAME ON. I MOVED ON THE SIDE AND TURN IT OFF. AND THEN, I DID TRY BACK IT ON. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. FINALLY, I HAD THE SPORTAGE TOWED TO KIA SERVICE CENTER

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUR 2012 KIA SPORTAGE DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND SAW SMOKE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, THANKFULLY, AND ALL THE OIL BEGAN POURING OUT OF THE ENGINE. ULTIMATELY WE HAD A HOLE IN OUR ENGINE. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE 2 YEARS BUT NOW IT IS RENDERED USELESS. SEEING THE RECALL, I IMMEDIATELY CALL KIA, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT OUR VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR AN ENGINE, ONE IS $8000 AND THE OTHER $12,000! HOW DO I KNOW THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN?? I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT, I STILL OWE ON IT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THIS WAS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE. I'M BESIDE MYSELF.

ENGINE FAILURE AS DESCRIBED IN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AND SAME AS CURRENT RECALL FOR WHICH MY VIN IS SUPPOSEDLY NOT AFFECTED. REGULAR MAINTENANCE AS BEEN PERFORMED. 1 DAY AFTER MOST RECENT OIL CHANGE, ACCELERATED TO ENTER INTERSTATE. HEARD A POP THEN SEEN BLACK SMOKE. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF INTERSTATE AND POPPED THE HOOD ONLY TO FIND A SMALL ENGINE FIRE. VERY GLAD THIS WASN'T A VERY BUSY TIME ON THE ROAD AS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC.

2012 SPORTAGE LX WITH 75,560 MILES ON VEHICLE. I AM NOT THE PRIMARY OWNER BUT A SECONDARY OWNER SO KIA SAYS THE 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO ME. THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND ON SUNDAY SO I HAD IT TOWED TO ROUND ROCK KIA (N AUSTIN TEXAS). KIA DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF FAILURE IS A BAD/WORN CONNECTING ROD BEARING WHICH IS THE IDENTICAL CAUSE OF FAILURE AS "RECALL 17V224000" | "KIA'S RECALL NUMBER "SC147". THE RECALL IMPACTS 2012 SPORTAGE FAILING IN IDENTICAL WAYS BUT BECAUSE MY VIN IS SUPPOSEDLY OUTSIDE THE RECALL POOL THEY ARE SAYING IT'S NOT COVERED AND WANTING ME TO PAY 4,200 FOR A NEW ENGINE BLOCK. THE DETAILS OF THE RECALL EVEN MENTION THE ENGINE ROD "DURING MACHINING OF THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT AND CRANKPINS, METAL SHAVINGS MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT WITHIN THE CRANKSHAFT OIL PASSAGES, AND THE CRANKPINS THEMSELVES MAY...

THE ENGINE LOCKED UP ON MY VEHICLE JUST AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. KIA REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE "IT WAS NOT ON THE LIST". THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH VEHICLES TO INCLUDE IN THE RECALL. MY VEHICLE IS STILL SITTING IN MY GARAGE AND I AM STILL PAYING A MONTHLY NOTE.

PURCHASED 2012 KIA SPORTAGE 2 YEARS AGO FROM ORIGINAL OWNER. IT IS NOW 80,000. WHILE TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN ON A HWY THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING TERRIBLE NOISE AND LOST POWER, I WAS ABLE TO SQUEEK IN SLOWLY TO THE NEAREST TOWN. KIA DEALERSHIP DETERMINED BLEW UP. NO WARNING. HAS HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE. KIA RECALLED THESE YEARS OF THE SPORTAGE BUT ONLY FOR THE GDI ENGINE. HOWEVER AFTER RESEARCH IT IS APPARENT THAT MANY OWNERS O THE DOHC HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. THEY ARE SAYING THE VIN IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL.

"TAKATA RECALL" I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 59 IN HOUSTON IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND MY OIL LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. AFTER IT FLASHED IT STOPPED AND THEN IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER I NOTICED IT WAS NOT ACCELERATING I BEGAN TO GET OFF THE MAIN HIGHWAY ONTO A SERVICE ROAD. BY THE TIME I GOT ONTO THE SERVICE ROAD THE TRUCK WENT COMPLETELY DEAD. I GOT OUT AND CHECKED THE OIL AND I HAD OIL ON MY DIP STICK. I HAD GOTTEN AN OIL CHANGE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2018.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY ROAD AT APPROX. 45 MPH, CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN SPUTTERING AND MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE AND SEEMS TO BE LOSING POWER AND FEELS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF AND COMES BACK ON.

AT ONLY 97,000 MILES OUR 2012 KIA ENGINE SEIZED AND THREW A ROD ONTO THE INTERSTATE. IT WAS 97 DEGREES OUT AND OUT 1 YO WAS STRANDED WITH US ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE UNTIL HELP ARRIVED. COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS KIA AND HYUNDAI ENGINE. THERE WAS EVEN A RECALL. UNFORTUNATELY KIA SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS ONLY CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS AND THAT OURS WANT PRODUCED AT THE SAME PLACE. THE INTERNET IS FULL OF THIS SAME ISSUE. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN ISSUE OR A LARGER PRODUCTION ISSUE. I CANNOT EXPRESS THE ECONOMIC BIND THIS PUT OUR FAMILY IN AND KIA MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY DON'T CARE. THEY WERE EVEN RUDE AND DISMISSIVE ON THEIR CUSTOMER CARE LINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS HIGH SPEEDS, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED AND LURCHED FORWARD. JIM BONE KIA (1255 SANTA ROSA AVE, SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA 95407) WAS CONTACTED, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000.

WENT OUT TO GET IN MY CAR AND COME HOME AND IT WOULDN'T START. IT WOULD ROLL OVER BUT NOTHING. HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO COME TOW IT TO A REPAIR SHOP. THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE RADIATOR WITH A HOLE IN IT BUT WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO IT THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN. NO WORNING SIGNS THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG . THE HEAT GAUGE NEVER MOVED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. NO LIGHTS NOTHING BEFORE LEAVING IT SIT FOR ABOUT 30 MIN AND COMING OUT TO A CAR THAT WOULDN'T START.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING 70 MPH MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A WEIRD NOISE. AT FIRST IT SOUNDED LIKE MY CAR WAS DRAGGING SOMETHING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE THE ENGINE WENT OUT. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE CAR, AND CHECKED UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THEN CHECKED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THERE WAS NO SMOKE AND FLUIDS WERE GOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKED GOOD. BUT AS I TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR AFTER 20 MINS THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE POPCORN POPPING. AT THAT POINT I CALLED A TOW TRUCK. THE TOW TRUCK GUY ASKED IF HE COULD CHECK THE OIL. WHEN HE DID HE FOUND SMALL METAL SHAVINGS IN IT. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST KIA DEALERSHIP (WHICH IS NOWHERE NEAR WHERE I CURRENTLY LIVE). TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT I JUST SERVICED MY CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND NOTHING WAS WRONG...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS STILL POWER TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT WITH THE IGNITION KEY. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FORWARD. SUMMIT PLACE KIA EAST (44900 N GRATIOT AVE, CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN 48036) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO ACTIVE RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,100.

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70 MPH WHEN MY CAR START TO RATTLE AND WHITE SMOKE START COMING OUT OF THE BACK OF MY CAR ... 3 WARNING LIGHT POPPED UP ON MY DASH AND MY CAR DRASTICALLY SLOWED CROW WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY LUCKILY I WAS CLOSE TO AN EXIT. I COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT!!! HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO KIA DEALERS..WHERE THEY TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING MUCH THEY CAN DO CUZ THE CAR IS NOT IN WARRANTY.. WAS NOT IN WARRANTY WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO ME THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW ENGINE BECAUSE THE ENGINE FAILED ... I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR 2 YEAR 80 000 MILLIE'S AND IT'S NOT EVEN PAID OFF .... FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF FROM KIA ... DON'T BY ONE OF THEIR CARS!!!!! THEY ARE ALSO SAYING IT HARD TO FIND A...