2014 Kia Sportage

MY DASHBOARD 'ENGINE' LIGHT POPPED ON AND WITHIN MINUTES I DROVE IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC TO BE IMMEDIATELY SCANNED AND THE SCAN CODE READ, #POO14 AT THAT MOMENT MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE "THETA II" ENGINE WAS IN FACT RECALLED BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED EVER BY THE DEALERSHIP!!! AT THE TIME MY VEHICLE WAS MOVING IN A 35MPH ZONE ON A CITY STREET. AFTER THE SCAN I BACKED IT OUT OF THE BAY TO PARK IT AND THEN THE MOTOR JUST "LOCKED UP & SEIZED" I IMMEDIATELY CALLED KIA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD THEY DO NOT TOW. I THEN CALLED FUCILLO KIA WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND PRETTY MUCH GOT THE TYPICAL "BIG DEALER" RUN AROUND. I THEN CALLED SOMEONE WITH A BIGGER PAY GRADE THAT COULD POSSIBLY ADVISE ME WHAT TO DO HERE. THIS SUPERVISOR EXPLAINED THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE TO GET THE VEHICLE "IN HOUSE" TO FIX THIS ISSUE. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE CO. BUT DID NOT HAVE TOWING ON MY POLICY. THEY WERE BAFFLED THAT KIA SAID IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO GET IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP! MIND YOU THAT I IMMEDIATELY LOST MY PART TIME AND REALLY CANT AFFORD A HUGE TOWING BILL! IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FEEL THAT THIS IS ALL MY FAULT ! YOU WOULD THINK THAT MY 10YR/100,000MI WARRANTY SHOULD JUMP ON THIS. I PRESENTLY HAVE 64,857MI ON ODOMETER . PLEASE INFORM ME WHAT TO DO NEXT,

THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM MY ENGINE. I ALSO LOSE POWER WHEN I TURN CORNERS OR WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND GO AGAIN. THE KNOCKING NOISE IS NOT VERY LOUD BUT I CAN HEAR WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO KIA AND THEY STATED THEY COULDNT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED FOR THE SAME ISSUE LAST YEAR (2019).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V907000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MURRAY FORD OF KINGSLAND, INC (2030 N GEORGIA ST 40, KINGSLAND, GA 31548, (912) 510-3673) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF A FUEL LEAK INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO MIKE MURPHY KIA (6150 ALTAMA AVE, BRUNSWICK, GA 31525). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY GOING 70 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR ENGINE STARTS REVVING HIGH. SO I START SLOWING DOWN AND ITS STILL REVVING HIGH. SO I PULL OVER WITH MY 2 KIDS IN THE CAR, AND MY CAR DIES. I HAD MY CAR TOWED 51 MILES TO MY MECHANICS SHOP, AND FOUND OUT YESTERDAY THE ENGINE IS SHOT. I HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS COME ON THE DASH, NOTHING WRONG UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. MY OIL WAS CHANGED A MONTH AND 5 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS.

I WAS DRIVING ON THEN HIGHWAY AND MY PANORAMIC SUNROOF EXPLODED. AT FIRST, I HEARD A LOUD 'BANG' AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY TENSE...I THOUGHT I GOT REAR ENDED, THEN MAYBE MY TIRE BLEW OUT?! I PROCEEDED TO HEAR THE TINKLING AND SHATTERING OF GLASS. I PULLED OVER ONCE I REALIZED IT WAS THE SUNROOF. THE SUNROOF WAS NOT OPEN, SO THANKFULLY THE GLASS DID NOT FALL IN ON ME. THERE WAS NO ROCK OR ANY OBJECT THAT I COULD SEE WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. I WAS ALONE. I WASN'T HURT. NO ONE STOPPED. I THEN DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY PUT A COVER ON IT AND TOLD ME TO CALL MY INSURANCE. IT IS CURRENTLY AT A BODY SHOP.

I NOTICED A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM MY ENGINE WHILE IDLING AND WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE KNOCKING NOISE WAS GETTING LOUDER AND FASTER THEN AT FIRST THE NOISE STOPPED AS YOU WOULD DRIVE PAST 40 MPH OR SO AND WHILE BREAKING MY ENGINE WOULD KNOCK AND MY CAR WOULD SLIGHTLY JERK. I FIRST NOTICED THIS EARLY MORNING HAD TO DRIVE TWO HOURS TO GET HOME WITH MY CHILDREN THEN AROUND NOON THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE PAST A HALF MILES BEFORE DYING. MY CAR WILL STILL START UP BUT WILL DIE IF DRIVEN. THIS HAPPEN VERY SUDDEN AN UNEXPECTED AS MY KIA IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH MY VEHICLE. *TR

NOTICED A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM MY ENGINE WHILE IDOLING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE IT SEEMED AS THOUGH MY CAR WAS LOSING POWER AND THE KNOCKING NOISE WAS GETTING LOUDERAND FASTER. WHILE BREAKING MY ENGINE WOULD KNOCK AND MY CAR WOULD SLIGHTLY JERK. I HAVEN'T DROVE MY CAR IN 4 DAYS BECAUSE IT WAS ACTING THIS WAY ON BACK ROADS, NO WAY I'D TRUST IT ON A HIGHWAY. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 90,000 MILES.

THIS VEHICKE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MARCH OF 2014. I AM THE ORIGINALK OWNER. WHILE MAKING AN OUT OF TOWN TRIP THE VEHICLE HAD A LOUND KNOCKING NOISE AND LOST POWER. I TOOK THE VEHICKLE TO AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE. THE INFOMRED ME THAT THE OIL PUMP QUIT FUNCTIONING AND THAT CAUSED THE MOTOR TO THROW A ROD. WHEN THIS OCCURED THE VEHICLE HAD 86,000 MILES ON IT. KIA HAS A 10 YEAR 100,000 MILE WARRANTY. ADDITIONALLY, I PURHCASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FROIM THE DEALERSHIP THAT WOULD COVER THE POWER TRAIN FOR 20 YEARS AND 200,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO A KIA DELAERSHIP AND SO FAR I AM HEARING EXCUSES ON WHY THEY WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY. THIS IS DESPITE THE FACT I HAVE PERFORMED REGUALR OIL CHANGES WITH FULL SYNTHETIC OIL SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE.

WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, 45MIN DRIVE. 10MIN LEFT IN THE DRIVE, SHE STARTED HEARING A NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND LOSS OF POWER. LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST THE WAY HOME, BUT AFTER 2 MECHANIC OPINIONS, IT IS A DEAD ENGINE DUE TO THE TICKING/CLANKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. FIRST MECHANIC SAID PISTON ISSUE (WITHOUT DIAGNOSTICS), SECOND SAID METAL SHAVINGS AND THE ENGINE BASICALLY KILLED ITSELF. I MADE SURE THIS CAR HAD ON-TIME OIL CHANGES AND AT 116K MILES WAS JUST ABOUT TO DO A FULL SPARKPLUG/100K MILEAGE TUNE-UP. WHEN WILL KIA UNDERSTAND THAT 2011-2013 MODELS ARE NOT THE ONLY MODELS EFFECTED BY THESE ENGINE ISSUES?! WE NOW ARE DOWN A CAR, STILL OWE ON IT, (I BELIEVE) AT NO FAULT TO OUR OWN. KIA DID SEND OUT AN ECU UPDATE (FEB15/19) THAT (PER A KIA DEALERSHIP EMPLOYEE) WARRANTIES THE ENGINE FOR THE LIFE OF THE ENGINE, BUT WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN EFFECTED WITH THESE ISSUES?!