2012 KIA SPORTAGE Problems & Recalls

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while attempting to open to the front driver's side door from the inside of the vehicle, the contact heard an unknown part inside the door fall, and the door required to be opened manually by pulling on the exterior door handle. A dealer was c...

Mileage: 103,841

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while attempting to open to the front driver's side door from the inside of the vehicle, the contact heard an unknown part inside the door fall, and the door required to be opened manually by pulling on the exterior door handle. A dealer was c...

Mileage: 103,841

The car experienced sudden engine failure, flashing check engine light. The car was towed to the nearest mechanic and knock sensor code P1326, consistent with recall 20V750, was present. Kia Corporate refuses to authorize inspection and repair under the recall because the code was cleared after the ...

VIN# [XXX] My recall has not been repaired because Kia claims the repair parts have not been made available to them yet. This recall is from Sept. 2023. Why hasn't this been taken care of yet? Ridiculous & DANGEROUS!! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. ...

I was sold this car in April 2025. June 29 2025 my engine stopped working. Confirmed it is entirely blown. I was unaware of open unaddressed recalls when I purchased the car. Because of the recalls not being addressed by previous owners, kia and the warranty company refused to fix the engine.

there were no warning lamps/lights/messages prior to the failure. I have been begging Kia Car pros Glendale to repair my engine since May 27 2025 as it qualifies under the settlement. I have requested in writing a response but they continue to use stalling tactics only calling me to convey they need...

The car has been giving off a burning smell each time that I begin to drive especially if the heat is being utilized. The smell worsens as I drive a further distance.

While accelerating engine just shut off and seized. No warning. No check engine light before or after during the incident. Temp was normal. Next day a check engine light did come on while car was in "on" position (engine still not turning over) but no code was generating. No evidence of leaking oil....

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic); 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 r...

Purchased a used 2012 Kia Sportage in Nov 2023 took in for an anti theft update in that same month. My update was done at a Kia dealership . They informed me about the anti theft update.Now ffw to Aug 2024 I get a check engine light for knock sensor. I have no idea what this is. Took it back to deal...

See attached document for complaint

It's been eight months without a remedy? I live in an apartment under Section 8. I'm disabled (profound deafness in both ears). I'd like to ask for help to remedy this situation because my paranoia isn't helping. Will my Kia vehicle burst in fire? Why isn't there a replacement for the HECU? Can I ge...

Since Sep. 25, 2023 we received a recall notice advising to park our KIA vehicle outside and away from our home, other vehicles and buildings due to a serious fire hazard from the Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit short circuiting. We have ALWAYS parked our vehicle in our garage to deter theft and ...

I am writing about a recall notice that was issued last fall (2023) and has not yet been repaired by KIA, this vehicle's manufacturer. The HECU unit has a bad fuse that can cause a fire while driving or when parked. The relevant data is: Manufacturer Recall NumberSC284SL NHTSA Recall Number23V652 Re...

Recall was issued 09/23 for a possible engine fire and the replacement parts for repair have yet to be provided as of 5/24.

I have a recall for a Hydraulic electronic control module. However, Kia dealership told me there’s no remedy for this recall

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable ...

See attached letter

I was not aware of the HECU problem and did not receive a letter in Nov-23 or Mar-24 about the serious hydraulic electronic control unit that is starting fires with some Kia Sportage 2012 cars and others. The problem is listed as recognized in 09/2023 and it is now 7 months after this point. I calle...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The c...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) 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 re...

Mileage: 63,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) 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 re...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The c...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while his wife was driving 60–65 MPH, the engine seized. The contact stated that there was no oil entering the engine. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The contact called the local dealer...

Mileage: 100,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormal knocking sound coming from the engine compartment and the vehicle lost motive power. The contact was able to pull to the shoulder of the roadway, where the vehicle failed to restart....

Mileage: 221,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) 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 re...

I was driving on the freeway when the vehicle wanted to stall and shut off. I was able to get it to the side of the highway and had it towed back home where my son checked the vehicle and said that there was no compression in the motor and to not drive it anymore until it is fixed.

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to pull to the side of the road. The contact stated that he was able to restart the vehicle and continued driving; ho...

Mileage: 140,000

On June 26th 2023 my Malfunction Indicator Lamp engine light came on. I went to Goodyear and they had to entirely replace a main component of my engine which cost me over $1400. Earlier in June I received a letter in the mail about a Kia settlement stating that I could report a claim of engine failu...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The c...

As I approached a red light, releasing the gas and engaging the brakes, the car shut off. It never cranked again. I had to flag down a passing police officer and workers from a nearby auto shop pushed my car from the redlight and through the intersection. The car was taken to Playground Auto Service...

Just purchased KIA Sportage used and was informed they run for hundreds of thousands of miles. Less than three months later the engine blows up due an engine defect according to the dealer. The dealer wrote, "This letter is in reference to a repair that was done on a 2012 KIA Sportage Vin Number [...

Driving 25-30 MPH engine died, no warning lights illuminated prior to the engine stopping. The vehicle drifted to a stop on the side of the road. There was no loss of power steering. Safety was at risk due to sudden engine loss while driving on a road. Vehicle was towed to nearby service center for ...

I have a 2012 kia sportage. Well I found out 2012 kia sportages have a recall on the knock sensor. I found this out because while going 75 mphs on the George bush turnpike in tx, my car all of a sudden shut off and came to a complete stop! If there had been others around me I would have been in a se...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was towed to an intendent mechanic and the mechanic stated that the engine had no compression and referred the contact to the dealer. The vehicle was towed to the ...

Mileage: 130,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact's husband arrived on the scene and attempted to jumpstart the vehicle, but the vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle wa...

Mileage: 85,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the check engine warning light and several unknown warning lights illuminated, and the vehicle started to stall. The contact depressed the brake pedal, stopped, and parked the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle ...

Mileage: 127,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the check engine warning light and several unknown warning lights illuminated, and the vehicle started to stall. The contact depressed the brake pedal, stopped, and parked the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle ...

Mileage: 127,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the check engine warning light and several unknown warning lights illuminated, and the vehicle started to stall. The contact depressed the brake pedal, stopped, and parked the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle ...

Mileage: 127,000

My 2012 Kia Sportage 2.0 gdi $70k miles seized & began smoking as if it was going to catch fire while driving down the interstate on 11/24/2022 and 132 miles away from home. After finally getting towed back home and $400 later, I contacted Kia Corporate who then advised I have it towed to Kia dealer...

Vehicle has never had any issue. No noises, no misfiring, no warning lights. Drove vehicle home one say and parked it. Next day would not start. Had towed to Kia dealership.. They are stating that they put a starter in and now my timing chain is snapped and my valves are bent. Stating it is no...

It died when we turned it on but we didn’t think it started so we started it again and it was fine. Then 1 hour later we were driving and check engine light came on and it turned off then the car was dying. When I pulled over to let it cool down the car wouldn’t turn back on and when I checked u...

It died when we turned it on but we didn’t think it started so we started it again and it was fine. Then 1 hour later we were driving and check engine light came on and it turned off then the car was dying. When I pulled over to let it cool down the car wouldn’t turn back on and when I checked u...

The day I drove the car off the lot after purchasing (roughly 4 years ago) the low tire pressure sensor came on and I was unable to get it to go off. Mentioned it to the dealership whenever I went back for my first oil change and they told me they were able to “wake it up” whenever they checked ...

The day I drove the car off the lot after purchasing (roughly 4 years ago) the low tire pressure sensor came on and I was unable to get it to go off. Mentioned it to the dealership whenever I went back for my first oil change and they told me they were able to “wake it up” whenever they checked ...

The day I drove the car off the lot after purchasing (roughly 4 years ago) the low tire pressure sensor came on and I was unable to get it to go off. Mentioned it to the dealership whenever I went back for my first oil change and they told me they were able to “wake it up” whenever they checked ...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving approximately 70-75 MPH, the vehicle went into LIMP Mode and stalled. The contact was able to coast the vehicle off the road where she noticed a fuel odor. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to ...

Mileage: 70,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, he heard an abnormal tapping sound. Additionally, the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle emitted an abnormal screeching sound. The contact veered to the side of the road. Ther...

Mileage: 123,000

- Engine issue, there is an problem with engine - kia bulletin TSB PI1803Y/zrev6. - I was in dangerous situation. I was on highway and my car automatically slow down. I was driving alone. it was very stressful situation and it was Saturday night. I was not able to find any safe place to stop by. I...

Loss of power while traveling uphill on I25 at high speed (75 mph). Speed slowed to less than 30 mph while other vehicles passed at high speeds. Once on side of road, car would not start. Engine and battery lights remained on, but were not on prior to this event. Vehicle was towed to mechanic shop f...

I own a 2012 Kia Sportage. The engine locked up due to a defect which Kia corporate is aware of and has admitted to. I took my vehicle to a local Kia dealership where they performed an inspection to see if my vehicle qualifies for the engine replacement. They denied my replacement due to the fact th...

Engine failure while car was in motion. No warning lights prior to failure. Car had maintenance check the month prior. Dealership and Kia refuse to address correction

I was driving down the road at 55 mph and my vehicle lost all power and died. So sitting on the side of the road I tried to start the vehicle again. It started but died again. So I waited a few minutes and tried again. It started so I put my flashers on and drove at a low speed until I got the vehic...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving 60-65 MPH, the engine made abnormal knocking sounds, and the vehicle stalled. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact’s daughter was able to restart the vehicle and veer to the side of the road...

Mileage: 200,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced jerking, and then the engine seized with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who related the failure to NHTSA Campaign...

Mileage: 130,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated there was a knocking sound coming from the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that while driving the vehicle to the local dealer, the engine seized. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign: 20V750000 ...

Mileage: 41,951

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the oil level warning light illuminated on the instrument panel and the vehicle stated losing power. The contact was able to pull over and add more oil into the engine however, the failure continued. The vehicle was towed...

Mileage: 80,000

The contact's daughter owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated there was an abnormal knocking sound coming from the vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not...

Mileage: 200,000

The vehicle stopped while I was driving. Took it to the dealership and after 13 days struggling with a little girl and public transportation, I was told that they will only fix it if I am ready to spend $18,000. The main problems are the engine, the transmission and the wiring harness. But yet i wa...

My vehicle had just recently been parked and turned off after only having driven 10 miles. Upon returning to my car less than 5 minutes later, a plume of white smoke and a small flame could be seen below the hood of the car. Within minutes the entire engine was engulfed in flames. By the time the Fi...

My vehicle had just recently been parked and turned off after only having driven 10 miles. Upon returning to my car less than 5 minutes later, a plume of white smoke and a small flame could be seen below the hood of the car. Within minutes the entire engine was engulfed in flames. By the time the Fi...

My vehicle had just recently been parked and turned off after only having driven 10 miles. Upon returning to my car less than 5 minutes later, a plume of white smoke and a small flame could be seen below the hood of the car. Within minutes the entire engine was engulfed in flames. By the time the Fi...

Engine started knocking at 98,000 miles and Dealer wont do a thing about it.

Vehicle was purchased and driven less than 1 yr and less than 10,000 miles before engine failure. Both repair facilities and salvage yards claim there is a recall on the engine of this car. Both dealership and KIA are unwilling to rectify this problem.

Vehicle was purchased and driven less than 1 yr and less than 10,000 miles before engine failure. Both repair facilities and salvage yards claim there is a recall on the engine of this car. Both dealership and KIA are unwilling to rectify this problem.

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving, the vehicle failed to exceed 20 MPH. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic on several occasions to be diagnosed. The contact was informed of a rod bearing and knock...

Mileage: 170,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was a knocking sound coming from the engine, and the vehicle lost motive power. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mech...

Mileage: 96,600

Metal fatigue is causing door hinges to split and splinter.

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the engine seized. The check engine warning light illuminated. The contact veered to the side of the road. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The vehicle was towed to an independent mech...

Mileage: 150,000

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the engine seized. The check engine warning light illuminated. The contact veered to the side of the road. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The vehicle was towed to an independent mech...

Mileage: 150,000

Was driving suv when sudden loss of power to engine, pulled off of highway and loss all power to electrical and to engine, I could smell something burning, upon further inspection after having suv towed to repair shop, I was informed that starter had melted and engine had seized up, I have contacted...

Was driving suv when sudden loss of power to engine, pulled off of highway and loss all power to electrical and to engine, I could smell something burning, upon further inspection after having suv towed to repair shop, I was informed that starter had melted and engine had seized up, I have contacted...

Was driving suv when sudden loss of power to engine, pulled off of highway and loss all power to electrical and to engine, I could smell something burning, upon further inspection after having suv towed to repair shop, I was informed that starter had melted and engine had seized up, I have contacted...

The engine started quietly knocking and continued to get louder until there was a pop and smoke started coming out of the back of the car and I pulled to the side of the road.

No Recall information has ever been received, by mail or other ways by me. Kia Headquarters was recently called requesting this information, and has still not been received.

A rod knock in the engine, car stopped while driving and put many people behind us at risk. The problem has been confirmed and looked at but not worked on. No warnings or lights came on before the engine failed and shut off. The check engine light came on the day after it failed.

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH, there was a knocking sound coming from the engine compartment before the vehicle stalled. The contact pulled over and the vehicle was towed to a local dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that th...

Mileage: 110,000

2012 KIA SPORTAGE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BLOWN ENGINE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE TOWING AND REPAIRS.

1. The engine and yes its available for inspection. 2. My husband was stranded in the middle of a rural street with no emergency lane in early in the morning for various hours until law enforcement had to help. 3. There are various active recalls for these vehicles(2012 Kia Sportage) 4. No, I ma...

KIA notified me of a KSDS recall for my engine in July 2021. I went and had the recall software installed at a KIA dealership in August 2021. On October 10, 2021, as I was driving down the freeway, my car lost power and the engine light illuminated. (Due to the installation of the KSDS software re...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine). The contact stated there was an abnormal knocking noise detected and the vehicle went into limp mode. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the loc...

Mileage: 117,000

When the headlights are on they randomly flicker/shut off and flash back on. When using turn signal the headlights flash off and back on.

RECALL ON A/C CONDENSER ASSY-COOLER, MILEAGE 24188 DATED 4-30-2015, RECALL WAS COMPLETED. CLAIM #18-646G-444. AT THIS TIME THE A/C BLOWS HOT AIR, MILEAGE 63465. WE LIVE IN KENNER, LA TEMPS ARE IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS. THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE IS NOT WORTH THE REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. THE VEHICLE IS NO...

I financed my 2012 Sportage about year and half ago and since the turbo has began to leak which being under warranty was replaced but now my oil pan and filter is leaking oil and failrly good amount, so I noticed this because the dash light for low wiper fluid came on and when i tried to pop hood by...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that after the vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 20V750000 (Engine) there was an abnormal fuel odor entering the vehicle intermittently. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The m...

Mileage: 123,000

KIA INSTALLED KSDS SOFTWARE UPDATE. AFTER INSTALLATION THE MALFUNCTION AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL NOTICE OCCURRED. I CONTACTED KIA AND I AM HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH HAVING THEM COVER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROVIDED BY THE RECALL AFTER THE RECALL COMPLETION.

We are still making payments on a 2012 Kia Sportage AWD. Last month on a drive to doctor appts the engine started clattering and blowing smoke. We pulled over to the side of the road just as the check engine light came on. We shut the engine off and popped the hood. The back of the engine had a brig...

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, the contact heard a rattling sound coming from the vehicle. A few days later while driving, the vehicle loss motive power and stalled in the middle of the road. The contact had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic...

Mileage: 85,000

Unknown. The car made a rattling noise. When the car was being taken to a mechanic for inspection the car stalled. The vehicle was taken by a tow truck to the mechanic. The mechanic stated after disecting the engine, it fell apart.

On my 2012 Kia Sportage, my engine failed my vehicle does not turn on because the engine doesn't work for my 2012 Kia Sportage I know this because it is a common issue in Kia Sportage that the engine doesn't work anymore and that the engine needs to be replaced and I saw that Kia Recalled 295,000 Ca...

My vehicle ran out of fuel, before the fuel gauge came close to "empty". The light had just come on in the past five miles, which usually indicated I had about ~30+ miles before the gauge hit "empty". It is not an electronic speedometer. I have never had that issue before. Surprisingly, I had ne...

The oil and engine light came on while I was driving and the car started to decrease in speed. I had to pull over to the side of the road and call for a tow truck to come and get me. The car started making a knocking sound and I am unable to drive my car at this point.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V750000 (ENGINE). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIA TASCA (1660 HARTFORD AVE, JOHNSTON, RI 02919) AND THE KNOCK SENSOR DETECTION SYSTEM SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED AS PART OF THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED TH...

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V750000 (ENGINE). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIA TASCA (1660 HARTFORD AVE, JOHNSTON, RI 02919) AND THE KNOCK SENSOR DETECTION SYSTEM SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED AS PART OF THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED TH...

Mileage: 93,000

AUTO WINDOW SWITCHES HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED.STARTING WITH ORIGINAL OEM SWITCH AS #! ,PASSENGER SIDE FRONT IS ON THIRD REPLACEMENT, PASSENGER SIDE REAR HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND IS STARTING TO GO OUT AGAIN, SWITCH WILL ONLY OPERATE FROM THE DRIVERS MASTER CONTROL PANEL AND DRIVERS SIDE REAR HAS BEE...

Mileage: 45,000

FIRST COMPLAINT #11340436 FILED IN JULY 2020 FOR ORIGINAL 2012 ENGINE. ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY 70-75 MPH. KNOCKING SOUND IN ENGINE. CRANKSHAFT PISTON ROD DAMAGED. ENGINE REPLACED WITH USED 2014 MOTOR. MARCH 2021 COMPLAINT BEING FILED FOR REPLACEMENT 2014 ENGINE (IN JULY 2...

Mileage: 111,500

I WAS DRIVE DOWN THE HWY AND THE TRUCK JUST CUT OFF ON THW HWY AND LITTLE SMOKE CAME FROM THE HOOD I HAD TO TRY PUSH THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK NEVER CRANK AGAIN ITS DEAD

Mileage: 16,000

I HAD A RECALL ON MY KIA FOR SC200SL ENGINE INSPECT/TEST/REPAIR. I MAKE ANY APPOINTMENT ON WITH KIA COMPANY TO CHECK AND REPAIR, INSPECT ENGINE OR REPLACE IT ON AS THE RECALL DESCRIBE IT. I WENT THERE THAT DAY THE TAKE THE CAR ON THEIR SHOP FOR INSPECT IT. IT TOOK LIKE ONE HOUR TO THEM TO FINISHE...

SO SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE FEELING WHILE DRIVING MY KIA WAS SMOOTH NO VIBRATION OR NOTICE COMING FROM THE CAR, I HAVENT HAD ANY KIND OF ACCIDENTS OR HIT ANY POT HOLES, SO NOW A YEAR INTO HAVING THE KIA AND KEEPING ALL THE FLUIDS, BRAKES, AND TIRES CHANGED I NOTIC...

Mileage: 115,000

SO SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE FEELING WHILE DRIVING MY KIA WAS SMOOTH NO VIBRATION OR NOTICE COMING FROM THE CAR, I HAVENT HAD ANY KIND OF ACCIDENTS OR HIT ANY POT HOLES, SO NOW A YEAR INTO HAVING THE KIA AND KEEPING ALL THE FLUIDS, BRAKES, AND TIRES CHANGED I NOTIC...

Mileage: 115,000

SO SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE FEELING WHILE DRIVING MY KIA WAS SMOOTH NO VIBRATION OR NOTICE COMING FROM THE CAR, I HAVENT HAD ANY KIND OF ACCIDENTS OR HIT ANY POT HOLES, SO NOW A YEAR INTO HAVING THE KIA AND KEEPING ALL THE FLUIDS, BRAKES, AND TIRES CHANGED I NOTIC...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V750000 (ENGINE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. WHILE HER HUS...

Mileage: 120,000

I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017 WITH ONLY 40,000 ON IT & NEVER HAD 1 ISSUE WITH THE CAR. HOWEVER, ON APRIL 16TH OF 2020 I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN I HEARD I TICKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE & 30 SECONDS LATER THE CAR SHUT DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO STEER IT OFF THE HIGHWAY ON TO THE SHOULDER. I ...

Mileage: 84,647

AS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 WE NOTICED A ABRUPT LOSS OF POWER FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER BY SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS AND VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF. AFTER SAFELY PULLING OFF SIDE OF ROAD I POPPED THE HOOD TO LOOK FOR ANY OBVIOUS ISSUES NON WERE FOUND NO SMOKE, SMELL OF BURNING OR HOT, CHECKED OIL ...

Mileage: 109,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V101000 (ENGINE) AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GLOBAL AUTO MALL (1099 RT. 22 WEST, NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ...

Mileage: 106,000

MY CAR HAS BEEN RECALLED IN RELATION TO AN OIL LEAK WHICH CAN CAUSE STALLING, ENGINE TO SEIZE OR CAR FIRE. HAVE INQUIRED TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. GLOBAL AUTO MALL IN NORTH PLAINFIELD TO NO AVAIL.

Mileage: 105

2012 KIA SPORTAGE LX 2.4L MPI ENGINE WITH APPROXIMATELY 120K MILES ENGINE SEIZED AT MODERATE SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE. CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED BOUGHT SECOND HAND FROM BRANDON KIA IN TAMPA, FL IN JULY 2018 WITH APPROX. 92K MILES. ENGINE SEIZED ON 14 DEC 2020. TOWED TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND ANALYZE...

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WHEN MY VEHICLE BEGIN TO LOOSE POWER. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND COULD NOT GET UP TO SPEED TO CONTINUE THRU THE INTERSECTION. I PULLED OVER THEN HAD SOMEONE DIRECT TRAFFIC AS I CAUTIOUSLY PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A LOCAL BUSINESS. AFTER WORK I GOT AAA TO TO...

Mileage: 130,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WHEN MY VEHICLE BEGIN TO LOOSE POWER. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND COULD NOT GET UP TO SPEED TO CONTINUE THRU THE INTERSECTION. I PULLED OVER THEN HAD SOMEONE DIRECT TRAFFIC AS I CAUTIOUSLY PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A LOCAL BUSINESS. AFTER WORK I GOT AAA TO TO...

Mileage: 130,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WHEN MY VEHICLE BEGIN TO LOOSE POWER. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND COULD NOT GET UP TO SPEED TO CONTINUE THRU THE INTERSECTION. I PULLED OVER THEN HAD SOMEONE DIRECT TRAFFIC AS I CAUTIOUSLY PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A LOCAL BUSINESS. AFTER WORK I GOT AAA TO TO...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED UPON DEPRESSION OF THE ACCELERATOR WITH AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT INITIALLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FLOOD FORD OF EAST GREENWICH (2545 S COUNTY TRAIL, EAST GRE...

Mileage: 70,000

TURNED MY CAR ON AND HEARD A WEIRD TICKING SOUND WHILE IT WAS IDOL. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT IN TO MY MECHANIC. ON THE WAY TO THE MECHANIC, THE SOUND STARTED HAPPENING WHILE ACCELERATING. ONCE I REACHED 40 MPH, THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND STALLED. I HAD TO USE THE MOMENTUM AND TURN LEFT INTO DIRT P...

Mileage: 121,000

TURNED MY CAR ON AND HEARD A WEIRD TICKING SOUND WHILE IT WAS IDOL. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT IN TO MY MECHANIC. ON THE WAY TO THE MECHANIC, THE SOUND STARTED HAPPENING WHILE ACCELERATING. ONCE I REACHED 40 MPH, THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND STALLED. I HAD TO USE THE MOMENTUM AND TURN LEFT INTO DIRT P...

Mileage: 121,000

ON NOVEMBER 12 I PURCHASED THE KIA SPORTAGE EX 2012 AND IT WAS TRANSFERRED ON NOVEMBER 16 FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE DHILLON AUTO CENTER WORKSHOP LOCATED AT PENNDEL PENNSYLVANIA BEING ATTENDED BY THE MECHANIC (THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY) WHO AFTER PERFORMING THE USUAL TECHNICAL INSPECTIONS FOUND THAT ...

Mileage: 69,123

ON NOVEMBER 12 I PURCHASED THE KIA SPORTAGE EX 2012 AND IT WAS TRANSFERRED ON NOVEMBER 16 FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE DHILLON AUTO CENTER WORKSHOP LOCATED AT PENNDEL PENNSYLVANIA BEING ATTENDED BY THE MECHANIC (THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY) WHO AFTER PERFORMING THE USUAL TECHNICAL INSPECTIONS FOUND THAT ...

Mileage: 69,123

ON NOVEMBER 12 I PURCHASED THE KIA SPORTAGE EX 2012 AND IT WAS TRANSFERRED ON NOVEMBER 16 FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE DHILLON AUTO CENTER WORKSHOP LOCATED AT PENNDEL PENNSYLVANIA BEING ATTENDED BY THE MECHANIC (THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY) WHO AFTER PERFORMING THE USUAL TECHNICAL INSPECTIONS FOUND THAT ...

Mileage: 69,123

WAS DRIVING AND THE AIRBAG INFLATED, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THEN STARTED SMELLING GAS AND SMOKE

WAS DRIVING AND THE AIRBAG INFLATED, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THEN STARTED SMELLING GAS AND SMOKE

WAS DRIVING AND THE AIRBAG INFLATED, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THEN STARTED SMELLING GAS AND SMOKE

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN AND I HAD TO PULL OVER SINCE THE CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE AN EXIT AND WHEN I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT WAS MAKING A NOISE IN THE ENGINE LIKE IT WANTED TO START BUT IT COULDN'T. ...

Mileage: 144,157

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND TRYING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY IT STALLED WITH NO WARNING, I HAD TO COAST TO A SAFE LOCATION WHERE I COULD PULL OVER. CAR WAS TOWED TO RALLY KIA IN PALMDALE CA. WOULD NOT START AGAIN AFTER STALLING WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS FLASHING . I WAS TOL...

Mileage: 220,000

MERGING ON TO HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 45 MPH, VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL AND SUDDENLY STOPPED AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. CHECK ENGIN LIGHT CAME ON BUT THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR ANY OTHER ISSUES WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR. IT WAS REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND OIL CHANGED. HAD ...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, ALL VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND OUR 2012 KIA SPORTAGE LX STALLED. FORTUNATELY, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION WHILE COASTING TO A ROADSIDE STOP ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, BUT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. AFTER LEAVING PASSENGERS STRAN...

Mileage: 92,361

DRIVING ON FARM ROADS, STARTED HEARING FAINT NOISE IN ENGINE. THEN THE CAR LOST ALL POWER (WHILE GOING 70-75). ALSO LOST BREAKING FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.WAS ABLE TO GET OFF ROAD SAFELY. HAD DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE. SEIZED ENGINE. KIA SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. THERE ARE OTHER RECALLS F...

Mileage: 83,000

I WAS DRIVING TO PICK UP MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL WHEN MY VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL AND SUDDENLY STOPPED AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR ANY OTHER ISSUES WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO KIA DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SE...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO EAST VANCOUVER AUTOMOTIVE (705 SE PARK CREST AVE D430, VANCOUVER, WA (360) 314-4723) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THERE WAS METAL SHAVINGS IN THE ENGINE...

Mileage: 109,000

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE BETWEEN 60-70 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER JUST PRIOR TO STALLING COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. UPON VISUAL INVESTIGATION NOTICED FRESH OIL ON THE ROAD UNDER THE CAR COMING FROM THE THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT . CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK AS WE WERE 700+ MILES AW...

Mileage: 150,000

DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AT 70 MILES AN HOUR WHEN ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND CAR STOPPED, TOOK TO SHOP THEY SAID THAT TWO RODS BLEW THROUGH THE BLOCK AND CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY SINCE THERE'S STILL ALL THE OIL IN CAR. EXTREMELY SCARY TO HAPPEN ON FREEWAY!! THEY ARE SAYING AT 83,000 MILES IT'S NOT COVERED ...

Mileage: 83,000

DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AT 70 MILES AN HOUR WHEN ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND CAR STOPPED, TOOK TO SHOP THEY SAID THAT TWO RODS BLEW THROUGH THE BLOCK AND CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY SINCE THERE'S STILL ALL THE OIL IN CAR. EXTREMELY SCARY TO HAPPEN ON FREEWAY!! THEY ARE SAYING AT 83,000 MILES IT'S NOT COVERED ...

Mileage: 83,000

ENGINE TOTALLY SEIZED UP WHILE DRIVING. WE MANAGED TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE WERE TOLD THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE WAS NOT UNDER A KIA RECALL BUT THE HIGHWAY SAFETY OF CANADA IS PURSUING IT . THEY ARE SAYING THAR KIA DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH ON THEIR ENGINE RECALLS. THERE ARE COMPLAINTS FILED...

Mileage: 100,757

WHILE DRIVING ON THE I-10 FREEWAY IN PHOENIX, MY ENGINE SEIZED UP. ALL INSTRUMENT LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING APPROX 65MPH. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. I HAD TO WAIT OVER AN HOUR IN 106 DEGREE HEAT WITH A HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER UNTIL THE TOW T...

Mileage: 94,000

WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM A FAMILY MEMBER. MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS COMING HOME ON THE EXPRESSWAY, AND THE CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE AND KNOCK AND BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN. SHE PULLED OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE SHE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THEY OPENED THE HOOD, SMOKE CAME OU...

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SHUTOFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BUT WAS IMMOBILE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE LOWER EN...

Mileage: 100,000

MY CAR HAS A KNOCKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. ALSO 2 OF THE WINDOWS WILL NOT WORK.

Mileage: 45

MY CAR HAS A KNOCKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. ALSO 2 OF THE WINDOWS WILL NOT WORK.

Mileage: 45

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATE PEDAL, SHE BEGAN TO HEAR AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PARK ON...

Mileage: 85,000

CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE KIA CORPORATE RECALL 2012 KIA SPORTAGE MPI THETA 11 ENGINE! KIA SOLD MY 20 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THIS UNSAFE CAR. SHE WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE BLEW. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AND WE STILL OWN THOUSANDS ON THE CAR. MAKING PAYMENTS DURING COVID ON A CAR THAT IS SITTING ...

Mileage: 73,000

MY CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING PERFECTLY, NO ENGINE LIGHTS OR WARNINGS, AND THEN ONE DAY I DROVE TO WORK AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE, BUT WHEN I LEFT TO GO HOME THAT EVENING I HEARD A WEIRD KNOCKING NOISE THAT ONLY GOT WORSE UNTIL I GOT HOME. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AS SOON AS HE HAD AN OPENING, AND AFTE...

Mileage: 183,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 111,000

I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS GOING HOME AND MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A "KNOCKING" NOISE. I LOST POWER TO THE ENGINE AND COULD BARELY MAKE IT SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO "LIMP" THE CAR HOME WITH THE ENGINE STILL KNOCKING,WITHOUT A LOT OF POWER. I TOWED IT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP HERE IN RE...

Mileage: 76,500

VERY WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE. ALL THE SUDDEN ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING LOUDLY AND IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO VERY FAST WHEN I PRESSED GAS. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLE HAD 144K MILES. REPAIRMAN SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. QUOTED 5K WHICH IS MORE THAN THE VEHICLE IT WORTH....

Mileage: 144,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE COASTING INTO A FUELING STATION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED AND THE NOISE WAS STILL PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE...

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO RESPOND BEFORE LUNGING FORWARD. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED...

DRIVING NORTH ON I-75 AND WAS PASSING, WENT TO MOVE BACK OVER THE TO THE RIGHT LANE AND A NOISE AND THEN BLACK SMOKE AND OIL ALL OVER THE FREEWAY, PULLED TO THE SIDE AND ENGINE WAS DEAD AND SEASED.

Mileage: 157,000

MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE HAS A THETA 11 ENGINE THAT BLEW AT 73000 MILES ON IT. THE REASON YOUR CAR IS NOT APART OF THE RECALL BECAUSE MY ENGINE IS MPI THETA 11 ENGINE. HOW CAN WE GET KIA TO RE WORD AND SAY ALL THETA 11 ENGINE SHOULD BE RECALLED?

Mileage: 73,000

DRIVING WESTBOUND ON I70 ON JUNE 3, IN WARRENTON MO, MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I QUICKLY PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AS THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND I COASTED INTO A GAS STATION. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. I HIRED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE SPORTAGE TOWED 45 MINUTES AWAY TO ...

Mileage: 89,000

I'VE 2012 KIS SPORTAGE WITH 67000 MILES. ENGINE JUST DIED WHILE DRIVING ON THE LOCAL STREET DOING 35 MILES PER HOUR. KIA PROMISED 10 YEAR / 100,000 MILE WARRANTY FOR ORIGINAL OWNER BUT THEY'RE REFUSING TO HONOR THEIR PROMISE. I WAS INFORMED BY KIA DEALER THAT THE WARRANTY IS ONLY GOOD FOR 5 YEARS / ...

Mileage: 66,800

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN OUR 2012 KIA SPORTAGE WITH 118,000 MILES ON IT, VEHICLE DECELERATED AND WE PULLED OVER. ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, TURNED IT OFF AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. KIA NOW CLAIMS THAT OUR ENGINE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AND WANTS $7000 TO FIX IT. THIS IS BULL...

Mileage: 118,000

THE HYUNDAI 2.4L ENGINE (G4KC, G4KE, G4KG, G4KJ) BELONGS TO THE THETA/THETA II ENGINE FAMILY. IT IS A 2.4-LITER FOUR-CYLINDER GASOLINE ENGINE WITH MULTI-POINT OR DIRECT INJECTION DEPENDS ON THE GENERATION AND IN WHICH VEHICLE IT IS USED. LIKE OTHER ENGINES, HYUNDAI SHARES THIS POWER UNIT WITH KIA BR...

THE HYUNDAI 2.4L ENGINE (G4KC, G4KE, G4KG, G4KJ) BELONGS TO THE THETA/THETA II ENGINE FAMILY. IT IS A 2.4-LITER FOUR-CYLINDER GASOLINE ENGINE WITH MULTI-POINT OR DIRECT INJECTION DEPENDS ON THE GENERATION AND IN WHICH VEHICLE IT IS USED. LIKE OTHER ENGINES, HYUNDAI SHARES THIS POWER UNIT WITH KIA BR...

ONLY HAD MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE FOR 1 YEAR AND 7 MONTHS AND 73000 MILES. DRIVING AND ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON FLASHING. THAN THE ENGINE STOPPED. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS PART OF THE RECALL AND I HAD IT TOWED TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT. THEY SAID CALL KIA CORPORATE. BACK AND FORTH AND NOW A P...

Mileage: 73,000

THE MOTOR LOCKED

Mileage: 170,666

HAS A BAD KNOOCKIN THE MOTOR. *TR

DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY (I-80) AT 65 MILES AN HOUR TO WORK FROM MY HOME AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND LOST POWER. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LOWER ENGINE FAILURE. KIA CORPORATION HAS...

Mileage: 89,753

DRIVING ON A BRIDGE AR 40 MPH WHERE ALL THE SUDDEN THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND LOCKED UP ON A BUSY BIRDGE. WHEN THIS HAPPEN THE CAR LOST ALL ENGINE POWER WILL NOT CRANK SMOKE WAS COMEING FROM THE STARTER. CAR ENGINE HAS PROPER OIL,PROPER OIL LEVEL. HAD THE CAR TOWED AND THE SHOP SAID THE ENGINE IS...

Mileage: 103,543

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED...

Mileage: 130,000

HI, ON 04/24/2020 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH MY KIA BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY AND LOST THE ACCELERATION, A LOT OF OIL WAS DRIPPING FROM UNDER THE KIA, AND A LOT OF SMOKE CAME OUT FROM THE HOOD. I BROUGHT MY MECHANIC AND CONFIRMED ME THE ENGINE BLEW OUT DUE TO AN OIL LEAKING. I SEND THE S...

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND CEASED WITH AN ABNORMAL SOUND IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN T...

Mileage: 109,000

THE VEHICLE HAS 85447 MILES. DRIVER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD CLANKING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE FAILURE AND SEIZING OF THE LOWER ENGINE MECHANISM. ALL THIS OCCURRED IN A FEW MINUETS TIME SPAN. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A RURAL HWY WHEN THE ENGINE SEIZED. CAR AND DRIVER ...

Mileage: 85,447

BEFORE THIS HAPPENED THOUGHT I HEARD A SLIGHT TAPPING SOUND LIKE A ROCKER ARM BUT DIDN'T HEAR AGAIN DAY OR TWO BEFORE AS I WOULD TOP A HILL LEFT MY HOME. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET IN TRAFFIC ENGINE DIED OR SHUT OFF. BEHIND ANOTHER CAR I HAD TO TURN OUT OF MY LANE TO AVOID...

Mileage: 119,800

BEFORE THIS HAPPENED THOUGHT I HEARD A SLIGHT TAPPING SOUND LIKE A ROCKER ARM BUT DIDN'T HEAR AGAIN DAY OR TWO BEFORE AS I WOULD TOP A HILL LEFT MY HOME. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET IN TRAFFIC ENGINE DIED OR SHUT OFF. BEHIND ANOTHER CAR I HAD TO TURN OUT OF MY LANE TO AVOID...

Mileage: 119,800

GOT A CALL FROM A GUY NAMED COLLOTO, KIA CORPORATE TODAY. HE SAID THAT THEY GOT MY COMPLAINT FROM NHTSA. AND THAT IF MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE ENGINE GETS RECALLED I WOULD GET A CERTIFIED LETTER IN THE MAIL. THAT WAS IT. OK SO YOU GOT MY COMPLAINT. NOW WHAT?? I HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH TAKING TO TH...

Mileage: 73,000

THIS INFORMATION IS FROM MECHANIC: ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE, VEHICLE DROVE INTO PARKING LOT, PUT IN PARK, OPENED HOOD, GREY/GREEN SMOKE NOTICED, ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED UP - WOULD NOT RESTART - HAD TO BE TOWED TO MECHANIC.

Mileage: 133,600

THIS INFORMATION IS FROM MECHANIC: ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE, VEHICLE DROVE INTO PARKING LOT, PUT IN PARK, OPENED HOOD, GREY/GREEN SMOKE NOTICED, ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED UP - WOULD NOT RESTART - HAD TO BE TOWED TO MECHANIC.

Mileage: 133,600

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND GOT OVER TO PASS IN THE LEFT LANE AND AS SOON AS I GAVE IT GAS, MY CAR DIED AND I HAD TO COAST BACK OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER.

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WITH HELP FROM A BYSTANDER PUSHED THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTE...

Mileage: 129,806

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND LOSS MOTIVE POWER WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWE...

Mileage: 113,000

OUR 2012 KIA SPORTAGE EX 2.4L THETA II MPI ENGINE WITH 107K MILES STARTED KNOCKING AND JOLTING WHILE DRIVING. AFTER BEING ABLE TO GET HOME WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS. KIA TELLS US IT HAS ROD BEARING ISSUES. KIA THEN EXPLAINS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND ROD BEARING FAILURES ARE A HUGE...

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND MADE AN ABNORMAL SOUND WITHOUT A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS COVERED WITH ENGINE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO STERLING K...

Mileage: 72,000

ON 02/15/2020,I NOTICED A KNOCKING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE,I MADE A A APPOINTMENT WITH FOLSOM LAKE KIA ON 02/16/2020 FOR 02/18/2020. EXPLAINED TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT MY CONCERNS ABOUT ENGINE KNOCK ON RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE, ONE TECH SAID SOUNDS LIKE ROD BEARINGS,WHERE I THOUGHT SOUNDED LIKE IDLER PULL...

Mileage: 86,076

MOTOR SEIZURE VALVE AND CAM SHAFT AFFECTED

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT DRIVING 55 MPH, WHEN SHE NOTICED THE OIL LIGHT COME ON AND SAW SMOKE. WHEN SHE PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THE HOOD SHE SAW SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT QUICKLY GOT HER GRAN...

Mileage: 45,000

MY 20 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2012 KIA SPORTAGE ON THE 30 BYPASS GOING 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE HAD ENGINE LOSS. THANK GOODNESS SHE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT GETTING HIT OR EVEN KILLED. SHE WAS VERY SCARED. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A INDEPENDE...

Mileage: 73,000

TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF HIS DAUGHTER WHO OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS NOTIFIED T...

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY CAR STALLED AND ALL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. I THOUGHT IT WAS A LOOSE BATTERY CABLE. CHECKED EVERYTHING AND TRIED TO START AND IT TURNED RIGHT OVER. THEN WHILE DRIVING I STARTED TO HEAR A KNOCK THEN A BOOM AND THUD AND THE CAR SHUTOFF. I ...

Mileage: 129,000

KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE, HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AS WELL AS KIA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT BOTH DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS NEEDED A NEW ENGINE ($5000-7,000). THIS VEHICLE 73,000 MILES, OIL CHANGED AT EVERY 5000 MILES. THERE IS NO EXPLANATION OR REASONABLE CAUSE O...

Mileage: 15

KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE, HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AS WELL AS KIA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT BOTH DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS NEEDED A NEW ENGINE ($5000-7,000). THIS VEHICLE 73,000 MILES, OIL CHANGED AT EVERY 5000 MILES. THERE IS NO EXPLANATION OR REASONABLE CAUSE O...

Mileage: 15

HI I CAME HOME ON LUNCH ONE AFTERNOON THE CAR DROVE PERFECTLY FINE NO ISSUES WHAT'S SO EVER. ABOUT AN HOUR PASSED AND IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO WORK SO I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THEY CAR NEVER STARTED AGAIN. IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ANY FUEL SO I THOUGHT I'LL CHANGE THE FUEL P...

Mileage: 90,000

HI I CAME HOME ON LUNCH ONE AFTERNOON THE CAR DROVE PERFECTLY FINE NO ISSUES WHAT'S SO EVER. ABOUT AN HOUR PASSED AND IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO WORK SO I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THEY CAR NEVER STARTED AGAIN. IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ANY FUEL SO I THOUGHT I'LL CHANGE THE FUEL P...

Mileage: 90,000

HI I CAME HOME ON LUNCH ONE AFTERNOON THE CAR DROVE PERFECTLY FINE NO ISSUES WHAT'S SO EVER. ABOUT AN HOUR PASSED AND IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO WORK SO I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THEY CAR NEVER STARTED AGAIN. IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ANY FUEL SO I THOUGHT I'LL CHANGE THE FUEL P...

Mileage: 90,000

BLINKING ENGINE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING

Mileage: 81,000

MY WIFE AND I WERE ON OUR WAY TO PARK CITY, UT FOR A FAMILY GET TOGETHER AND AFTER WE DROPPED OFF OUR STUFF AT THE HOTEL WE HEADED TO HEBER CITY, UT. ON OUR WAY, THE CAR STARTED MAKING A TICKING SOUND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED. AND THEN THE CAR DIED, WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE NEXT DAY WE WENT AND...

Mileage: 108,000

ON SUNDAY (11/3) I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE (A CAR WE PURCHASED USED FROM KIA OF EAST HARTFORD, CT AND CURRENTLY ONLY HAS 68,000 MILES ON IT) ON A VERY BUSY INTERSTATE WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO POWER DOWN. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD BEFORE THE CAR SEIZED UP, A LO...

Mileage: 68,000

SO HE STAR TO USED ALL THE OIL WITHOUT REASON THE DEALER CHECK THE MOTOR AD SAY THE MOTOR BURN THE OIL BUT HE CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM SO 2 DAY AFTER I WAS RUNNING 80 KM WHEN THE CAR TURN ON ENGINE LIGHT IM PARKING AND TURN OFF THE CAR TOWING THE CAR DEALER SAY ENGINE BROKE DOWN BECAUSE WAS NO BREATH...

Mileage: 101,003

1/1/2020 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE KANSAS, HOURS FROM HOME. I HAD TO STOP FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BECAUSE OF A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY THAT WAS DOWN TO 1 LANE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND HAD A TEMPORARY STOPLIGHT (INSTEAD OF A PILOT CAR). WHEN IT WAS FINALLY MY TURN TO GO, MY CAR START...

Mileage: 100,600

WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH A TRAFFIC CONTROLLED INTERSECTION THE ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO COAST TO A SAFE LOCATION. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE HEAT OF THE DAY I ALMOST HAD A PROBLEM WITH HEATSTROKE WHILE WAITING ON A TOW TRUCK. (FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO FIND SOMEPLACE TO COOL OF...

Mileage: 109,880

AUGUST 2019, I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO MY DEALERSHIP AFTER HAVING DRIVEN THE CAR FOR ONLY FOUR MONTHS FOR THEM TO TELL ME THAT THE RADIATOR OVERHEATED AND THE ENGINE BLEW AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $4000+ TO GET IT FIXED. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE LATE MARCH - EARLY APRIL 2019 AND WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF AN...

Mileage: 100,000

KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE, HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AS WELL AS KIA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT (FRANKLIN, TN), BOTH DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS NEEDED A NEW ENGINE ($5000-7,000). THIS VEHICLE AS 145,000 MILES, OIL CHANGED AT EVERY 5000 MILES. THERE IS NO EXPLANATION O...

Mileage: 145,000

ROD BEARING WENT OUT STARTED KNOCKING THEY KNEW THEY HAD BEARING WEAR ISSUES WHY DIDN'T THEY RECALL ALL ENGINES

Mileage: 196,000

MY VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE IF A STREET LIGHT . I TOOK IT TO KIA SHOP THEY SAID THE ENGINE DIED WHICH BEFORE THAT I NEVER GOT WARNINGS . I KNOW KIA DOES HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE . THEY ARE COVERING THE ENGINE BUT I HAVE TO PAY FOR LABOR WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER 3,000 DOLLARS . I'M NOT SATISF...

Mileage: 98,000

MY VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE IF A STREET LIGHT . I TOOK IT TO KIA SHOP THEY SAID THE ENGINE DIED WHICH BEFORE THAT I NEVER GOT WARNINGS . I KNOW KIA DOES HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE . THEY ARE COVERING THE ENGINE BUT I HAVE TO PAY FOR LABOR WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER 3,000 DOLLARS . I'M NOT SATISF...

Mileage: 98,000

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT , THE VEHICLE HAD STALLED ON ITS OWN TRIED TURNING IT BACK OVER AND IT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING WE HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION UNBELIEVABLE! THE MOTOR SEIZED UP FOR NO REASON AND LEFT ME STRANDED NOW KIA WILL NOT D...

Mileage: 51,000

MY WIFE AND I WERE ON OUR WAY TO PARK CITY, UT FOR A FAMILY TRIP AND AFTER WE DROPPED OFF OUR STUFF OFF AT THE HOTEL WE HEADED TO HEBER CITY, UT. ON OUR WAY, THE CAR STARTED MAKING A TICKING SOUND WHEN THE GAS WAS PUSHED. AND THEN THE CAR DIED. WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR ANYTHING. IT JUST DIED. WE HAVE ...

Mileage: 108,000

TRAVELING ON BLACK FRIDAY IN 2019, THE ENGINE HICKUPED AS WE WERE PASSING A CAR. WITHIN TWO MILES, A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND STARTED, AND WITHIN A MILE, THE CAR QUIT RUNNING. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID THE ENGINE WAS SHOT. WE CONTACTED KIA WITH OUR VIN NUMBER, AND THEY SAID THE CAR WAS...

Mileage: 123,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR. I NOTICED I WASN'T ACCELERATING AT THE SAME SPEED. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS HARDER AND THE INTERNAL LIGHTS WENT OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I BARELY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. I GOT IT TOWED TO THE MECHANIC WHO MOST ...

Mileage: 97,000

MY ENGINE SEIZED AND STOPPED WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING EARLIER THAT DAY WITH NO PRIOR WARNINGS, LIGHTS ILLUMINATING, ETC. I WASN'T EVEN ABLE TO GET IT HOME OR TO THE DEALERSHIP BEFORE IT DIED. WE PERFORM REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON OUR CAR AND THERE IS NO REASON IT SHOULD'VE DIED SO SOON. IT N...

Mileage: 109,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE MY SPEED AND THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO DECREASE IN SPEED. I IMMEDIATELY GOT PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED ALL THE WAY DOWN AND STOPPED. THE CAR WOULDN'T RESTART OR GO. AT THIS TIME 2 LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASH, THE OIL LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT. M...

Mileage: 148,000

TRAVELING HOME ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH WHEN I SUDDENLY HEARD AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A FEW SECONDS LATER, SOME LOUDER NOISES CAME FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND I LOST ALL POWER AND LOTS OF LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE DASH. I COULD IMMEDIATELY SMELL BURNING OIL AND NOTICED...

Mileage: 101,400

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL AND SAID THAT RECALL DID NOT AFFECT MY VEHICLE. HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND SURE ENOUGH IT NEEDS AN ENGINE.

Mileage: 149,727

ENGINE HAD A STUTTER UPON A FEW DAYS OF PURCHASE MONTHS LATER CAR WOULD NOT START , WAS TOLD IT WAS TIMING BELT ? BOUGHT IT USED AND CHECKED RECALL , WAS TOLD NO RECALLS ? HOWEVER I DO BELIEVE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WHEN I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE , AND I WAS NOT INFORMED

Mileage: 97,000

THE OIL PAN IS LEAKING OIL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH UP A HILL AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MULTIPLE UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR TEN MINUTES AND TU...

Mileage: 129,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO KIA OF SOUTH AUSTIN (LOCATED AT 5306 SOUTH INTERSTATE 35 ROAD, AUSTIN, TX 78745, 512-444-6635) TO GET A REPLACEMENT OIL PAN BECAUSE THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE DEALER FOUND METAL FRAGMENTS IN THE OIL COMING ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS PARKED, A WITNESS OBSERVED SMOKE AND FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED AND BOTH DEPARTMENTS FILED REPORTS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTRO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS PARKED, A WITNESS OBSERVED SMOKE AND FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED AND BOTH DEPARTMENTS FILED REPORTS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTRO...

2012 KIA SPORTAGE EX PURCHASED JUNE 2019 WITH 69,974 MILES. THE ENGINE SEIZED UP SEPTEMBER 2019 WITH 72466 WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WITH NO WARNING AT ALL; NO DASH LIGHTS, NO TEMPERATURE GAUGE RISING - NOTHING. ALL THAT WAS HEARD WAS A COUPLE RAPPING SOUNDS AND THEN A BIG THUD COMING FROM THE ENGINE C...

Mileage: 72,466

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND AS I REACH A RED LIGHT I STOPPED THE CAR TURNED OFF I TRIED TURNING IT ON 3 OR 4 TIMES BUT IT WOULDN'T EVEN CRANK . I OPEN THE HOOD AND A LITTLE SMOKE CAME OUT I HAD TO PUSH IT TO A SAFE PLACE AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY APARTMENT. I'VE TRIED TURNING IT ON BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN ...

Mileage: 980,000

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A STREET WHEN SUDDENLY SLOWED (AS IF IT WANTED TO STALL) AND ENGINE LIGHT/ENGINE OIL PAN/BATTERY LIGHTS ALL CAME ON.. TURNED CAR OFF THEN BACK ON AND SLOWLY DROVE HOME (30 MILES) NO FASTER THAN 60MPH. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 1 DAY LATER BEFORE IT WAS TOWED TO MY LOCAL KIA DEALER...

Mileage: 130,000

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER AT 7:30 PM ON SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD ORANGE, CA. WHEN I NOTICED A CLICKING SOUND AND CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE OF A LIGHT REFLECTING OFF THE ROAD. I INSTANTLY PULLED OVER AND TOLD MY DAUGHTER TO GET OUT. THE CAR TOOK ABOUT 3 TO 4 MINUTES TO TOTALLY GO ...

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER AT 7:30 PM ON SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD ORANGE, CA. WHEN I NOTICED A CLICKING SOUND AND CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE OF A LIGHT REFLECTING OFF THE ROAD. I INSTANTLY PULLED OVER AND TOLD MY DAUGHTER TO GET OUT. THE CAR TOOK ABOUT 3 TO 4 MINUTES TO TOTALLY GO ...

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER AT 7:30 PM ON SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD ORANGE, CA. WHEN I NOTICED A CLICKING SOUND AND CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE OF A LIGHT REFLECTING OFF THE ROAD. I INSTANTLY PULLED OVER AND TOLD MY DAUGHTER TO GET OUT. THE CAR TOOK ABOUT 3 TO 4 MINUTES TO TOTALLY GO ...

Mileage: 85,000

ENGINE BEGAN MAKING NOISE AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY FOR A BRIEF PERIOD, DEVELOPED A KNOCK IN THE MID OR LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE, STOPPED DRIVING CAR. TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC (WHERE MY 18 YEAR OLD STEP DAUGHTER IS GOING TO COLLEGE). LOCAL MECHANIC FOUND THE RECALL NOTICE FOR 2012 KIA SPORTAGES FOR ENGINE...

Mileage: 90,000

JUST BOUGHT FROM A PRIVATE SELLER IN PUEBLO. WAS DRIVING TO AURORA WHEN THE CAR STOPPED AND WOULD NOT START. HAD TO TOW IT TO A DEALER.

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS SMOKE APPEARED. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, OPENED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED THAT OIL HAD SPLASHED ALL OVER THE ENG...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED, AND THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WHITE SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED T...

Mileage: 80,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED, AND THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WHITE SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED T...

Mileage: 80,600

VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE WHILE DRIVING, HAD LOSS OF POWER AND ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND HAD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO KIA DEALER. UPON EVALUATION I WAS NOTIFIED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS REQUIRED. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 63,964 MILES AND AS ...

Mileage: 63,964

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BEARING ROD DAMAGED THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE ...

Mileage: 206,000

ENGINE IS LOCKED UP ACCORDING TO DEALER. OIL PAN LEAKING.

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STALLING WHILE BEING DRIVEN THEN DID NOT START AT ALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER MATTHEWS KIA OF CARTERSVILLE LOCATED AT 595 E MAIN ST, CARTERSVILLE, GA 30120 (770) 386-8400 AND THEY TOLD THE DEALER THAT THE ...

Mileage: 123,000

WHEN I PUT THE GEAR IN DRIVE, IT JERKS.THE CAR IS STATIONARY, I PUT IN REVERSE, BACK OUT, PUT ON THE BRAKE THEN DRIVE AND THIS IS WHEN IT JERKS. ALSO IT GOING IN TO DRIVE IS DIFFICULT. AS IF IT'S HARD TO GO IN TO GEAR.. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. IT ALSO OCCURS WHEN I'M PUTTING INTO DRIVE, G...

Mileage: 81,000

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND MY CAR STALLED AND JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING SO I PULLED OFF AND GOT IT TOWED TO A SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE WHOLE ENGINE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR MY 2011-2013 KIA SPORTAGE BUT OUR VIN ISN'T COVERED BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS PURCHASED FROM A DIFFERENT WAREHOUSE THEY SAID....

Mileage: 137,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND MADE A LOUD RATTLING NOISE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND TH...

Mileage: 91,942

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, OIL WAS DISCOVERED UNDER THE ENGINE AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING A TICKING NOISE FROM ENGINE, LOSING POWER, LOUDER TICKING, ENGINE STOPS. DANGEROUS INTERSTATE. BARY MADE IT TO SHOULDER.

Mileage: 66,666

WHILE DRIVING A TICKING NOISE AND LOSS OF POWER WAS OCCURRING. TICKING BECAME LOUDER, ENGINE STOPS WHILE IN THE LANE. DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT COMPLETELY INTO THE SHOULDER. WAS ON INTERSTATE 40 LEAVING ALBUQUERQUE. CALLED 911, THEY TOLD ME TO STAY IN CAR. TRUCKS AND TRAFFIC WERE TO HEAVY TO EVEN GET OUT...

Mileage: 66,666

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO FINNIN KIA (4355 DODGE ST, DUBUQUE, IA 52003) WHERE...

Mileage: 81,000

2012 KIA SPORTAGE WITH DOHC ENGINE.WIFE WAS ON A BUSINESS HIGHWAY WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE MADE A RATTLE SOUND FROM UNDER THE HOOD THEN THE MOTOR STARTED MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND THEN IT STARTED LOOSE POWER.THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2012 KIA SPORTAGE WITH A DIFFERENT ENGINE RECALL 17V224000 A MACHIN...

Mileage: 109,426

PURCHASED DEC. 2018 USED. DROVE 10K MILES AND NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. HAD A WINDOW MOTOR REPAIRED IN JULY. PICKED CAR UP ON FRIDAY. ON MONDAY, KNOCKING SOUND STARTED OCCURRING IN ENGINE. ON TUESDAY, IT WAS WORSE SO DROVER STRAIGHT TO KIA DEALERSHIP. IT LOST POWER ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY SO I GO...

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE MADE A KNOCKING SOUND. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED DICK H...

Mileage: 104,000

2012 KIA SPORTAGE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE TURNS OVER BUT, WON'T START. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOTIFIED. THE CONSUMER WAS INITIALLY INFORMED THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL BUT, THEN WAS INFORMED IT WOULD NOT BE C...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BEGAN TO RATTLE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, LOSE SPEED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY DAUGHTER PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO THE MEDIAN AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE VEHICLE, I CRANKED THE CAR TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, VEHICLE IS MAKING A RATTLING SOUND, NO WARNI...

Mileage: 108,200

DRIVING ON A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FREEWAY ON JULY 28, 2019, THE ENGINE OF OUR 2012 KIA SPORTAGE SUDDENLY STALLED. BROUGHT IT TO THE GARDEN GROVE KIA DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND MET THEIR SERVICE ADVISOR MARTHA GUDINO. SHE PROMISED THAT THE DEALER WOULD LET US KNOW BY 2P WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. SHE DIDN'T CAL...

Mileage: 118,193

WHILE DRIVING INTO A PARKING LOT, CHECK ENGINE AND KEY LIGHT TURNED ON. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. TEMPERATURE GAGE WAS READING NORMAL, I TRIED TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND NOTHING BUT THE BATTERY OPERATED SYSTEMS TURNED ON. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST SHOP WHERE THEY STAR...

Mileage: 133,433

TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OF A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO KIA OF VACAVILLE (LOCATED AT 651 ORANGE DR, VACAV...

Mileage: 104,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V101000 (ENGINE). WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A "GROWLING" SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE SPEED BEGAN TO DECREASE AND THE CONTACT ...

Mileage: 137,000

CAR STARTED MAKING HORRIBLE NOISE AND LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING (IN MOTION). HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP. ACCORDING TO MECHANICS, IT WAS CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. METAL SHAVING FOUND IN LOWER ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

Mileage: 116,500

CAR ONLY HAS 79,597 AND I'M HEARING KNOCKING NOISES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAVE NOW RECEIVED MY RECALL IN THE MAIL

Mileage: 79,597

CAR ONLY HAS 79,597 AND I'M HEARING KNOCKING NOISES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAVE NOW RECEIVED MY RECALL IN THE MAIL

Mileage: 79,597

COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. IN A MATTER OF 2 DAYS WHEN FROM ENGINE KNOCKING TO TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE.

Mileage: 153,000

WITH 88,110 MILES ON THE CAR, WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. UPON STOPPING THE CAR, AND RESTARTING THE CAR, THE CAR HAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE, FOR $6800. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I HAVE COME TO LEARN, IT IS...

Mileage: 88,110

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL RATTLING, CLUNKING NOISE AND OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND THEN TO COOPER KIA (50...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE POWER STEERING BEGAN TO FAIL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ENTIRE ENGINE FAILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT WAS TOWED TO FUCCILLO KIA (3900 STATE ST,...

Mileage: 103,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE MADE A KNOCKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY TEN MORE MILES BEFORE SHUTTING DOW...

Mileage: 65,000

ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING. THERE ARE OTHER 2012 KIA SPORTAGES UNDER THE ENGINE RECALL BUT OURS ISN'T EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM. THE ENGINE SEIZED AND EVERYTHING SHUT OFF CAUSING US TO HAVE TO PULL OVER ON SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

Mileage: 111,000

ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING. THERE ARE OTHER 2012 KIA SPORTAGES UNDER THE ENGINE RECALL BUT OURS ISN'T EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM. THE ENGINE SEIZED AND EVERYTHING SHUT OFF CAUSING US TO HAVE TO PULL OVER ON SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

Mileage: 111,000

DRIVING TO WORK WHEN THE CAR MADE A SUDDEN KNOCKING NOISE THEN COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I WAS ON A CURVE IN A ROAD AND THIS WAS A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE BROKEN DOWN. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO KIA GATEWAY IN WARRINGTON, PA. AND WAS TOLD THE CAR HAD A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE.THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS P...

Mileage: 92,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE WITHOUT WARNING AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP MORE THAN 100 MILES AWAY. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED PHIL LONG KIA (1020 MOTOR CITY DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80905, (719) 425-2770) AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY...

Mileage: 88,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT PASSED AN ONCOMING VEHICLE AND HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROD BEARING FAILED. THE CON...

Mileage: 114,000

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE 57 FWY IN SO CALIFORNIA WITH MY WIFE I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A VEHICLE WHO WAS TRAVELING SLOWER THAN THE REST OF THE FWY (UNDER 55MPH). UPON DOING SO I STARTED TO HEAR A KNOCKING NOISE. (PER MYSELF AND MY MECHANIC ITS TOASTED THE ROD BEARING). BEING A MECHANIC FOR 20 YRS I KNEW...

Mileage: 116,000

ON JUNE 10,2019 I WAS EXITING OFF A RAMP FROM THE HIGHWAY MAKING A LEFT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION IT JUST STALLED. I PULLED SAFELY INTO A TURN LANE AND THE CAR STARTED BACK UP. I DROVE IT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED. THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW ...

Mileage: 117,000

THE ENGINE HAD A MAJOR MALFUNCTION AND NO LONGER RUNS THERE WAS MANY METAL FRAGMENTS IN THE OIL PAN. THIS HAPPENED WITH NO EARRING SIGNS KIA SAYS THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE ENGINE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE REGARDING THE ISSUE

Mileage: 141,000

2012 KIA SPORTAGE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL FOR 10 TO 15 SECONDS. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR RECALL REPAIR 19V101. *JS

MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE STOPPED ABRUPTLY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF INTERSTATE 295 IN NJ. I WAS JUST BEFORE THE #20 EXIT. A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL DRAINED FROM UNDER MY CAR. I CALLED AAA AND HAD IT TOWED TO KIA IN CHERRY HILL NJ. I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY RUINED. IT WOULD COST ME $6000. FO...

Mileage: 110

AS I WAS TRAVELING FROM MY HOME TOWN TO THE AIRPORT IN ALT, MY CAR BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED. I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPEED TO GET TO THE NEXT EXIT. THEREFORE I STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AN CALLED FOR A TOW. I WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE CENTER WHERE THEY REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION. AT THE END ...

Mileage: 119,000

THE BEARINGS WITHIN THE ENGINE HAVE WORN PREMATURELY AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY OUR GARAGE. THEY REFERRED US TO A NHTSA RECALL (17V22400) WHICH MATCHES THE SYSTEMS. MY VEHICLE FALLS WITHIN THE DATE OF VEHICLES BEING RECALLED BUT WHEN CALLED, THE DEALER IS CLAIMING THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT ONE INCLUDED ...

ON MAY 18,2019 I WAS DRIVING ON I-10 WESTBOUND COMING FROM TUCSON AZ HEADED TO PHOENIX, AZ.AT ABOUT 7:15 P.M. I HEARD STRANGE SOUND FROM THE CAR AND SO I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. I SAW SMOKE SO MY WIFE AND I IMMEDIATELY GOT OUR 2 SONS AGES 23 MONTHS AND 4 MONTHS OUT OF THE CAR. TWO OT...

Mileage: 88,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL AT 45 MPH, A CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT OIL LEAKED FROM THE ENGINE AND A PART FROM THE ENGINE CONNECTING ROD WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS EVENTUALLY TO...

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. AN INDEPEND...

Mileage: 101,000

MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE WITH 63000 MILES STARTED MAKING A LOUD RACKET AND THEN THE ENGINE QUIT COMPLETELY. I HAD IT TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO KIA WHO SAID THE SAME. HOWEVER THEY CLAIM ITS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND NOT DUE TO THE RECALL...

Mileage: 63,000

WHILE TRAVELING IN ID HEADING HOME TO UT (IN MOTION) ON AN INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE AT HWY US-20 W TO I-15 S, MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE WITH ONLY 36,000 MILES, EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER LOSS, THE ENGINE SEIZED WITH NO WARNING INDICATORS. I WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF TH...

Mileage: 36,000

I HAVE A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE 2.4 FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. THE MOTOR NUMBER 3 ROD BROKE AND CAME THROUGH THE BLOCK. THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECENT ALL WHEEL DRIVE ONES THAT THEY RECALLED AND ARE FIXING. THEY SAID THIS ONE ISN'T UNDER THE RECALL BUT IT'S THE EXACT SAME MOTOR THAT'S IN THE OTHERS THAT ARE RECAL...

Mileage: 114,000

TAKATA RECALL - I WAS DRIVING SLOW WHEN I HEARD A NOISE & THE VEHICLE JUST STOP WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD. BROUGHT TRUCK TO DEALER THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT BEARING IN THE ENGINE. ALSO STATED THAT THE COMPANY DON'T MAKE ENGINE ANYMORE FOR MY 7 YEAR OLD TRUCK. I ALSO FOUND A RECALL ON MY YEAR M...

Mileage: 100,000

2 MONTHS AGO MY DAUGHTERS KIA DIED AT A STOP SIGN, IT WOULD START BUT NOT IDLE OR DRIVE. HAD IT TOWED TO MIDTOWN KIA HERE IN TULSA WHERE ALL, AND LOTS OF PROBLEMS, HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. GAVE THEM THE ISSUES AND PAID THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW FROM A DEALER IN COLORADO BUT ALL ...

Mileage: 180,000

2 MONTHS AGO MY DAUGHTERS KIA DIED AT A STOP SIGN, IT WOULD START BUT NOT IDLE OR DRIVE. HAD IT TOWED TO MIDTOWN KIA HERE IN TULSA WHERE ALL, AND LOTS OF PROBLEMS, HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. GAVE THEM THE ISSUES AND PAID THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW FROM A DEALER IN COLORADO BUT ALL ...

Mileage: 180,000

2012 KIA SPORTAGE 2.4 MPI, ENGINE STALLED ON ROAD, LOUD KNOCKING FROM ENGINE. DEALERSHIP STATS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND REQUIRES NEW ENGINE. VEHICLE ONLY HAD 111,000 MILES AND HAD FREQUENT OIL CHANGES EVERY 5000 MILES WITH FULL SYNTHETIC.

Mileage: 111,000

ENGINE LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING ON A 4 LANE ROAD.. IT HAS COPPER METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN. THIS IS PROBABLY FROM CRANK BEARINGS.

Mileage: 117,544

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND A ROD FRACTURED WITHIN THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBE...

Mileage: 133,000

WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE SEIZED IN THE VEHICLE. WE FIRST HAD IT TOWED TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED, AND THAT THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS FOUND IN THE OIL. WE CONTACTED GRAND KIA IN CO AND WERE ADVISED TO TOW THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC, ...

Mileage: 118,000

ENGINE STARTED MAKING LOUD CLANGING NOISES WITH A STRONG BURNT OIL SMELL WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ROUGHLY 500 MILES FROM HOME. PULLED OVER UNDER POWER BUT HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO DECLARED THE ENGINE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. WE COULD NOT JUSTIFY THE $6K COST OF REPLACEMENT SO JUNKED TH...

Mileage: 11,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BEARINGS IN THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT NHT...

Mileage: 130,000

2012 KIA SPORTAGE SX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO VEHICLE ENGINE FAILURE. *AS *TR

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 L...

Mileage: 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 ...

Mileage: 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 T...

Mileage: 106,701

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...

Mileage: 52,000

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...

Mileage: 52,000

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.

Mileage: 112,000

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.

Mileage: 112,000

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 ...

Mileage: 104,889

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.

ENGINE LOCKED UP FOR NO REASON ONLY 50,000 MILE LEFT ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR THREE HOURS HAD NO WARNING

Mileage: 50,000

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 PROBLE...

Mileage: 109,951

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 PROBLE...

Mileage: 109,951

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 W...

Mileage: 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

Mileage: 130,000

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 BE...

Mileage: 106,000

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. ...

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 ...

Mileage: 68,221

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.

Mileage: 124,000

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 BE...

Mileage: 114,000

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...

Mileage: 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 ...

Mileage: 120,000

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 R...

Mileage: 99,000

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

Mileage: 87,000

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...

Mileage: 120,000

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...

Mileage: 74,000

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.

Mileage: 75,000

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 AROUN...

Mileage: 144,000

MY CAR WAS PARKED AT MY RESIDENCE. ALL DOORS WERE UNLOCKED. I PROCEEDED TO PULL THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE AND IT CAME OFF OF THE DOOR. THIS SMALL PULLING ACTION AND THE DETACHMENT OF THE DOOR HANDLE CAUSED ME TO FALL ON MY REAR END. THE FALL CAUSED BRUISING TO MY BUTTOCKS AND BACK.

Mileage: 92,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 137,005

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 ...

Mileage: 89,000

RECENTLY PURCHASED 2012 KIA SPORTAGE ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO, ONLY 68,000 OFF THE LOT. HAS BEEN DRIVING PERFECTLY FINE WITH ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLE. UNTIL LAST NIGHT HEADED BACK HOME, THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING AND CLAMMERING NOISE THAT GOT LOUDER AS I COUNTINED TO DRIVE. I FIGURED AT AB...

Mileage: 104,387

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 V...

Mileage: 100,000

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.

Mileage: 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...

Mileage: 86,000

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 (119...

Mileage: 82,000

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

Mileage: 150,000

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

Mileage: 95,000

DRIVING OUT OF TOWN AND ENGINE FAILED

Mileage: 112,000

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 T...

Mileage: 136

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 ENGI...

Mileage: 78,000

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 ...

Mileage: 110,000

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 ...

Mileage: 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 ST...

Mileage: 81,000

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 LIGH...

Mileage: 75,000

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 USELES...

Mileage: 99,500

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 INTERSTAT...

Mileage: 73,000

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...

Mileage: 2

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.

Mileage: 101,231

I PARKED MY CAR TO UNLOAD GROCERIES. MY CAR WAS ON BUT IN PARK. I WALKED AROUND THE BACK OF THE CAR TO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO UNLOAD THE. AT. THE DOOR WAS STILL LOCKED SO I WALKED BACK AROUND TO THE DRIVER SIDE UNLOCKED THE DOORS AND WALKED BACK AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN I STARTED UNLOADING ...

Mileage: 72,000

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 MAINTEN...

Mileage: 80,000

"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...

Mileage: 140,000

"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...

Mileage: 140,000

"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...

Mileage: 140,000

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.

Mileage: 100,000

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...

Mileage: 97,000

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...

Mileage: 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 ANYTH...

Mileage: 113,000

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 UND...

Mileage: 98,200

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 RES...

Mileage: 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 ...

BEARING WEAR MAY RESULT IN ENGINE SEIZURE. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHY "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" CAME ON, THIS WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE ALTHOUGH THE DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO HAVE MESSED UP SOMETHING WHILE CHECKING THE VEHICLE AND ARE SAYING THAT THE MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 91,300

THE ENGINE TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING 60MPH ON A HIGHWAY. (THIS HAPPENED APROX 5 TIMES) THE ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT WOULD SOME TIMES BECOME ILLUMINATED. AFTER RESEARCHING, THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM REPORTED WITH THE ENGINES COVERED UNDER THE SC147 RECALL, BUT KIA SAYS THIS ENGINE IS NOT COVERED. IS ...

Mileage: 101,000

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY..THE KIA DIED..GOT THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER..I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP..HE COULD NOT BELIEVE AN ENGINE THAT CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED WOULD JUST SEIZE UP..KIA TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER..I HAD IT TOWED TO FERGUSON KI...

Mileage: 157,000

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT 70MPH ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF THE FREEWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING, AND THEN I WAS UNABLE TO USE THE GAS OR BRAKE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. THERE WAS NO WARNING. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL KIA DEALER. I WAS T...

Mileage: 125,000

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE CAR HAS SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC THAT SAID THE ENGINE WAS BAD AND THE PARTS WERE RECALLED. WE WERE ABLE TO TOW THE CAR TO ANOTHER SHOP AND THEY HAD SAID IT WAS POSSIBLY THE STARTER. WE REPLACED THE START...

Mileage: 130,000

FIST PROBLEM EVER WITH CAR BUT DIED ON ME WHILE DRIVING TO WORK HAD TO PULL OVER LOST ALL ENGINE FUNCTION, IT WOULD CRANK BUT WOULDN'T START, THANK GOD FOR TRIPLE A HAD IT TOWED TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON IT THAT SHOULD TAKE NO MORE THAN A HALF HO...

Mileage: 90,003

FIST PROBLEM EVER WITH CAR BUT DIED ON ME WHILE DRIVING TO WORK HAD TO PULL OVER LOST ALL ENGINE FUNCTION, IT WOULD CRANK BUT WOULDN'T START, THANK GOD FOR TRIPLE A HAD IT TOWED TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON IT THAT SHOULD TAKE NO MORE THAN A HALF HO...

Mileage: 90,003

MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE LX 2.4L (109,000 MILES) STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING EARLIER THIS WEEK. I TOOK IT IN FOR MY LOCAL MECHANIC TO EXAMINE IT. THEY SAID THE NOISE IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE, AND IT IS A SIGN OF INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. I STARTED SEARCHING ONLINE AND FOUND ALL ...

Mileage: 109,000

I WAS DRIVING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE IT SHOULDER. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL ENGINE REPAIR SHOP WHO SAID THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP. THE CAR HAS HAD OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES AND ALL SERVICE RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE IS A SIMILAR RECALL...

Mileage: 111,000

I WAS IN THE ROAD SLOWLY BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO STOP IN A TOLL BRIDGE ABOUT 10 MILES AND SUDDENLY MY KIA SPORTAGE 2012 WAS DOWN AND A BIG NOISE I WAS REALLY SCARED. A BIG HOLE APPEARED UNDER THE CAR AND ALL OIL SCATTERED ON THE PAVEMENT. THE PISTON BROKE SO THE ENGINE. I'M REALLY FRUSTRATED DUE ...

Mileage: 10

I WAS IN THE ROAD SLOWLY BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO STOP IN A TOLL BRIDGE ABOUT 10 MILES AND SUDDENLY MY KIA SPORTAGE 2012 WAS DOWN AND A BIG NOISE I WAS REALLY SCARED. A BIG HOLE APPEARED UNDER THE CAR AND ALL OIL SCATTERED ON THE PAVEMENT. THE PISTON BROKE SO THE ENGINE. I'M REALLY FRUSTRATED DUE ...

Mileage: 10

I HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. TOOK IT TO KIA MECHANIC WHO STATED THERE WAS A PREMATURE CONNECTING ROD BEARING FAILURE. KIA HAS A RECALL SC147 ON ENGINES FOR THIS REASON, BUT IS CLAIMING THAT MY ENGINE DOES NOT QUALIFY EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM.

Mileage: 125,347

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY STREET GOING 60MPH WHEN MY ENGINE JUST DIED. I COASTED UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND THANKFULLY NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. I TRIED TO TURN THE KEY BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T START. IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. IT WAS TOWED TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC AND WE WERE TOLD THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND...

Mileage: 80,000

MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE ENGINE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AT 141,000 MILES. THERE WAS METAL DEBRIS IN THE ENGINE, HOWEVER, I AM TOLD THAT MY PARTICULAR ENGINE IS NOT IN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT COVERING THESE ENGINE FAILURES. HOWEVER, KIA HAS DISCONTINUED THE ENGINE AND NOW THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE IS BA...

Mileage: 141,000

OUR KIA 2012 SPORTAGE BEGAN TO SUDDENLY MAKE KNOCKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY . REVIEWING INFORMATION I EXPECT THE WORST . NEW MOTOR!!!!

Mileage: 68,000

MY 17YR OLD SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE.HE SLOWED DOWN TO PULL OVER AND THE STEERING WHEEL DIDN'T WANT TO TURN. HE SAID IT WAS HEAVY. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME AND CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC WHO STATED IT WAS ROD BEARINGS. I REMEMBERED A COUPLE YEARS...

Mileage: 106,000

MY 17YR OLD SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE.HE SLOWED DOWN TO PULL OVER AND THE STEERING WHEEL DIDN'T WANT TO TURN. HE SAID IT WAS HEAVY. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME AND CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC WHO STATED IT WAS ROD BEARINGS. I REMEMBERED A COUPLE YEARS...

Mileage: 106,000

MY 17YR OLD SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE.HE SLOWED DOWN TO PULL OVER AND THE STEERING WHEEL DIDN'T WANT TO TURN. HE SAID IT WAS HEAVY. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME AND CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC WHO STATED IT WAS ROD BEARINGS. I REMEMBERED A COUPLE YEARS...

Mileage: 106,000

OUR KIA 2012 SPORTAGE ENGINE FAILED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 ON MARCH 10 2018. WE HAD NEVER HAD AN ENGINE WARNING LIGHT COME ON EVER UNTIL THE ENGINE SEIZED GOING 65 MPH. HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COME FORM THE ENGINE. CAR SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING ON THE HIGHWAY - HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOUL...

Mileage: 74,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (PAT PECK KIA, 10611 BONEY AVE, D'LBERVILLE, MS 39540, 228-679-5200) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONNECTING ROD WAS FAULTY AND THE ENGINE NEE...

Mileage: 83,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MONTROSE KIA IN SHEFFIELD (5033 DETROIT RD, SHEFFIELD, OH) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CONTAINED METAL SHAVINGS AND THE ENGINE SHORT BLOCK ASSEMBLY NEEDED...

Mileage: 104,000

THE VEHICLES ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, CERTIFIED ASE MECHANIC VERIFIED THAT THERE WAS BALL BEARING MATERIAL IN THE OIL FILTER. THE MECHANIC HAD TOLD ME TO SEND IT TO A REGISTERED KIA DEALERSHIP WHICH I DID. THE VEHICLE YEAR AND MODEL ARE BEING INVESTIGATED HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP DO...

Mileage: 90,000

VEHICLE IN MOTION HIGHWAY SPEEDS FLAT SURFACE SUDDENLY TURNED OFF TOWED TO DEALER -- CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED

Mileage: 109,000

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON AN INTERSTATE WHEN I SUDDENLY HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND THE BATTERY AND OIL LIGHTS CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. THEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF ENTIRELY. I WAS ABLE TO GLIDE TO THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP BEFORE THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AND I COULDN'T RESTART THE ENGINE.

Mileage: 78,000

I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR ALL THE SUDDEN LOST ALL POWER. I LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR HOWEVER WOULD TURN OVER. ELECTRIC WORKED BUT ENGINE MAKE LOUD NOISE. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK HOME, 2 HOURS AWAY, TO HAVE A DEALERSHIP TAKE A LOOK ...

Mileage: 146,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE SIEZED UP AND DIED ON ME. I WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH WHEN IT DIED ON ME AND LUCKILY THERE WAS A SHOULDER TO PULL OFF OF THE HIGHWAY SO THAT I COULD GET OUT OF HARMS WAY IN THE HEAVY TRAFFIC.

Mileage: 126,000

VEHICLE BEGAN TO SUDDENLY MAKE KNOCKING NOISES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT SHORT DISTANCE HOME BEFORE ENGINE COMPLETELY SEIZED. TOWED TO KIA DEALERSHIP WHO CONFIRMED THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED (PISTONS BECAME COMPLETELY STUCK AND UNABLE TO MOVE). SERVICE MANAGER SAID ONLY FIX...

I PURCHASED A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE FOR MY DAUGHTER FOUR MONTHS AGO. LAST WEEK SHE WAS DRIVING LATE AT NIGHT ON THE FREEWAY AND SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG, LOST POWER AND WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR FILLED UP WITH SMOKE AS ALL THE OIL HAD DRAINED OUT AND THE HOT ENGINE WAS BURNING...

Mileage: 62,269

CAR ENGINE SEIZED UP WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN . HAVE AUTO AT MECHANIC WHO HAS BROKE DOWN MOTOR SAID ENGINE BEARING WAS BAD , THE BEARING WAS SPUN CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD

Mileage: 124,000

ENGINE FELL APART ON EXPRESSWAY GOING 70MPH

Mileage: 45,000

ALL GAUGES ON INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING.

Mileage: 48,850

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED. DOUG SMITH KIA IN AMERICAN FORK, UTAH WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO...

Mileage: 66,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MECHANIC TESTED AND GOT CODE- P0017 WHICH IS UNKNOWN TROUBLE CODE. THE MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MOTOR IN OTHER VEHICLES DUE TO ENGINE SEIZING UP WITH THIS CODE. TWO DAYS AFTER THAT THE CAR IS NOT DRIVEABLE. WHEN I WENT OUT TO START THE CAR IT TOOK AWHILE T...

Mileage: 104,000

AFTER ATTEMPTING TO REMOTE START MY CAR PARKED IN THE LOT, I WENT OUTSIDE TO A CAR THAT DIDN'T REALIZE IT COULD START AND YET IT CONTINUED TO TRY. I STOPPED IT AND TRIED THE KEY, AND THE CAR LIGHTS WORKED BUT THE CAR WAS QUIET, AND WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I HAD IT TOWED TO KIA DEALER, AND AFTER TWO D...

Mileage: 64,000

DRIVING AT 50 MPH DOWN HIGHWAY, HEAR A KNOCKING SOUND COME FORM THE ENGINE. CAR SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING ON THE HIGHWAY - HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. MY VIN DOES NOT SHOW UP IN THE RECALL BUT HAS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. CAR CURRENTLY AT MECHANIC.

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE ON A HILL BECAUSE IT WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER (BU...

Mileage: 51,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF ON ITS OWN, ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE IN THE ENGINE AREA, METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN MY OIL. THIS HAPPENED ON A STATE HIGHWAY NEAR MY HOME.

Mileage: 107,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 20-25 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP, THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL "CATASTROPHIC" ENGINE FAILURE. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, LEE JOHNSON KIA IN KIRKLAND, WA. THEY CONFIRMED THE F...

Mileage: 124,412

AS I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND BEGAN ACCELERATING, MY CAR BEGAN MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. AFTER PULLING OVER AND VERIFYING THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE MOTOR, I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC. HE PULLED THE OIL FILTER AND CUT IT OPEN. CONFIRMING THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS IN TH...

Mileage: 79,000

ENGINE SEIZED. MOVES WHILE IN PARK MOVES FORWARD IN REVERSE. DRIVING ENGINE STALLED PULLED OVER CAR DIED. THEN WOULD NOT ENGAGE BUT STILL MOVED AS DESCRIBED. HAD HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO AFTER TRANSMISSION REPLACE. THEN THE IGNITER SWITCH NEEDED REPLACEMENT.

Mileage: 81,000

ENGINE SEIZED. MOVES WHILE IN PARK MOVES FORWARD IN REVERSE. DRIVING ENGINE STALLED PULLED OVER CAR DIED. THEN WOULD NOT ENGAGE BUT STILL MOVED AS DESCRIBED. HAD HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO AFTER TRANSMISSION REPLACE. THEN THE IGNITER SWITCH NEEDED REPLACEMENT.

Mileage: 81,000

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH 2.4L MPI ENGINE, 140,000 KILOMETERS, METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES WITH PREMIUM SYNTHETIC OIL AND FILTERS, SPARK PLUG CHANGE, ETC. ENGINE ALWAYS MADE SOME LIGHT KNOCKING SOUND BUT ASSUMED IT WAS THE INJECTORS, NO LIGHTS OR ERRORS EVER CAME ON AND SERVICE T...

Mileage: 90,000

CAR IS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. 82,000 MILES 5 YRS OLD. FIRST INSTANCE. CAR WAS MOVING AROUND 2 MPH THROUGH DRIVE THRU WHEN THE CAR STALLED. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT THAT TIME. WAS ABLE TO RESTART. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. SAID THE ENGINE WAS DIRTY BUT COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. 1 WEEK LATER WHILE EXITING FREEWA...

Mileage: 82,000

LEFT WORK AND ONTO HIGHWAY IN RUSH HOUR DOING AROUND 20 MPH. WITHIN A MILE OF WORK, OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. HAD TO PUSH CAR OFF ROAD IN LARGE CITY CONSTRUCTION ZONE OF ONLY TWO LANES WITH NO SHOULDER LANES AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD GOTTEN REGULAR AND PROPER OIL CHANGES USING...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY ACCELERATED AT A RAPID SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FOX KIA (4141 28TH ST SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49512 (616) 524-4008), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE...

Mileage: 69,000

2012 KIA SPORTAGE (APPROX 55K MILES, VIN NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL - MANUFACTURER WARRANTY EXPIRED IN JANUARY). DRIVING ACROSS COUNTRY FOR THANKSGIVING. WE LEFT TUCSON, AZ LAST THURSDAY NIGHT (11/16). FRIDAY AFTERNOON WE STARTED HEARING A RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. AS I ACCELERATED, ...

Mileage: 55,000

AIR QUALITY. CAR CONSISTENTLY SMELLS LIKE MOLD AND MILDEW IN THE AIR VENTS DESPITE FREQUENT CHANGING OF FILTERS AND TREATMENT FOR MOLD AND MILDEW. CONDENSATION DOESN'T EVAPORATE AND MILDEW FORMS CREATING AN INDOOR AIR QUALITY ISSUE IN THE CAR. HAPPENS FREQUENTLY AND MAKES THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE FOR ANY...

Mileage: 23,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED, NO WARNING, NOTHING. LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD, TOWED AND MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE IS COMPLETELY BLOWN/SEIZED. WON'T START, STILL AT MECHANICS IN ANOTHER STATE. NO WARNINGS OR PRIOR ISSUES. CONSISTENT W/OIL CHANGES AND...

Mileage: 105

DOOR WILL NOT LOCK COMPLETELY WHEN CAR IS SITTING IN THE SUN AND ITS HOT OUTSIDE. DRIVER WINDOW WILL NOT ROLL DOWN WHEN ITS HOT OUTSIDE, TRUNK HATCH WILL NOT OPEN/UNLOCK WHEN HOT OUT SIDE. ALARM DOESNT WORK WHEN HOT OUTSIDE.

Mileage: 84,000

DOOR WILL NOT LOCK COMPLETELY WHEN CAR IS SITTING IN THE SUN AND ITS HOT OUTSIDE. DRIVER WINDOW WILL NOT ROLL DOWN WHEN ITS HOT OUTSIDE, TRUNK HATCH WILL NOT OPEN/UNLOCK WHEN HOT OUT SIDE. ALARM DOESNT WORK WHEN HOT OUTSIDE.

Mileage: 84,000

THE ENGINE SEIZED UP WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL STREET. KIA STATES THAT MY ENGINE (2.4L) WAS NOT PART OF RECALL. WHILE THIS ENGINE WAS UNIQUE TO THE SPORTAGE IN 2012 IT IS THE SAME 2.4L THAT THEY RECALLED IN OTHER VEHICLES. NOT EXPLANATION GIVEN FOR DENIAL. IT TOOK KIA ALMOST 3 MONTHS TO TELL ME THA...

Mileage: 101,100

RATTLING NOISE FROM STEERING COLUMN THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY GETTING WORSE. VIBRATION FROM WHEEL WHILE BRAKING INTERMITTENTLY. THIS MORE OFTEN OCCURS WHILE MAKING TURNS. EVERY TIME THE WHEEL IS TURNED LEFT, THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE BUT NOT WHEN IT'S TURNED TO THE RIGHT. I WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD IT WAS THE...

Mileage: 45,000

RATTLING NOISE FROM STEERING COLUMN THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY GETTING WORSE. VIBRATION FROM WHEEL WHILE BRAKING INTERMITTENTLY. THIS MORE OFTEN OCCURS WHILE MAKING TURNS. EVERY TIME THE WHEEL IS TURNED LEFT, THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE BUT NOT WHEN IT'S TURNED TO THE RIGHT. I WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD IT WAS THE...

Mileage: 45,000

INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL WENT OUT RIGHT AFTER WARRANTY. I ORIGINALLY HAD THIS ISSUE IN 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 38K MILES- WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. IN 2014 THE FLAP WAS STUCK OPEN, THEY CLOSED THE FLAP, CLEARED THE CODE AND IT DIDN'T BECOME A PROBLEM AGAIN UNTIL 2017- R...

Mileage: 38,000

RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN FOR A WHILE AND HAS CONSTANTLY GOTTEN WORSE. TOOK IT TO A KIA OF CHERRYHILL FIRST THEY TOLD THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM SOMETHING IN THE DOOR, THEN THEY GUY AT THE SERVICE DESK TOOK A RIDE WITH ME, I POINTED THE NOISE OUT & HE TOLD ME IT WAS A VISCOUS COUPLIN...

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON A CITY STREET, CAME TO A STOP OF A LIGHT AND NOTICED THE KIA WAS SHACKING. I TURNED OFF THE RADIO AND AIR CONDITIONING AND ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOWS. THE ENGINE WAS KNOCKING VERY LOAD SO I PULLED OFF THE CITY STREET INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. THE NOISE WAS LOUD SO I STARTED HO...

Mileage: 97,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING TO THE RESIDENCE. ONCE AT THE DESTINATION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE...

Mileage: 61,000

WHILE TRAVELING AT OR BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT ON A HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ANY POWER OR "GAS". I PULLED OVER AS SAFELY AS I COULD, WITH PROPER DIRECTIONAL AND FOLLOWED BY HAZARDS. AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE AND PLACING VEHICLE IN PARK ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER TRYING TO RESTART WITH NO LUCK ...

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND JUST ABOUT TO TAKE EXIT AND MY ENGINE DIDN'T GAVE ME ANY POWER AND LIGHTS ON A COMPUTER WHEN ON, STIRRING WELL AND BRAKES BECOME HEAVY. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR DIDN'T START SINCE THEN. I TOOK CAR TO SERVICE AND THEY SAD IT'S ENGINE SEIZING UP. I ...

Mileage: 94,120

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD. IN ...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, A KNOCKING SOUND STARTED AND THE SOUND SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. AS WE STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND GRADUALLY CLIMB IN ELEVATION (ON OUR WAY TO A CAMPING TRIP IN COLORADO) WE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. WE PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THE OIL AND IT WAS AT NORMAL LEVELS. TURNE...

Mileage: 95,000

I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR ALL THE SUDDEN LOST ALL POWER. I LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR HOWEVER WOULD NOT TURN OVER. ELECTRIC WORKED BUT NOTHING ELSE. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK HOME, 2 HOURS AWAY, TO HAVE A DEALERSHIP TAKE A LOOK AT IT. ...

Mileage: 112,000

I OWN A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE THAT I PURCHASED FROM RIVERHEAD AUTO MALL, THAT EXPERIENCE WAS WONDERFUL. I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED A KIA FOR A FEW REASONS, THE AFFORDABILITY BUT MAINLY THE 5 YEAR/10 YEAR WARRANTY. SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE HAD A FEW ISSUES THAT I HAVE VISITED VARIOUS SERVI...

Mileage: 41,416

I OWN A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE THAT I PURCHASED FROM RIVERHEAD AUTO MALL, THAT EXPERIENCE WAS WONDERFUL. I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED A KIA FOR A FEW REASONS, THE AFFORDABILITY BUT MAINLY THE 5 YEAR/10 YEAR WARRANTY. SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE HAD A FEW ISSUES THAT I HAVE VISITED VARIOUS SERVI...

Mileage: 41,416

TERRIBLE NOISE WHILE DRIVING; PARKED IT FOR TOWING; WHEN STARTED IT QUIT! JUST COMPLAINED TO KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE. THIS VIN IS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE THE ENGINE RECALLS---YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT THERE ARE NOT MORE ENGINES INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT RECALL!!!!! KIA AND HYUNDAI ARE JUST WAITING US OUT...AND...

Mileage: 83,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING 23 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO PREMATURE BEARING ...

Mileage: 81,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH AND THE ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING. LOST ALL POWER TO THE CAR. A FEW MOMENTS LATER, THE CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND PUSHED IT INTO A GAS STATION PARKING LOT. THE CAR WOULD CRANK BUT THE KNOCKING OF ...

Mileage: 74,000

ONE DAY ME AND MY WIFE WERE DRIVING AROUND THE CITY RUNNING SOME ERRANDS WHEN I NOTICED A SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. SO I ADMEDIATLY HEADED HOME. WHEN I ARRIVED I OPENED THE HOOD OF MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE TO HEAR A KNOCKING SOUND. AFTER CONFIRMING THE SOUND WAS MY ENGINE I CALL KIA TELLING THE...

Mileage: 98,800

TL* THE CONTACT IS AN ATTORNEY WHOSE CLIENT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE THE CLIENT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (RICK CASE KIA SUNRISE 14500 W SUNRISE BLVD, SUNRISE, FL 33323), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE FAI...

Mileage: 59,918

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE OF THE CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. AFTER THE NOISE STARTED, THE ENGINE POWER WAS SEVERELY REDUCED. THE CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS NORMAL. AT THE FIRST STOPLIGHT AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE STALLED. IT STARTED AGAIN, AND STALLED AGAIN AT ...

Mileage: 103,000

ENGINE KNOCKED AS I SPED UP ON HIGHWAY THEN CAR DIED AND ENGINE AND OIL LIGHTS CAME ON AS I PULLED ONTO AN OFF-RAMP CAR WILL NO LONGER START OR RUN HAD TO BE TOWED DIAGNOSED AS FAILED ENGINE

Mileage: 103,000

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SO I TOOK IT TO PEPBOYS THAT SAID THE CODE WAS 791. THEN, CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND MECHANICS TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT. MOST PEOPLE THAT PART SHOULD NOT HAD WENT BAD. THIS CODE IS FOR THE BUTTERFLY FLIPS IN THE INTAKE MANOFOLD.

Mileage: 92,943

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SO I TOOK IT TO PEPBOYS THAT SAID THE CODE WAS 791. THEN, CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND MECHANICS TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT. MOST PEOPLE THAT PART SHOULD NOT HAD WENT BAD. THIS CODE IS FOR THE BUTTERFLY FLIPS IN THE INTAKE MANOFOLD.

Mileage: 92,943

DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 80MPH (SPEED LIMIT IN IDAHO), RPMS STARTED TO REV OVER 6K, HEARD A TICKING SOUND, THEN A VERY LOUD BANG, FOLLOWED BY A BIG PUFF OF BLACK SMOKE, ALL IN THE SPAN OF AROUND 20 SECONDS. CAR DIED ON THE FREEWAY, HAD TO COAST TO GET IN EMERGENCY LANE. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGH...

Mileage: 106,000

CRUISING ALONG AT FREEWAY SPEED, 75 MPH, VEHICLE MOMENTARILY LOST POWER AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL OR DOWN SHIFT. UPON RESUMING SPEED, HEARD A TAPPING NOISE AND A LOUD BANG, SAW SMOKE COMING OUT THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND OBJECTS TOSSED OUT. SAW A VEHICLE FOLLOWING IN MY LANE, SWERVE AS IF AVOIDIN...

Mileage: 99,992

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE ABOUT 30 MPH ON A COUNTY ROAD, THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING FROM THE ENGINE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STALLED. IT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A CRANK BEARING ISSUE. THERE IS A RECALL ON 2012 KIA SPORTAGE ALONG WITH OTHER KIAS AND HYUNDAI. THE RECALL IS FOR...

Mileage: 122,000

MY PARTNER WAS DRIVING 50 MPH TO WORK ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS HAD COME ON. THERE WAS ONLY A SLIGHT TAPPING SOUND FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIFT THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OFF THE ROAD. WHEN SHE TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NO...

Mileage: 63,000

OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, MY KIA SPORTAGE SUV HAVE BEEN STALLING PERIODICALLY WITHOUT WARNING. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I CAN BE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH OR 25 MPH AND IT WILL STALL. IT HAS HAPPENED ON SUNNY DAYS AS WELL AS RAINY DAYS. I'VE CONTACTED GATEWAY KIA IN ...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE AT 30MPH ON A CITY STREET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HEARD A KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I WAS CLOSE TO MY WORK SITE SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, AS I TURNED INTO THE PARKING LOT THE ENGINE STALLED. WHEN I RESTARTED THE ENGINE THE KNOCKING...

Mileage: 122,000

MY ENGINE SEIZED UP AT 79,000 MILES DESPITE THE STANDARD MAINTENANCE. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK 25-50 MPH CONSISTING OF 5 STOPLIGHTS AND 18 MILES OF DRIVING. I WAS NOTICING A LACK OF POWER BUT OTHERWISE NO ISSUES. I FILLED UP THE GAS TANK IN HOPES OF DRIVING IT IN TO GET SERVICED. I STARTED T...

Mileage: 79,500

BEGIN TO HEAR FLUTTERING SOUND WHILE DRIVING ON SECONDARY AND MAIN ROADS. THE SOUND BEGIN TO GRADUALLY GET LOUDER OVER THE COARSE OF FEW DAYS. PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC. THE RESULTS CAME BACK ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO ENGINE OIL RESTRICTION. RECEIVE 2 OPINIONS FROM MECHANIC SHOPS B...

Mileage: 118,000

OXYGEN SENSOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AFTER FIVE YEARS.

Mileage: 103,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WE HEARD A THUMP FROM OUR 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHEN WE GOT HOME, MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE ENGINE AND HE FOUND WE HAD NO OIL. WE NEVER HAD A CHECK ENGINE OR OIL LIGHT COME ON AND NEVER HAD AN OIL SPOT UNDER OUR CAR. WE TOOK IT TO OUR KIA DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW ...

Mileage: 34,900

OUR 2012 KIA SPORTAGE BROKE DOWN OVER A MONTH AGO AFTER MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAD JUST GOT OFF THE PA TURNPIKE, THEY HAD STOPPED AT A MALL AN HOUR FROM HOME AFTER TRAVELING ALL DAY. WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE CAR FROM SHOPPING, IT WOULDN'T START. IT WAS TOWED TO GATEWAY KIA OF WARRINGTON AT THE ADV...

Mileage: 70,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH PROBABLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN BLACK SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE EXHAUST OF MY SPORTAGE AND IT COMPLETELY WENT DEAD. LUCKILY, I HAD A PLACE TO STOP JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE HIGHWAY ENTRANCE. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD TH...

Mileage: 71,000

LEAVING A FRIEND'S HOUSE MY CAR MADE A CLICKING SOUND. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND THE SOUND APPEARED TO HAVE GONE AWAY. MINUTES LATER WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON I-85 N IN ATLANTA MY 2012 KIA SPORTAGE (WITHOUT WARNING LIGHTS OR ANY INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG) MADE A VERY LOUD NOISE AND LOST SP...

Mileage: 149,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A LOAD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. NOISE STOPPED AND THEN LOSS ALL POWER! EVERTHING DIED. GOT IT PULLED OVER AND NOW THE MOTOR IS SEIZED. GOT THE OIL CHANGED A WEEK BEFORE AND NEVER HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS CAR.

Mileage: 106,000

AFTER DRIVING HOME FROM A VACATION TRIP, OUR CAR LITERALLY SHUTOFF AS WE WERE CROSSING A MAJOR HIGHWAY NEAR HOME. I WAS ABLE TO COAST BACK OFF THE ROAD. WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS THE MOTOR AND IT WAS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THEY SHARED WITH US THAT THERE WERE 3 OTHERS SITTING ON THE...

Mileage: 69,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 15 IN CALIFORNIA ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THE CAR BEGAN JERKING AND LOSING POWER WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NORMAL, NO LIGHTS OF ANY KIND CAME ON. WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE CENTER MEDIAN AND WAITED 1-1/2 HRS FOR A T...

Mileage: 27,000

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, A LOUD SQUEAK SOUND OCCURRED AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND THE ENGINE PROMPTLY SHUT OFF AND HAS SINCE THEN BEEN UNABLE TO START AGAIN. THE KIA DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE VEHICLE HAS INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. MY CONCERN IS DR...

Mileage: 38,800

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, A LOUD SQUEAK SOUND OCCURRED AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND THE ENGINE PROMPTLY SHUT OFF AND HAS SINCE THEN BEEN UNABLE TO START AGAIN. THE KIA DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE VEHICLE HAS INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. MY CONCERN IS DR...

Mileage: 38,800

WINDSHIELD SEAL STRIP START PEELING FROM THE TOP OF THE DRIVER SIDE .

Mileage: 84,000

WHILE DRIVING CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, SUDDENLY CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE, LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET TO SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY. CAR DIED WHEN GETTING TO SHOULDER, STARTED AGAIN, ENGINE MAKING HORRIBLE KNOCKING SOUND, AND WOULDN'T MOVE. GOT TOWED TO KIA DEALER, STATED WE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. KIA DEALER STAT...

Mileage: 60,497

WE HAVE HAD TO BRING IN AND HAVE REPAIRED TWICE WITH OUR KIA , IT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY CLUSTER , SO AM WONDERING WHAT DUE WE DO NEXT ,,,,,THANK YOU *TR

Mileage: 4,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE DRIVING OR ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BATTERY POST WERE TOO BIG FOR THE BATTERY CONNECTORS. AS A RESULT, ALL THE ELECTRICITY IN THE VEHICLE FAILED, INCLUDING THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE MANUFAC...

Mileage: 16,132

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH CAR ENGINE SLOWED TO 40 WITHOUT WARNING THEN DOWN TO 20, ALMOST CAUSING MULTIPLE CARS TO CRASH INTO ME. MANAGED TO DRIVE CAR DIRECTLY TO KIA DEALER WHILE GOING FROM DRIVING FINE, TO SLOWING TO 20 MPH TO SHAKING WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN I DROPPED OFF CAR TO DEAL...

Mileage: 34,000

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE OF THE CAR GAVE OUT. I WAS GIVEN ZERO WARNING BEFORE THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED AND I WAS FORCED TO PULL MY CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE CAR BEHIND ME DID NOT HIT ME. THE CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD WITH ABOUT 30,000 MILES AND THIS SHOULD...

Mileage: 30,500

AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30AM, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. MY KIA SPORTAGE SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD BANG, AND THE ENGINE STALLED. IT ALSO SHUT OFF THE HEADLIGHTS, AND DISABLED THE POWER STEERING, WHILE ON A CURVE, GOING 70MPH. THE POWER ASSISTED BRAKES WERE ALSO NOT WORKING, BECAUSE THE ENGINE SHUT DOW...

Mileage: 6,955

AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30AM, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. MY KIA SPORTAGE SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD BANG, AND THE ENGINE STALLED. IT ALSO SHUT OFF THE HEADLIGHTS, AND DISABLED THE POWER STEERING, WHILE ON A CURVE, GOING 70MPH. THE POWER ASSISTED BRAKES WERE ALSO NOT WORKING, BECAUSE THE ENGINE SHUT DOW...

Mileage: 6,955

AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30AM, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. MY KIA SPORTAGE SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD BANG, AND THE ENGINE STALLED. IT ALSO SHUT OFF THE HEADLIGHTS, AND DISABLED THE POWER STEERING, WHILE ON A CURVE, GOING 70MPH. THE POWER ASSISTED BRAKES WERE ALSO NOT WORKING, BECAUSE THE ENGINE SHUT DOW...

Mileage: 6,955

I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY ONTO A MEDIAN DIVIDED STREET THAT RUNS EAST/WEST. I WAS STOPPED AT THE LIGHT, IN A DOUBLE TURN LANE, ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PROCEEDED TO TURN WEST GOING ABOUT 5 MPH, IMMEDIATELY I WAS HIT BY A WOMAN TO THE LEFT OF ME IN THE PARALLEL TURN LANE IN MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE ...

Mileage: 21,000

I WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND DID NOT SEE A CAR DUE THEIR HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT ON. WE HIT AND NONE OF MY AIR BACK DEPLOYED THE WHOLE FRONT OF MY CAR WAS SMASHED AND I HIT MY HEAD ON THE DOOR JAM AND MY VEHICLE HAS SIDE AIR BAGS ALSO. I HAVE CONTACTED KIA AND INITIALLY GOT A CASE # AND STUFF. THE...

Mileage: 36,000

DRIVING TO WORK IN JULY 2013 I HEARD A LOUD POP SOUND AND LOOKED AROUND AND NOTICED NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER MY PANORAMIC SUNROOF SHATTERED. I THOUGHT MAYBE SOMETHING WAS KICKED UP FROM A TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME AND HIT THE ROOF SO I FILED A CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY. LU...

Mileage: 29,000

I SWERVED TO HIT A DEER, HIT THE DEER THEN WENT IN TO THE DITCH AND DROVE HEAD ON INTO A TREE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND I AM WONDERING WHY. *TR

Mileage: 18,000

I WAS WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN I HEARD A HUGE POP SOUND ALMOST LIKE A FIRECRACKER AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND TO SEE WHAT IT WAS MY ENTIRE BACK WINDOW WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO ROCK OR ANY OBJECT LIKE THAT TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED IT, MAYBE PRESSURE OR AN AIR ...

Mileage: 4,850

I PULLED A TRAILER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS DATE. THE TRUCK ONLY MADE IT 10 MILES, AND LOST ALL POWER, AND I BARELY MADE IT OFF OF THE FREEWAY. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY FOUND THE SPARK PLUGS BLEW APART. ALL THEY DID WAS CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. ON JULY 13TH, I TO...

Mileage: 5,500

ITS APPROX 57 DEGREES OUT. 6:30 AM THIS MORNING WENT OUTSIDE TO START CAR CAME, BACK 10 MINUTES LATER TO GO TO WORK AND FOUND A CRACK (WHICH WASN'T THERE WHEN I STARTED THE CAR) FROM BOTTOM LEFT CORNER UP TO THE TOP. ON MY WAY TO WORK ANOTHER CRACK STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. MY CAR ...

Mileage: 5,699

ITS APPROX 57 DEGREES OUT. 6:30 AM THIS MORNING WENT OUTSIDE TO START CAR CAME, BACK 10 MINUTES LATER TO GO TO WORK AND FOUND A CRACK (WHICH WASN'T THERE WHEN I STARTED THE CAR) FROM BOTTOM LEFT CORNER UP TO THE TOP. ON MY WAY TO WORK ANOTHER CRACK STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. MY CAR ...

Mileage: 5,699

ITS APPROX 57 DEGREES OUT. 6:30 AM THIS MORNING WENT OUTSIDE TO START CAR CAME, BACK 10 MINUTES LATER TO GO TO WORK AND FOUND A CRACK (WHICH WASN'T THERE WHEN I STARTED THE CAR) FROM BOTTOM LEFT CORNER UP TO THE TOP. ON MY WAY TO WORK ANOTHER CRACK STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. MY CAR ...

Mileage: 5,699

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, OR ANY SPEED ABOVE 30MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD VEHICLE REQUIRES CONSTANT CORRECTION TO TRACK VEHICLE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. WITHOUT CONSTANT CORRECTION, THE VEHICLE WOULD LEAVE THE ROAD SURFACE. THE RESISTANCE TO STEERING PRESSURE IN CORRELATION TO SPEED DOES NOT SEEM ...

Mileage: 1,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GEAR PLACED IN PARK. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. HE ALSO OPENED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR IN THE EVENT THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO JUMP FROM THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 3,500

BRAKE PEDAL GRIP PADDING FALLS OFF, LEAVING A SLIPPERY SURFACE AND A FALLEN GRIP PADDING BLOCKING BRAKE PEDAL. WHILE DRIVING IN FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, SWERVING INTO TWO TOLL LANES & CRASHING INTO SEVERAL RUBBER DIVIDERS. AFTER THIS INCIDENT THE BRAKE PEDAL GRIP PADDING HA...

Mileage: 3,600

BRAKE PEDAL GRIP PADDING FALLS OFF, LEAVING A SLIPPERY SURFACE AND A FALLEN GRIP PADDING BLOCKING BRAKE PEDAL. WHILE DRIVING IN FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, SWERVING INTO TWO TOLL LANES & CRASHING INTO SEVERAL RUBBER DIVIDERS. AFTER THIS INCIDENT THE BRAKE PEDAL GRIP PADDING HA...

Mileage: 3,600

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AS I WAS APPROCHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE BRAKES MADE A VERY VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT WANT TO STOP AFTER BRAKES WERE APPLIED SO I HAD TO PUT MUCH MORE THAN NORMAL PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 340

DRIVING AT APPROX. 35 MPH, EXITING THE 405 S FREEWAY IN SOCAL ON THE BROOKHURST N EXIT RAMP, HEARD A LOUD POP. CHECKING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, I SEE A LONG 13 INCH CRACK IN THE GLASS AT THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, BEGINNING AT THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD WHERE IT'S CONNECTED TO THE CAR BODY FRAME AND ...

Mileage: 500

DRIVING AT APPROX. 35 MPH, EXITING THE 405 S FREEWAY IN SOCAL ON THE BROOKHURST N EXIT RAMP, HEARD A LOUD POP. CHECKING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, I SEE A LONG 13 INCH CRACK IN THE GLASS AT THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, BEGINNING AT THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD WHERE IT'S CONNECTED TO THE CAR BODY FRAME AND ...

Mileage: 500