2012 Kia Sportage Power Train

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. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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 INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. HE SAID THE HAD CATASTROPHIC ENGINE. THE MECHANIC ADVISED US TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. KIA SAID THAT IT WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE COSTING $5000-$8000 TO REPAIR. HOW IS IT THAT OUR SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL HAVE 3 RECALLS BUT OUR VIN NUMBER IS NOT. WHEN THEY SOLD US THE CAR THEY KNEW IT WAS A TICKING TIME BOMB AND DIDN'T CARE. JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE SALE. AS THE 2ND OWNER OF THE CAR THEY SAID THEY WON'T HONOR THE FACTORY WARRANTY EVEN IF THE SALESMAN MARKED IT ON OUR PAPERWORK THAT WE DO HAVE IT. STILL GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM THEM. EVEN IF THEY DO FIX THE ENGINE I AM SCARED TO HAVE MY DAUGHTER DRIVE IT. CONSIDERING ALL THE RECALLS AND HORROR STORIES. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. I WOULD NOT WISH THIS ON ANYONE!

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 ENGINE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V101000 (ENGINE); HOWEVER, THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS EXCLUDED. THE CONTACT CALLED KIA OF IRVINE (45 OLDFIELD, IRVINE, CA 92618, 833-290-7156) FOR A SECOND OPINION AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO COVER THE COSTS FOR A TOW. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

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, GOING FORWARD, NOT JUST BACKING UP FIRST.I HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION. I ENTERED IN OTHER AS I'M NOT FAMILIAR WHERE THIS ISSUE GOES ON YOUR LIST. POSSIBLY THE DRIVE TRAIN?

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.

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

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 MY GROCERIES, MY CAR STARTED ROLLING/ DRIVING AWAY. NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR AS THIS WAS HAPPENEING. AS I CHASED MY CAR I WAS ABLE TO GET TO MY PASSENGER DOOR AND GET IT OPENED, THE CAR WAS STILL IN THE PARK. THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED MY CAR WAS THE FRAMING OF A GARAGE. I HAVE MULTIPLE WITNESSES THAT SAW MY CAR IN PARK, AND WATCHED IT DRIVE AWAY. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS CAR ANY LONGER.

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 ANYONE ELSE REPORTING THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE?

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. THE BEARING WORE FROM THE ENGINE COMPLETELY LOCKED UP THE ENGINE. CALLED KIA AND TWO KIA DEALERSHIPS DIRECTLY AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE HAVING THESE ENGINE ISSUES WITH MANY OF THEIR OTHER MAKES WITHIN THE SAME YEAR. REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT SINCE I WAS OVER MY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AS A SECOND OWNER, WITH ONLY 112,000 MILES ON THE CAR, AND THE CURRENT RECALL WAS ONLY COVER 2.0 LITER ENGINES AND NOT 2.4 LITER ENGINES. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE OUT OF POCKET SINCE MY VIN DID NOT MATCH ANY OF THE CURRENT RECALLS, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS HAPPENING TO MULTIPLE KIA MODELS.

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 VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO TWO PARKED VEHICLES, TRAPPING THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE VEHICLES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES THE ARMS, SHOULDERS AND RIBS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,500.