2016 Kia Sportage UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Paint peeling and bubbling

The contact owns a 2016 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while his wife was driving 35 MPH, she heard abnormal loud knocking sounds coming from the engine. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact's wife was able to continue to drive the vehicle. The contact stated that while he was taking the vehicle to the dealer the following day, the vehicle inadvertently stalled. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The dealer also informed the contact that they could not repair the vehicle under NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V907000 (Fuel System, Gasoline, Engine) because he had not taken the vehicle to their location before the engine failed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 91,000.

HI, WITH THE WINDOWS CLOSED AND THE A/C ON, THE OUTSIDE ODORS, GET IN TO THE VEHICLE INTERIOR. I KEEP THE AIR INTAKE CONTROL BUTTON ON. THE DEALER CHANGED THE AIR FILTERS. THAT HAPPEN WHILE I DRIVING CLOSE TO OTHER VEHICLES. THIS HAPPEN ALL TIME.*DT

TAKATA RECALL THE SALES MAN AT A BETTER WAY WHOLESALE AUTOS INC423 RUBBER AVENAUGATUCKCT06770 REFUSED TO SHOW THE CAR FAX AND STATED THAT IT WAS CLEAN ONLY HAVING OIL CHANGES LISTED. YESTERDAY KIA MECHANIC STATED THE CAR IS NOT TO BE DRIVEN SINCE IT IS A DEATHTRAP AND THE BACK END CAN FALL OFF AT ANY TIME. CALLED THE DEALER 5 TIMES, SPOKE WITH 10 PEOPLE WITHOUT GETTING A HOLD OF TJ SALES MGR.

ON 9/28/2018 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY SUNROOF IN MY 2016 KIA SPORTAGE EXPLODED . THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THIS TO OCCUR.

SUNROOF EXPLODED ON I10 FREEWAY AT 65 MPH CAR BEHIND GOT GLASS FRAGMENTS

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY ENGINE DYING/STALLING RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CAR IN MOTION AND SLOWING DOWN WITH NO SIGNS OR INDICATIONS OF AN ISSUE ATLEAST 6 TIMES SINCE HAVING THE VEHICLE WHICH I HAVEN'T HAD FOR A YEAR YET. TWO TIMES I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED, I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD "COULD NOT VERIFY CUSTOMERS CONCERN SCANNED WITH KIDS NO CODES FOUND TEST DROVE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE DROVE AND SOUNDED FINE AT THIS TIME WITH NO ISSUES RECOMMEND HAVING TOWED NEXT TIME IT STALLS" AND THAT IT COULD BE ANYTHING AND THE CAR COULD BE THERE FOR HOURS, MY FEAR IS THEY WILL JUST REPLACE RANDOM PARTS THEY THINK COULD BE THE ISSUE AND IT WILL STILL OCCUR AND NEXT TIME I COULD BE INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE SO I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE THE SAME DAY AS THE SALESMAN MOVED THE CAR OVER TO MY NEW ONE I HAD STALLED ON HIM