The contact owned a 2013 Kia Sportage. While driving 60 mph, the engine made a noise and the entire instrument panel illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer (evans Kia (4580 Washington rd, evans, ga 30809, (706) 305-4000) where it was diagnosed that the engine froze up. The contact ended up trading the car in for an upgrade since the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in a recall. The failure mileage was 130,000.

- Ocean Springs, MS, USA

My daughter was driving the car on the highway and suddenly felt vibration and heard a loud engine noise. The engine light went on immediately. She quickly pulled off the road/turned off the car, worried it would catch fire. Oil changes have been done every 3,000 miles with documentation. She had an oil change 7-23-18. The engine ceased working on 7-26-18 while driving on the highway. The car had 55K miles on it and never had any problems as it was well-maintained. The engine prematurely ceased. Car was towed to a mechanic in palestine, tx who said the car was recalled for engine failure and recommended having it towed to Kia in tyler, tx. Kia is saying that my daughter's car is not covered by this recall and the engine no longer works. This car was in pristine condition and the make and year is listed as a recall for engine failure! the mechanic at Kia said there was oil in the car. A well maintained engine should not die at 55K miles! I want this investigated please as soon as possible. My car is sitting at the dealership in tyler, tx. My daughter should have had many many more years of use with this car and now has no way to get to college! I feel Kia does not want to take responsibility for their faulty engine. Please help. Kia tech case number is 12009982 to pull up the details and pictures.

- Frisco, TX, USA

Engine suddenly started making a loud clanking noise and engine light went on as I was driving on the highway. I had to pull over immediately and turn off the car for safety.

- Frisco, TX, USA

Engine ceased while driving on highway

- Atwater, CA, USA

Engine lost power and made a terrible noise while driving at 50 mph brought to a reputable mechanic in area and he found metal particles and worn bearings in lower engine checked for recalls and found none had to replace engine at own expense

- Edgewater, FL, USA

Just watched a news release on nbc indicating the possiblity of a fire from the underside of vehicle. I'm concerned that this organization is dragging its feet on a recall. Endangering my family. Please do what needs to be done before more serious tragidies occur.

- Graham, WA, USA

Driving 65 mph on a major highway. Hear a popping like sound and the car completely stops running. No power, no flashers. Able to pull over without incidence. However this could have been extremely dangerous if it were during rush hour.

- Laurel, MD, USA

Metal in my motor. Extended warranty expired 800 miles ago and Kia, the fox Kia dealership, nor the warranty company, protective asset protection will do anything for me. Ive had the vehicle less than 2.5 yr.

- Jenison, MI, USA

Engine blew without warning while driving on a city street. Vehicle was towed to private mechanic. I was told that I would need a new engine and it was not due to lack of maintenance. He has seen three Kia vehicles within the last two weeks with the same exact issue. Contacted Kia customer service and was advised to have vehicle towed to dealership. Mechanic confirmed a rod had been thrown and needed new engine. Mechanic also confirmed oil was clean and full. I faxed all of my maintenance records to dealership. Area district manager refused goodwill towards cost of engine. I never spoke to the district manager. I was told my only other option was to contact Kia customer service and to have my complaint escalated in the system. My VIN was not included in the recall even though my engine has the same exact problem as the recall. The recall needs to be expanded to include all Kia Sportages. Kia is making money off of its own manufacturing defect. My vehicle had approximately 108,000 miles on it when the engine blew. There are hundreds complaints about this happening. I don't understand why it is taking so long for the recall to be expanded. It has been under investigation for over a year by the NHTSA.

- Blue Springs, MO, USA

Vehicle experienced loss of power while accelerating on the highway and making a dangerous left turn across two lanes of traffic. A knocking noise coming from the engine persisted after this loss of power. The vehicle was immediately taken to the closest Kia dealership the following day and diagnosed as having engine bearing failure. Kia currently has a recall (SC-147) for engines demonstrating this type of failure, but we were told that the recall did not extend to the engine in our 2013 Kia Sportage. The vehicle currently has 109,856 miles on the engine and was in overall good shape and mechanically sound.

- Uniontown, PA, USA

Engine has 94000 miles, and started making an awful knocking sound. Pulled into service station and was told engine full of metal shavings and the engine needs replaced. Kia customer service says this Kia not covered by the recent engine recall, and my responsibility to cover it, even though it seems to be the same issue as those covered? engine always maintained like it should be and no previous issues until this. All of a sudden without any warning the engine starts chewing itself apart. Luckily there was somewhere close to stop before it seized up on the highway.

- Mooresville, MO, USA

My 2013 Kia Sportage engine light alarmed while driving to work. Immediately after the engine and car began rattling, followed by the engine completely shutting off. I was able to coast to the side of the road out of harms way. This is my wife's car that I use occasionally and normally she would be driving with our two boys in the back. This vehicle has been routinely serviced with no issues at all until today. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic who soon informed me that the engine was blown. As I described what happened to him he informed me that a recall for 2013 Kia Sportages with the same issues happened last year. I contacted Kia and was informed that my vehicle was not covered under the recall although it did sound similar. I am very confused at how this is happening to several other people as well with Kia not having to own their mistake.

- Thomasville, GA, USA

2013 Kia sorento engine recall: I was driving on the freeway in southern California to visit family when I started hearing a clicking sound coming from my car. It sounded like a woodpecker and it happened each time I hit the gas. When I accelerated slightly to merge over to the right to exit the freeway when I lost power, the gas pedal didn't respond. I was able to navigate traffic and coast to a stop on the off ramp. When this happened the check oil light, battery light, and check engine light came on. I then shut off my car, put on the hazard lights, and when I tried to start my car again it wouldn't start. I had to be towed from the freeway off ramp an hour later. I keep up with the regular maintenance and this should not have happened to my car at 107,000 miles. The dealership that it was towed to told me that the engine seized up and they are not sure why, some part in the middle...I drive this road to visit family often and if this would have happened at another point in my journey I could have been in a very bad accident. Sometimes on this freeway there are little to no shoulders, blind corners, and very dark at night with high speed traffic. Had this happened during an uphill section I could have been rear-ended or caused an accident as I lost all power and the flow of traffic is fast.

- Tulare, CA, USA

This week I heard a noise in my car, believe it was in the motor. Internet shows many recalls, I called Kia and was told my car not part of the recall. I filed a claim with them file/case # 12719646 and contacted a local dealer. Performance Kia, moosic pa. Took car for evaluation. They preformed test and result. Engine has internal bearing failure. They contacted Kia to see if qualifies for replacement after losing 3 hours of work waiting they were not approved to replace at time. Having no other form of transportation I left with vehicle and an estimate of $4836.27. Called Kia it is under review. Next morning called Kia again still under review in hands of dm over service.called dealership to advise. He contacted dm for update was told replacement denied by Kia. Out of pocket. Car has 86000 miles. No extended warranty. Internet claims my motor not covered although many complaints on line with the 2.4 motor. Not sure why this is not covered. Coming home from work last night motor died. Able to restart and make it rest of way home so I don't have towing bill on top of other expense.new recalls just last year after we made this purchase.I purchased this after owning a 03 Santa Fe with 200,000 to have something more reliable. Obvious failure in motor issues as parts are difficult to find. Research many recalls on Kia and Hyundai vehicles with 2.0 & 2.4 motors

- Dallas, PA, USA

My husband and I were driving from atlanta to huntsville, Alabama thus weekend(4/21/18). About 2 hours into our trip the car stalled out. We pulled over and it cranked right back up. Then as we were about 20 minutes from our final destination, the engine started knocking and then seized. We were driving on a four lane highway going about 50mph and this could have easily caused a serious accident. We had it towed to a shop that told us that a rod was thrown and then had it towed to the closest Kia dealership where we were told we needed a new engine.. because I am a second owner the warranty will not cover this. In doing research I have found hundreds of other people who have had the same thing happen to them. I have read people using the exact same word 'sludge' in the engine over and over. I believe Kia is hiding a problem and it is unacceptable. A 2013 Sportage with less than 80,000 miles on it shouldn't have this kind of engine problem. It has basically totaled the car because the engine is $6000 to replace. We have not done anything to fix it yet as we are looking into our options.

- Roswell, GA, USA

I heard a light ticking noise yesterday afternoon when driving through apartment community that I live and work at. I went to get in last night to go to store and when I turned my car on it was making a loud knocking noise. I turned it off and started making phone calls to mechanics this morning when I was told of a possible recall.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

We believe its part of known recall "SC147", in which Kia is aware of theta engine failure rod knock. Vehicle was in motion, stopped to fill tank and knocking began, dropped it off at nearest Kia dealer. Next day went in for warranty service and Kia motors America, not thr dealer, denied warranty because vehicle was purchased in puerto rico and they claim they cannot see VIN # which has nothing to do with warranty. We are the original owners, pr is recognized as United States both through the constitution and jurisprudence under the supreme court of the United States. Kia motors America can confirm via pepe abad Kia or motor ambar of pr that we are the original owners and vehicle is under warranty terms.

- Buford, GA, USA

Takata recall" fuel can not get 25mpg combined or 21 city never 30 listed on highway 15 to 17 city 19 on the highway the most. I returned a Kia sorrento after few months in 2013 a new sorrento for the poor gas not living to the fuel epa I was inform that I have to drive 5000, to 10000 to get better mpg I had the sorrento for 15000 miles and now the Sportage have 18000 and the mpg it is so bad. The air condition also very low flow

- Gilroy, CA, USA

Me and 4 of my friends (all of us are under 19) are returning from a wedding in the dallas area on a stormy evening. We are not from the dallas area so the drive was stressful enough. Im going about 65 mph then my car's acceleration stops working and the check engine and check oil lights come on while we are on an overpass so I am forced to pull over in a little spot in between an exit ramp and the freeway, and luckily we made it there or else we probably would have caused a fatal wreck. We were then forced to sit there for over an hour and a half in the dark without any emergency lights since our battery died also about 10 minutes in, and all of us know someone could easily not see us and hit us. The dealership then told us that the engine was blown, which is odd because our car has under 50,000 miles. Then we find out the 2.0 liter engines have been recalled, and I see no reason why the 2.4 liter engines shouldn't also be recalled because we had the exact same failure and it very well could have ended a lot worse than it did.

- Fayetteville, AR, USA

2013 Kia Sportage bought used off the showroom floor with only 5024 miles at 1 year old in October of 2014. When bought used, there is a 5yr/60,000 mile warranty(as opposed to the 10/100 when bought new).this 5/60 warranty begins at the time of purchase of the original owner which happened to be 11/6/2012. On 12/28/17 while traveling out of state, I was about 200 miles into a 220 mile trip when the engine seized with only 56,000 miles. While traveling a main route at roughly 50 mph in moderate traffic, the vehicle lost all motor power, slowed & came to a crawl (in traffic). I was fortunate enough to not be rearended as I safely pulled over & coasted into a parking lot. There were knocking sounds coming from my motor and the vehicle would barely move while given ample gas. I called Kia roadside assistance who informed me that they would not be sending a free tow truck as my warranty expired 52 days prior, but for $80+ they'd send a tow truck right away. (ps: I have never used Kia roadside assistance prior to this call - thanks Kia) I turned that offer down stating I had aaa. Aaa towed the Kia to the nearest dealership only 4 miles away, Kia of sussex in NJ. The following day, the hesitant svc mgr "confirmed" that the motor was seized-he did not pop the hood, only turned the key. They were reluctant to repair because we weren't from NJ. So we paid out of pocket to have it towed home to cny. We've submitted a claim to Kia motors America twice & they've denied our claim twice despite providing all of the oil change receipts that were done more than the manual suggested. Also, despite the fact that in March of 2017 a recall notice was submitted regarding this exact issue but when we called the dealer, they only stated it didn't apply to our VIN. Because it is 52 days out of warranty (with only 56K mi) they refuse to cover it. This is a lemon- we feel they're responsible

- Memphis, NY, USA