What 303 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Kia Forte Koup

WHEN STARTING MY VEHICLE IN PARK, I PUT IT IN REVERSE, AND IT BARELY GOES. IT SEEMS TO LACK POWER, OR IS BEING BOGGED DOWN. IT ALMOST COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND THEN IT SUDDENLY KICKS IN, AND JERKS YOU BACKWARDS VERY FAST. IT IS SCARY BECAUSE I COULD EASILY HIT SOMETHING OR CRASH, BECAUSE THE CAR BECOMES ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO KICK BACK IN EITHER. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE KIA DEALER, BUT THEY SAID IT DID NOT DO IT FOR THEM OF COURSE. SO I AM STUCK WITH A CAR THAT IS HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THEM RIGHT NOW. I AM NOT WORKING, AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE CAR RIPPED ME OFF. I HAVE ALREADY PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT. IT SEEMS TO DO IT THE WORST WHEN IT RAINS FOR SOME REASON.

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MIELG 105000 I CHENG OIL AVERY 3000 MILES NO ENGINE NOISE TAK TAK TAK I'M GOING TOO MY MECHANIC TOLD ME NEED NEW ENGINE THAT PIG PROPLM IT'S A BAD CAR AND ENGINE I'M NAVR USD KIA I'M TOLD ALL FRIENDS AND RELATIVES DON'T BUY KIA BURN YOUR MONEY..THANKS

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VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD TICKING NOISE WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE EXACT COMPLAINT OF RECALL SC147. HOWEVER, SC147 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FORTE. VEHICLE HAS 104,000 MILES AND HAS HAD FREQUENT OIL CHANGES CONDUCTED BY A KIA DEALER. ALL DESCRIPTIONS AND VIDEOS ONLINE POINT TO THE ROD BEARING CAUSING THE TICKING NOISE.

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MY ENGINE HAS BEGUN MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND AND TWO MECHANICS HAVE SAID THE ENGINE HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE KNOCKING STARTED WITH NORMAL USE AND REGULAR OIL CHANGES. STARTED WHILE IDLING AND GOT LOUDER WITH FASTER RPM

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THIS ENGINE HAS ALWAYS HAD LOUD VALVES. DEALER SAYS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT IN 2012. AT 121,000 MILES, THE ENGINE HAS SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A SOLID KNOCKING FROM DEEP WITHIN THE ENGINE - MUCH LIKE THE SAME CONDITIONS THAT RESULTED IN THE OPTIMA, SPORTAGE, AND SORRENTO ENGINES BEING RECALLED. KIA CLAIMS THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH FORTE ENGINES YET THEY EXHIBIT THE SAME KNOCKING THAT ENDS WITH CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO PREMATURE BEARING WEAR. WHEN COLD, MY 2.0L GAS ENGINE CLATTERS MORE THAN A DIESEL TRUCK. IS IT POSSIBLE THEY ARE RESISTING ADDING THE FORTE DUE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF THOSE VEHICLES SOLD? DEALER WANTS $109 PER HOUR FOR DIAGNOSTICS WITH NO CAP ON HOURS SPENT. ON THE KIA FORUM I FOLLOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WAITED 3 MONTHS FOR A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE FOR A REPLACEMENT ENGINE THAN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. UP UNTIL NOW, THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT VEHICLE. SOLID, RELIABLE, ONE I WOULD JUMP INTO AND DRIVE 1200 MILES ON A TRIP WITHOUT HESITATION. WE AVERAGED 38 MPG MAKING TRIPS FROM NY TO FL AND BACK. NOW I'M SCARED TO EVEN MOVE IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. IT'S JUST SAD THAT KIA APPEARS TO HAVE DROPPED THE BALL LIKE THIS.

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MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING TICKING NOISES AROUND 60,000 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON THAT IT WAS JUST NOISY LIFTERS, SO I IGNORED IT. NOW, AT JUST OVER 100,000 MILES MY NEW MECHANIC RECOMMENDED I GET IT LOOKED AT. KIA TOLD ME MY ENGINE NEEDS REPLACED AND IT WILL COST $6000. THE CAR ISN'T EVEN WORTH THAT MUCH. I ALWAYS KEPT UP ON MY MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THE SALESMAN WHEN I BOUGHT THE CARE TOLD ME THAT IF I TOOK CARE OF IT, I COULD EXPECT 300,000+ MILES OUT OF IT. WHAT A LIE. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR IN HOPES THAT THEY DO THE RIGHT THING AND EXPAND THEIR RECALL. HOPEFULLY BEFORE I GO UP IN FLAMES.

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MY ENGINE HAS BEGUN MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND AND TWO MECHANICS HAVE SAID THE ENGINE HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE KNOCKING STARTED WITH NORMAL USE AND REGULAR OIL CHANGES. STARTED WHILE IDLING AND GOT LOUDER WITH FASTER RPM

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WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY HEARD A TAPPING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. TOWED TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE CONNECTING ROD BEARING FAILED, RUINING THE ENGINE (2.4L). QUOTED $6,000 FOR REPAIR. 82,000 MILES. ALL MAINTENANCE DONE ON TIME. DEALER AND KIA CORPORATE DENIED ANY HELP OR THAT THE 2.4L WAS DEFECTIVE AT MANUFACTURE.

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WE HAVE A 2012 KIA FORTE THAT WE BOUGHT NEW. ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT. WE TAKE CARE OF IT AND DON'T DRIVE IT INTO THE GROUND. 2 MONTHS AGO, ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISES, AND CAR STARTED STALLING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WE MANAGED TO GET IT TO THE SHOP, WHERE OIL AND ENGINE WERE CHECKED. EVERYTHING SEEMED OK, NO MAIN REASON FOUND AS TO WHY. SOME MORE OIL WAS ADDED AND WERE TOLD TO DRIVE IT TO RESET EVERYTHING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF. 2 MONTHS, 2 OIL CHANGES/TUNE UPS AND ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT COME OFF. LAST WEEK, AS WE'RE LEAVING FOR MY KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY, CAR KEEP STALLING OUT WHEN WE TRY TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER WHERE HE SAYS WE'LL NEED A NEW ENGINE. NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET KIA TO PAY FOR THE ENGINE, AND WE STILL CAN'T GET AN ANSWER AS TO WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. ON ANOTHER NOTE, THIS IS THE SECOND KIA ENGINE WE'VE HAD TO GET. OUR 2015 KIA SORENTO HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED LAST SUMMER (WHEN IT WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD). REALLY WONDERING WHY THE FORTE WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE ENGINE RECALL, SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH THIS.

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I HEARD A KNOCK COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND SUDDENLY THE CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT START UP AGAIN BUT THE POWER WAS STILL ON FOR LIGHTS, ETC. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE IS SHOT. AFTER RESEARCHING THE KIA FORTE I FOUND A LOT OF REVIEWS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING ON THE 2012 FORTE. NOW WITH THE RECALLS FOR THE OTHER KIA ENGINES WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR ENGINE TYPES, THIS MAKE AND MODEL NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED!!!

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WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE MADE A SOUND LIKE A TICKING NOISE THEN JUST BLEW. OIL ALL OVER THE ENGINE BAY AND GROUND. A LOT OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WOULD NOT START OR DO ANYTHING. GLAD IT DIDN'T CATCH FIRE WITH ALL THE OIL EVERYWHERE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC, COME TO FIND OUT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP. THIS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. SPEED LIMIT 70. IT WAS LIKE THE ENGINE WENT BOOM. GLAD I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE. LOST ALL POWER AND UNABLE TO CONTROL CAR. MECHANIC HAD TO ORDER AND WAITING ON USED ENGINE COMING FROM CALIFORNIA TO PUT INTO CAR. WILL COST 4000.00 FOR THIS REPAIR. STILL OWE ON THIS CAR TOO.

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WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR, I HEARD A KNOCK COMING FROM THE ENGINE!! I HAD IT TOWED TO A KIA DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR CAR THAT IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND ALL MAINTENANCE KEPT UP TO DATE!! I DID SOME CHECKING AND OTHER KIA ENGINES WITH SIMILAR OR SAME ENGINE TYPES HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THIS MAKE AND MODEL NEEDS TO INCLUDED!!

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ON 7/23/2016(MILAGE 108000) I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 KIA FORTE SX KOUP TO WORK TRAVELING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. 2 MILES FROM WORK I BEGAN TO HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND . ARRIVING AT WORK I DID A QUICK ENGINE INSPECTION BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING VISUALLY WRONG (LEAKS, SMOKE, LOOSE PARTS) LATER THAT MORNING I RETURNED TO MY CAR TO TEST THE ENGINE AND COULD HEAR THE SAME NOISE. I DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC. VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED UNTIL 07/25/16. MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER DISCOVERING A BAD ROD. MECHANIC ALSO CONTACTED KIA TO SEE IF BY CHANCE THEY WOULD OFFER AND EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT KIA WOULD NOT REPAIR ENGINE SINCE IT HAD PASSED THE 100000 MILE WARRANTY. (JUST 8000 MILES OVER WARRANTY !!!!!!) MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO BITE THE BULLET AND HAVE THE ENGINE REPAIRED. $4300 AND ONE WEEK LATER MY VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME. I NOW SEE ALL OF THESE NEWS STORIES ABOUT KIA CATCHING FIRE AND OTHER HORROR STORIES ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE ABOUT THE SAME EXPERIENCE OTHERS HAVE GONE THROUGH . I AM EVEN MORE OUTRAGED THAT IT COULD STILL HAPPEN TO ME AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL FOR THE AIRBAGS AND SEAT BELTS BUT NOT THE ENGINE!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!!!!

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I WAS TURNING LEFT AND CAR CHUGGED BACK AND FORTH AND BURNING SMELL WITH A TON OF GRAY AND WHITE SMOKE POURING OUT OF BACK OF CAR. FOUGHT WITH KIA GOT A REBUILT ENGINE. 2 WEEKS LATER SAME PROBLEM. TOOK BACK TO A DIFFERENT DEALER AND FAULTY VALVE WAS NEVER REPLACED. HAPPENED AGAIN 3 WEEKS LATER. CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. HAPPENED AGAIN 3 WEEKS LATER AND THIS TIME SMOKE AND BURNING SMELL WAS SO INTENSE YOU COULDN'T SEE IN BACK OF CAR. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT I JUST NEED TO DRIVE IT MORE. I AM A MOTHER TO 3 YOUNG KIDS. THE CAR SMELLS LIKE IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE AND THE SMOKE ALONE IS DANGEROUS TO WHO IS BEHIND ME.

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KIA FIRE: I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 MILES AND WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND AND THEN STALLED OUT. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR, WHICH RESTARTED, THEN IMMEDIATELY STALLED OUT AGAIN. TRAFFIC BEHIND ME GOT OUT OF THEIR CARS TO TELL ME THE CAR WAS ON FIRE, BUT I COULDN'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT WAS UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. 2 OTHER DRIVERS GOT MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER OUT OF THE CAR, WHILE ANOTHER DRIVER USED A RAG TO OPEN THE HOOD AND SPRAY THE ENGINE BLOCK WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. MY DAUGHTER AND I DIDN'T SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES, BUT DID INHALE SOME SMOKE. THE CAR WAS INOPERABLE AT THIS POINT AND HAD TO BE TOWED WHILE WE WAITED ON A RIDE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOOK THE ENGINE APART TO TRY TO INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE. THEY WERE UNSURE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE, BUT THE WIRING HARNESS SEEMED TO BE MELTED, ALONG WITH OTHER BELTS IN THE ENGINE BAY. I HAD TO FILE THIS AS A CLAIM UNDER INSURANCE, THE TOTAL DAMAGES WERE ABOVE $4500 AND MY CAR WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 3 MONTHS.

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MY SON WAS DRIVING OUR 2012 KIA FORTE DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM KIA DEALER ABOUT 11 MONTHS AGO WITH ~115,500 AND IT NOW ONLY HAS ~118,100 MILES ON IT. SO WE ONLY DROVE IT LESS THAN 3000 MILES OVER THE LAST ONE YEAR. WHILE HE WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, HE STARTED HEARING A CLANKING NOISE AND THEN THE CAR STOPPED AND WOULD NOT DRIVE ANY LONGER. HE SAID NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHT EVER CAME ON. ONLY HIS OIL MAINTENANCE LIGHT HAD COME ON RIGHT BEFORE IT OCCURRED. HE CHECKED THE OIL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE OIL WAS FINE AND STILL HAD APPROXIMATELY 2000 LIFE MILES REMAINING ON IT. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC THAT INSPECTED THE CAR AND HE SAID THE ENGINE IS SEIZED UP. BUT, HE SAYS SEES NO MAINTENANCE RELATED REASON FOR WHY THIS ENGINE HAS SEIZED UP LIKE IT HAS. I DID SOME CHECKING ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES REPORTED FOR THIS. WE FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL BY HYUNDAI AND KIA FOR AN ISSUE THAT SOUNDS EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT OCCURRED TO OUR ENGINE. I BELIEVE THIS CAR HAS THE SAME ENGINE OR AT LEAST HAS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE OTHER ENGINES, WHICH ARE SAME YEAR MODELS, BUT DIFFERENT MAKE. I BELIEVE THE 2012 KIA FORTE HAS THE EXACT ISSUE AS THE OTHER MULTIPLE RECALLED MODELS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME DILIGENCE DONE FOR THIS MODEL TO SEE IF THE SAME ISSUE HAS OCCURRED WITH OUR ENGINE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FORTE OWNERS THAT HAVE ALSO HAD THIS COMPLAINT.

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MY CAR STARTED OVER HEATING AT STOP AND GO TRAFFIC SO I CHECKED EVERYTHING AND FOUND OUT MY COOLANT FAN RESISTER WAS MELTING..I CHECKED TO SEE IF IT WAS A RECALL ON THAT PART AND IT WAS BUT I DONT THINK IT WAS CHANGE BECAUSE EVERYTHING THE RECALL WEB SITE SAID WOULD HAPPEN DID.

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I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2012 KIA FORTE KOUP SX WITH THE 2.4 LITER THETA II ENGINE THAT IS BEING RECALLED ON A LIMITED BASIS BY KIA UNDER NHTSA SC147. A WEEK WHILE MERGING WITH FASTER TRAFFIC MY ENGINE DIED FORCING ME INTO A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TRYING TO CROSS SEVERAL LANES OF MUCH FASTER MOVING TRAFFIC WITH A DEAD ENGINE. I CAME TO A STOP IN THE CENTER LANE AND HAD SEVERAL VERY CLOSE CALLS BEFORE OTHER VEHICLES HAD TO SWERVE AT THE LAST SECOND TO AVOID HITTING ME. MUCH LIKE THE COUNTLESS OTHER EXAMPLES OF VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE THETA II ENGINE SEIZING OR SPINNING ROD BEARINGS MY ENGINE SEIZED SOLID EVEN THOUGH I METICOUSLY FOLLOWED THE PRESCRIBED MAINTENANCE INTERVALS KIA SUGGESTS. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH I WAS DISMAYED TO SEE HOW WIDE SPREAD THIS ISSUE IS AND CANNOT FATHOM WHY KIA IS PERMITTED TO ONLY RECALL SOME VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME ENGINE AND NOT OTHERS. I VERY STRENUOUSLY URGE THE NHTSA TO EXPAND UPON RECALL SC147 TO INCLUDE ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS ENGINE BEFORE OTHER INJURIES OR DEATHS OCCUR AS I COULD HAVE VERY EASILY SUSTAINED. THERE SHOULD BE NO EXCUSE AND NO DEFENDING OF KIA'S POSITION THAT THIS ENGINE ONLY FAILS DUE TO MANUFACTURING FLAWS ON SOME MODELS AND NOT OTHERS MODELS WHEN THEY BOTH USE THE SAME ENGINE WHEN ALL ONE MUST DO IS TO DO A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH TO SEE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES OF AMERICAN CONSUMERS BEING LEFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE TO FACE THE MANUFACTURER TO GET THESE ISSUES RESOLVED. IT IS YET TO BE SEEN IF KIA APPROPRIATELY MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE EITHER UNDER THE 10 YEAR/100,000 MILE LIMITED WARRANTY (MY VEHICLE IS 6 YEARS OLD WITH 80,000 MILES) OR UNDER RECALL SC147; HOWEVER, BASED UPON WHAT I REPEATEDLY AM FINDING, KIA WILL TRY DENYING REPAIRS, DEMANDING ALL MAINTENANCE RECEIPTS AND GENERALLY MAKING IT AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE FOR CONSUMERS TO GET WARRANTY WORK DONE.

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I HEARD KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE AT APPROX 132,000 MI WHICH GOT WORSE PROGRESSIVELY. THE SAME 2.4 LITER ENGINE THAT WAS RECALLED IN THE OPTIMA. THERE SHOULD BE RECALL ON THE FORTE 2.4 ENGINE AS WELL.

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I BOUGHT MY 2012 KIA FORTE BACK IN 2015 WITH APPROX. 40K MILES ON AND THIS LAST SUMMER OF 2017 THE VECHILE WOULD NOT START AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM WORK ONE EVENING. I DROVE IT JUST FINE TO WORK AND WHEN I GOT HOME AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AFTER TOWING IT TO A MECHANIC I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. AS THIS IS THE SAME ENGINE THAT IS IN THE OPTIMA AND SPORTAGE THAT HAVE RECALLS ON THEIR ENGINES, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE FORTE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS AS WELL.

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TAKATA RECALL CAR STARTED TO MAKE NOISES. THEN AFTER GETTING IT CHECKED OUT I WAS TOLD THE CAR NEEDED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE! IT IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD. BOUGHT USED FROM A DEALER IN 2013. ENGINE DIED ON THE WAY HOME STILL HAVE A LOAN AND CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IT!!!! SAW MULTIPLE PEOPLES COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR SAME PROBLEM! WHEN WILL I HAVE A RECALL TO DRIVE A CAR THAT I AM STILL PAYING FOR. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND GOING STRAIGHT ON A STATE ROAD WHEN THIS ACCURED. SPEED LIMIT ON STATE ROAD I WAS ON IS 50 WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED PINGING ELECTRICAL WENT OFF THEN MOTOR STOPPED. THIS CAUSED US TO HAVE TO PUSH VEHICLE OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA FORTE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF COMPLETELY. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE LIGHTING AND STEERING TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEN TOWED TO VAN SYCKLE KIA (729 HOGAN RD, BANGOR, ME 04401) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 76,000.

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ON THE WAY TO A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH KIA FOR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THE CAR STALLED ON A CITY STREET. IT STARTED ROUGH AFTER AND THEN STALLED AGAIN 2 MILES AFTER THAT ON A CURVED CITY INTERSECTION. THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER AFTER THE SECOND STALL AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP. METAL SHAVINGS WERE DISCOVERED IN THE ENGINE AND OIL. THE ENGINE ALSO SHOWED DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER HEAD AND TIMING CHAIN FROM THE METAL SHAVINGS. THE CAR NEEDS THE ENGINE REPLACED, BUT A NEW OR USED ENGINE IS NOT AVAILABLE AND I WAS ADVISED THAT A NEW ENGINE NEEDS TO BE BUILT AT A MINIMUM OF $10,000. THE CAR HAS 103,000 MILES ON IT AND ONLY WORTH $3,400 IN GOOD CONDITION. THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER KIA AND HYUNDIA VEHICLES BUT MY MODEL IS NOT INCLUDED. CASE NO. 8:16-CV-01033.

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MADE A TURN AT APPROX 12 MPH. CAR BUMPED INTO NEUTRAL WHEN GROCERIES TIPPED OVER. HEATER, RADIO, AND ENGINE ALL QUIT. COULD NOT BE RESTARTED, VEHICLE HAD ZERO POWER. STRANDED IN INTERSECTION. TOWED TO REPAIR, INFORMED ENGINE HAD SEIZED DUE TO OVER-REVVING IN NEUTRAL. HAD ZERO POWER, COULD NOT OVER-REV. KIA AND WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSING ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR COVERAGE. BEING TOLD IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AND A NEW STARTER. ESTIMATED REPAIR $8500, MORE THAN TWICE BLUEBOOK VALUE. I SEE AFTER RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH KIA VEHICLES OF THIS ERA. APPROX. 83000 MILES, ALL SERVICE UP TO DATE. I NOTICE ON THE AUL REPORT THE AMOUNT OF WEAR ON THE ENGINE, AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DAMAGE USING WORDS LIKE "HEAVILY SCORED AND WORN TO COPPER BACKING." I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THIS KIND OF DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE MINUTE OR SO THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL, ESPECIALLY SINCE DRIVER WAS AWARE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. (SHE SAW THE GROCERIES TIP OVER AND HIT THE SHIFTER).

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AT 70,000 MILES THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AT COLD START UP AND CONTINUING TO GET WORSE. OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED EVERY 5,000 TO 7,000 AS KIA RECOMMENDS. I HAVE CONTACTED KIA ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY SAID MY ENGINE IS NOT A RECALL. I READ NHTSA IS LEADING THE KIA RECALL BUT NOT SURE IF THAT'S ACTUAL FACT OR NOT. WHAT I HOPE FOR IS THAT MORE INVESTIGATION GOES INTO THE REGULAR 2.0 ENGINE THAT'S IN MY CAR. I READ KIA HAS A 2.0 TURBO RECALL AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TURBO PART IS ABOUT SINCE IT'S AN EXTERNAL PART OF THE ENGINE. I HAVE ALL MAINTENANCE RECORDS OF OIL CHANGES UNTIL I PURCHASED THE CAR IN THE 43,000 MILES RANGE FROM MY ORIGINAL LEASE. I THEN RECORDED EVERY OIL CHANGE DONE BUT DON'T HAVE THE RECEIPTS. I DO ALL MY OWN WORK NOW BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST KIA AND IF ONE TRIES TO CALL THEM IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TALK TO ANYONE. I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE HOW MUCH LONGER MY CAR WILL RUN BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO TRADE IT IN AND SEND THIS ISSUE ONTO SOMEONE ELSE LIKE KIA IS DOING TO IT'S CUSTOMERS. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE ENGINE FAILS WHEN I'M DRIVING IT BUT I NOW HAVE IT DOCUMENTED. AT SOME POINT I'LL HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND REALLY DON'T FEEL I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE SINCE I HAVE FOLLOWED KIA'S MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. I'M NOT SURE IF NHTSA CAN HELP MY ISSUE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TURN TO. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY SINCERELY [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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