2018 Kia SPORTAGE problems and owner complaints

VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED TO 20 MPH ON ONE WAY HIGHWAY IN A PASSING ZONE. PROBLEM THEN DIAGNOSED AS ENGINE FAILURE. 5 WEEKS LATER, WITH VEHICLE STILL OUT OF SERVICE, DIAGNOSED INSTEAD AS WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM. WIRING HARNESS REPLACED. BRAND NEW CAR, 11 MONTHS OLD , 5,925 MILES, SERVICED WITH FIRST OIL CHANGE 5 DAYS BEFORE PROBLEM OCCURRED. KIA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE HAD NO REGARD FOR MY SAFETY ON THE SIDE OF A DANGEROUS FREEWAY AND HAD TO BE RESOLVED TWO HOURS LATER WITH AAA SERVICE TOWING. STILL NO REIMBURSEMENT FROM KIA.

Owner-reported narrative. 5,925 miles reported. Look up ODI 11203287 at NHTSA ↗

ADDENDUM # 2 FROM ORIGINAL COMPLAINT AND RESPONSE THROUGH SENATOR MARCO RUBIO OFFICE. 1ST ADDENDUM DATED AUGUST 9 2019. HUSBAND ARRIVED AT COURTESY KIA AND AS EXPECTED, NO LOANER VEHICLE. FINALLY I REACHED THE SALES MANAGER AND EXPLAINED HOW DISGUSTING IT WOULD BE FOR A DISABLED MAN WHO IS PAYING FOR A DEFECTIVE CAR AND PROMISED A LOANER TO HAVE TO CALL UBER. HE AGREED TO LOAN ONE UNDER "TEST DRIVE" GUISE. FRIDAY 9,2019 HEARD NOTHING ABOUT OUR CAR. WE CALLED AT 4:30. FERNANDO STATED THAT THEY HAD IT IN BACK AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH…

Owner-reported narrative. 9,400 miles reported. Look up ODI 11243454 at NHTSA ↗

REAR TURN SIGNALS AND REVERSED LIGHTS ARE NOT INTEGRATED WITH BACK BRAKE LIGHTS. THEY ARE TOO LOW AND PLACED UNDER THE BUMPER AND ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR. THE TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT VISIBLE TO CARS BEHIND. HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR 6 WEEKS AND HAVE HAD A FEW VERY CLOSE INCIDENTS ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY IN TRAFFIC. CARS DO NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN I INDICATE AND I HAVE HAD TWO INCIDENTS WHERE MOTORISTS HAVE TOLD ME I HAD FAILED TO SIGNAL AND MANY INSTANCES OF MOTORISTS HONKING. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN CHANGING LANES AND MERGING. REVERSE LIGHTS CANNOT BE S…

Owner-reported narrative. 30 miles reported. Look up ODI 11097858 at NHTSA ↗

DRIVER EXPERIENCED INITIAL BOGGING DOWN ON ACCELERATION BEFORE NORMAL ACCELERATION OCCURRED. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO OCCURANCES THUS FAR. HAPPENED WHILE ONE FOOT ON BRAKE AND THE OTHER ON ACCELERATOR IN ORDER TO GET RAPID RESPONSE CHANGING LANES IN TRAFFIC AND OTHER WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN THROUGH TRAFFIC. VERY DANGEROUS TO EXPERIENCE BOGGING INSTEAD OF ACCELERATION. THIS WAS A RECALL PROBLEM WITH MY 2011 JEEP GC. REPLACED AN INTERNAL FUEL PUMP RELAY IN THE TIPM THAT CURED THE PROBLEM. SUSPECT KIA HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I OWN A 2018 KIA SPORTAGE FE F…

Owner-reported narrative. 3,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 11165604 at NHTSA ↗

AFTER ECU UPGRADED UNDER "PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN", ENGINE SUFFERED SEVERE LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, LEADING TO RAPID LOSS OF SPEED. LESS THAN 9K MILES ON VEHICLE.

Owner-reported narrative. 8,800 miles reported. Look up ODI 11190981 at NHTSA ↗

ADDENDUM TO COMPLAINT ON KIA MOTORS,KIA AMERICA, CITRUS KIA , THEIR SELL OF FIRST A BRAND NEW 2015 KIA SOUL,NOW RECALLED 5 YRS LATER AFTER WE BEGGED FOR HELP. WE ARE 2 DISABLED PERSON S WHO WERE DUPED BY KIA AND CITRUS, TRADED IN GOING INTO FURTHER DEBT AFTER GETTING NO WHERE WITH NHTSA, KIA ETC. KIA MOTORS TRADED AND FINANCED A BRAND NEW 2018 KIA SPORTAGE ONLY TO HAVE DANGEROUS PROBLEMS WITH IT. KIA KNOWINGLY SOLD US 2 DANGEROUS VEHICLE S, WE HAD THE KNOCK SENSOR INSTALLED PER THE "UPGRADE", FARCE, SHOULD BE RECALL. THE CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC …

Owner-reported narrative. 13,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11407969 at NHTSA ↗

I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING AN TRANSMISSION ISSUE. I'LL BE DRIVING ALONG, STEADILY WITH SPEED CONTROL SET AT 70 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY ENGINE AND RPM GAUGE WILL REV UP DOWN SHIFT AND THEN GO BACK TO NORMAL. MY SPEED DOESN'T CHANGE, NO LIGHTS GO ON, JUST THE REV-ING SOUND AND THE GAUGE GOES UP IT ALSO HAPPENING AT LOW SPEEDS AS WELL, IT'S VERY ALARMING TO ME. I'VE CHECKED WITH KIA AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT STATE THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY NO RECALL OR ALERT AS TO WHAT EXACTLY THE PROBLEM IS, IT ALSO ENTERMITTING WILL HAVE NO ACCELERATION ON TAK…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 11256046 at NHTSA ↗

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN MAY OF 2020 WITH 44K ON THE ODOMETER. THREE DAYS LATER I WAS ON A 3400 MILE ROAD TRIP ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I STARTED HEARING KNOCKING FROM THE ENGINE BAY. I TOOK IT IN AND HAD THEM LISTEN. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS COMPLETELY NORMAL. THE KNOCK WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT 400 MILES THEN CAME BACK. I TOOK IT IN TO 4 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. I GOT TOLD THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THE MOTOR BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN FIXED ALREADY. THE DAY AFTER I GOT HOME THE CAR DIED AT 30 MPH ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK AND LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY INTERS…

Owner-reported narrative. 44,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11372948 at NHTSA ↗

AFTER 2 ATTEMPTS TO TRY AND HAVE THE SOUL REPAIRED PROPERLY AS TO STEERING AND AT LEAST 30 EMAILS AND BEGGING FOR HELP, AND FINDING MYSELF THE REASON THERE WAS A RECALL ON A RECALL...WE CONTACTED SENATOR MARCO RUBIO WHO IN TURN CONTACTED NHTSA, A CONGRESSIONAL AIDE ETC. NO HELP CAME FOR TWO DISABLED PERSONS. I EVEN WROTE ABOUT THE SOULS CATCHING FIRE AND [XXX] WITNESSED A SOUL CRASH DUE TO STEERING. WE BEGGED CITRUS KIA, KIA MOTORS,KIA AMERICA TO REFUND OUR MONEY. WE LOST OUR HOME BUILT FOR OUR DISABILITIES TO TOXIC DRYWALL, WE WERE IN PROPUBLI…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 11173197 at NHTSA ↗

ALL ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION AND LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES RESULTING IN HEADING CRASH

Owner-reported narrative. 33,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11255041 at NHTSA ↗