While driving motor suddenly starts knocking. took to the garage was told motor could siez up any time wasn't safe to drive. they also said there was a recall on some motors for the same reason. my modlld was not included. i fel this is an issue that should be investigated further.
Driving straight down the highway in the mountains, the car stalled 3 times when i would let off the gas. it began making a noise like the muffler wasn't working, then a knocking noise under the hood, and the noise under the hood got louder. i had the car towed to my repair shop. he told me the engine needed to be overhauled or replaced. i spoke to the dealer, the said the same thing. they want $9,800 to replace the engine.
The engine was running and my husband was in our daughter's driveway. he put the car in reverse so our son-in-law could leave for work and the engine stalled (later finding out it seized). not knowing the problem, they tried to jump start the car with no luck. we called aaa at 10am and to make a long story short, after 4 aaa calls, the car was towed to shorkey kia dealership. we had to pay $119 for a diagnosis. then were told the batter was bad ($172). after the batter was put i, we were told the starter was bad (didn't get that price). after the starter was put in we got a call that the car started and immediately the engine seized. because the same year, make, and model of the kia sportage had recalls that directly resulted in the engine seizing, we checked for this recall, but the vin number is not listed as a recall. how many recalls on the same problem must occur before another vin number is added to the list? my husband could have been on the parkway when the engine seized or in a dangerous location and could have been killed or in a wreck. shorkey said kia is not covering anything and we need a new engine for $10,000. the car mileage is under 56,000 miles and it makes no sense that an engine should seize and be bad at this low mileage level unless there's a flaw in manufacturing, which there obviously is since other 2013 kia sportages have been recalled (the recall which caused other kias to have their engine seize as well.
My 2013 kia sportage has 67,000 miles on it and the right fron axel has broken, additionally they think the transmission may be bad and they say my break pads, roters and tires are bad. i purchased two tires in 2016 and two in 2017 and drive approximately 10,000 miles a year. this car has never been in an accident and i am a very safe driver. this is not the first safety issue i have experienced with this car, twice the driver front door could not be opened, they fixed that at no cost but the fact that it happened twice and could be so dangerous should be noted. supposedly i have a 100,000 - 10 year limited power train warranty but they are telling me i have to pay for everything and that they won't know about transmission until they replace axle. i think there needs to be a recall on these cars, this is very dangerous. i am dealing with kia of cape cod in south yarmouth, massachusetts
I have had my vehicle looked at numerous times since i bought it 3 years ago. there is a odd thumping/humming like sound coming from under the hood or axle area, while driving, at any speed. nothing has been found. my vehicle shakes occasionally while driving over 45 mph. my air pressure light continues to be on constantly, even after shelling out the money to have the sensors replaced. i always feel like i have flat tires, although they seem fine when i check them. i am concerned for my safety, my children and other drivers on the road while i am driving. i have searched numerous times for recalls and found nothing for my vin. however, i was told by a dealer that there was a recall for safety campaign (some underbody addl anti-corrosion: sl). i have had my radio head unit replaced as it was glitching when using backup camera. the radio stopped playing through the speakers, although it still showed i had full control over the volume and toggling stations. my phone would connect via bluetooth but i was unable to use it. i feel my vehicle is part of many recalls that have previously affected and are currently affecting many kia's and would greatly appreciate it if it can be added to the list so i can have a safe vehicle to drive around for my family. below i put my last service date as when it started happening, again it happened just shortly after i bought the vehicle in 2016.
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.
Rod bearing failed at 94,000. car was driving on interstate hwy when engine seized.
I was pulling into a parking spot to park and my shifter would not go to park position. i tried to press in the button the side of the shifter to put it into park but it wouldn't press in as it normally does to change the gears. the only position it would go into was neutral or park and i was in a school parking lot where i needed to reverse to get back out of the space. i put it into nuetral which was the only option and was able to turn off the car but my key would not come out of the ignition in the neutral position. i had to leave the key in the ignition in nuetral turned off. i put my emergency break on hoping that would be enough to keep the car from moving. i was able to get a screwdriver from my childs school to release the lock switch on the shifter so that it would allow me to reverse the car out of the space but when i got home and put it in park, the shifter button was still stuck "pressed in" and would not allow me to take the key out of the ignition. i park on a hill so i had to use the emergency break with key still stuck in the ignition again to hopefully keep the car from rolling backwards into the street. my car is only 2 years old and acquired a lot of miles from moving from northern part of the u.s to southern part of the u.s and because of this move caused my mileage to go over the 60,000 mile standard warranty. i do have the powertrain warranty coverage up to 100,000 miles but the dealer is saying this isn't covered under the powertrain warranty.