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2012 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1306243
Internal NHTSA #	10893682
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2012
File date	02/08/16
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The car would lose power while driving then accelerate to speed. This was followed by smoke from the tail pipe. I have returned to the yonkers kia dealership on central park avenue in yonkers ny on august 5th, 2016 to look into a problem. A diagnostic was done and it was determined the engine was ruined do to slug build up. I was told that a replacement would coast about $10,000. Odd for me because my wife and i took the car in for regular oil changes and no indication of engine issues displayed on the dashboard. After speaking to a service representative he stated that i would have to support proof of maintenance on my car which would allow my repairs done under our warranty. I became extremely disillusioned after bringing the car into kia due to an issue that can be tied to the manufacturer. We were denied service under the warranty which we are still under. Our car is fairly new with less than 25k miles. We carried out all of the steps thus far including taking care of our investment, proving our car has been taken care off including keeping meticulous annotations (kept in the log provided by kia) and receipts to date. This is another example of big companies looking for loopholes and using tactics to swindle people of their hard earned paychecks. However, kia does not want to honor us. Our paperwork/log/receipts are being taken apart with prejudice in order to not provide services and rectify this issue that is proven to be a defect. We are concluding that based on the poor handling of our case and many others like ours, kia and its affiliates /dealers and corporate, are not about safety and customer satisfaction. All we ask is that kia honors its warranty rather than finagle use on the fabricated notion that we are at fault rather than poor engineering.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	24440
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BRONX, NY
VIN pattern	5XYKTCA64CGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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