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2014 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1625180
Internal NHTSA #	11287904
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2014
File date	01/11/19
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Purchased a used 2014 kia sorento showing 106k miles. Test drive with the salesman for about 6 miles various types of roads. Very impressed with the car, performed well. Purchased it saturday afternoon just prior to the used car dealer closing. After paperwork and plates done, drove it toward home. About 4 miles from dealer (interstate highway) saw the temperature guage climbing into the hot area. No other errors or lights came on. Let off on gas to pull over and temp guage came down to normal. Continued with caution thinking this was a faulty guage or sender unit. Limped home slowly. Noticed going up hills and pulling hard temp would climb. Letting off gas temp would drop to normal. Long story short got the car to a very reputable and experienced garage. Engine couldn't be repaired economically. Dealer did offer money back. As much as i didn't want to, wound up having to install another used low milage v6 engine. During the month in the garage i had done much research & digging & talking often with the very experienced mechanic in charge of the job. Coolant was low and all but two of the head bolts were more than finger tight !! How this engine was running was beyond me, it was! During all this research i read of many head gasket problems and leaks had been reported. The thing that was really concerning was the number of engine fires that had no real cause reported afterwards. My concern is if i had continued driving this car hard, could a leaky head gasket cause a fire under the hood? I learned from the mechanic all these head bolts stripped the threads from the block. I also learned there is another 1. 5 inches of unused threads inside the block! My suspicion is kia skimped on the length of all these head bolts to save a buck putting the reliability and safety at the customers risk. Is my safety at risk? Where is my recall for this car engine? 12/09/2019 dd.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	106000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WOODBURY, CT
VIN pattern	5XYKUDA77EGXXXXXX
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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Vehicle speed	35
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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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2014 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2014 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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