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2015 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1328192
Internal NHTSA #	10917741
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2015
File date	20/10/16
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	While driving approximately 50mph in my sorrento the car hesitated and stalled when i pressed the gas to pass a car next to me. Ithe felt like a slip. I wasn't sure what to make of it, but over the next 4 days it started happening more frequently. I went to turn it on the 4th morning and a cloud of white smoke came out of my tailpipe. I decided it needed to go to kia immediately. My sorrento is a 2015 with 27xxx miles on it. This is not what i expected from a new car. I brought it to kia and was called 10 minutes after i received my courtesy ride back. I was told a diagnosis was sludge and they needed maintenence records. I brought my receipts (which i had to have my mechanic type back out as i hadn't saved any reciepts). When we brought those in i had a spare key to my car and noticed it was in the parking lot. I checked under the hood only to discover they hadn't even pulled the valve cover on the car (i know this because there was a dead wasp frozen to the top of the bolt you need to take off to remove the cover that was there when i brought it in). They informed me that they opened the cap and that's how they knew even though initially on the phone they said they pulled the valve cover. They took my service papers and called me the next day to say kia won't cover it and rejected my records. My mechanic is a licensed mechanic. No reason given for the rejection. They say we will be responsible for engine replacement but still can't give us a diagnosis other than "sludge". So much for their "best warranty in the business".
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	27000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CAPE CORAL, FL
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
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	50
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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.
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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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2015 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2015 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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