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2016 KIA SORENTO Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1382311
Internal NHTSA #	10993088
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2016
File date	02/06/17
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	While travel in right most lane north on 15 in jefferson township, nj, i heard a loud bang from car. Immediately all power was lost. Given road had no shoulder, i stop the car in the travel lane. Turned car off then tried to restart. All dash lights light up included check engine and check oil. Smoke started appearing from engine bay. I turned ignition off, griped cell phone and exited the vehicle. I grabbed my construction vest from the truck. Vehicle was still smoking. Opened driver side door and hit hood release to check for visual damage. Under the hood there was no visual damage but smoke was still coming from undercarriage. I moved a safe distance from road/vehicle and called police station to provided notice of disabled vehicle in travel lane. While on the phone with police fire started from the undercarriage. Notified police to send fire. Fire arrived within 5 minutes. However, vehicle was already completely engulfed in flames. Even with heavy spray from fire hoses car still burned for almost 30 minutes until all gasoline from vehicle tank was burned. When hooking car it was noted rear driveshaft was sheared in half. Https://youtu. Be/3qy14oo1d-g
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	18000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LAKE HOPATCONG, NJ
VIN pattern	5XYPKDA57GGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
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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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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2016 KIA SORENTO Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2016 KIA SORENTO Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

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