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2017 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1389487
Internal NHTSA #	11003183
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2017
File date	05/07/17
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	After 650 miles: merging onto a highway: engine rattled. Engine died. We coasted to the shoulder. We stopped. I put the vehicle in park. Smoke was coming from under the hood. Looking underneath, we saw the car was on fire. Initially the fire was under the engine. We got away from the car and called 911. The fire department came and put it out. By this point it burned the front 2/3 of the car. The car got towed to an automotive towing place.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	650
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	PEPPERELL, MA
VIN pattern	5XYPKDA50HGXXXXXX
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
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	19/03/25
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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2017 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2017 KIA SORENTO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

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