Engine Clicking And Tapping Noises problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Forte

Engine making clicking sound. Sounds exactly like the other engine issues kia has recalled.

I was driving my car when I noticed a tapping sound as I accelerated from a stop light. I pulled over to check under the hood, but couldn't figure out what was wrong. I check all my fluid levels and everything was perfectly fine. I shut the hood and started it back up. The tapping was still there. I decided to turn back and head home. As I started to accelerate this time the sound grew to a hard pounding noise. Before I could even pull off the road my car completely shut down. I lost all power and my wheel locked up. I tried to start it again, nothing. I had to towed to my local mechanic and after a few hours it was declared as "catastrophic engine failure". Keep in mind the car has only 61,000 miles on it! at this point I hadn't towed to kia for inspection and they determined "complete engine failure". "something has come loose internally". This engine is a obvious defect.

Driving on interstate I-70 MD at 65mph when I heard a ticking sound and I wasnt getting any power. Car was struggling to move when all the sudden bang!!!! smoke, plastic and metal went flying everywhere from the engine bay, ricocheting off the asphalt towards the sides of my vehicle and other cars trailing behind me. Cars swerved to avoid the debris from hitting their vehicles. Power steering went out and I struggled to move the car over to the shoulder across another lane. I couldve easily been killed had a driver not been paying attention or looking at their phone crossing lanes as the vehicle quickly was coming to a stop, inable to move. I somehow safely got to the shoulder and got the car towed at my expense to the mechanic. Catastrophic engine failure. Rod snapped and blew a 2 inch hole through the engine block and car lit on fire briefly. Bought a new (used) theta ii engine (the same engine recalled in hundreds of thousands other kias and hyundais) but not for the 2013 kia koup with the same engine problem. $4800+ later, im still scared driving on the highway as I couldve easily been smashed that day by another vehicle. Kia needs to recall every single make year and model with the theta 2 engine. Have new (used) engine reciept and all documentation pertaining to the incident.

Driving interstate 55 mph engine made clunking noise and stopped had to be towed home checked timing chain was good dropped oil pan and rod shattered and metal shaving all tore up engine no longer able to be repaired looking for a new engine owe $10,000 on car have to carry full coverage insurance doesn't run.

The vehicle makes a really loud ticking or tapping noise while parked on idle that gets significantly louder when accelerating. There are many videos on youtube that document this noise. The noise is so loud sometimes it sounds like something in the motor will come thru the motor.