Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Sorento

While driving on highway 50 about 20 miles from south lake tahoe my car just stalled out while traveling at the speed of about 55 mph. Steam/smoke from coming from the front end. As I pulled over to the side of the road other motorist traveling west bound started honking and pointing to the vehicle. After stopping is when we realized the engine area was on fire. After opening the driver side door the flames shot out from under that car causing 3rd degree burns to the back calf on my left leg. The car was in totally in flames within 5 to 10 mins.

On 08/10/12017 while driving my 2012 kia Sorento on I-40. I heard a "rattling noise" from the engine. As I slowed down the sound got louder. I turned on a side street into a safe area and parked my vehicle. There was smoke coming from under my hood. I opened the hood and saw 2 small patches of fire. I was able to put them out, then ran to a best western hotel and asked for a fire extinguisher in case a fire would erupt again. I researched and discovered that on 03/17/2017 kia announced a recall for 2012 Sorentos. Kia's recall: sc147: " bearing wear may result in engine seizure" this is on kia's, NHTSA's , pbs and forbes websites. [ NHTSA campaign # 17v224000 "machining errors during the engine manufacturing process may cause premature bearing wear within the engine"] I contacted kia's consumer affairs # and the person told that my 2012 kia Sorento was not eligible for the recall. He said my VIN # was not part of the recall. I had just returned with my family 1 day prior from a trip to mobile, al. (1500 miles round trip). On 08/12/17 I had my vehicle towed to battleground kia where the advisor & technician showed me the problem a "thrown rod". This hole is 3" to 4" diameter. (pictures attached). I asked what could have caused the rod to be thrown? I had my oil changed on schedule the latest was 07/26/2017. This vehicle has 123,937 miles on it. He replied he didn't know what caused it. On 08/15/2017 I was informed that to replace the engine with a used one with 99,000 miles was $6400 plus labor. [that is about 24,000 miles less than mine current mileage with the same potential problem lingering to happen again] it is obvious that the problems with the recall engines are identical with mine. I would like kia manufacturing to replace my defective engine with a new engine and rental vehicle at no cost to me. I'll like to partner with the local dealership to rectify this.

The contact owns a 2012 kia Sorento. While driving 45 mph, the crank case bearing in the engine disintegrated and ruined the motor. The vehicle was towed to oxondale kia in flagstaff arizona where it was diagnosed that metal fragments entered into the engine oil deposit, which caused further damage to the vehicle. The service manager at the dealer stated that there was a recall for the failure, but the contact's VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The recall details were not provided. The failure mileage was approximately 81,000.