Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Sorento

When driving on the freeway my vehicle started making a clicking noise and seized up myself and my two children where on the freeway driving about 55mph when this happened, thankfully I was close by a offramp to pull off of the freeway to the side of the road. There was no prior warning no lights that came on, I had the car towed home and the battery replaced but when car was turned on it made a loud knocking noise, vehicle was towed to the mechanic who can not get a reading or diagnostic reading from the car to see what or why it seized up, thank god we were able to exit the freeway without getting hit this was a terrifying experience and I cannot believe it did this, I've kept up the maintenance and my car was in great shape, I contacted kia for recalls I find it ironic that numerous customs with a 2013 kia Sorento and the same issues yet we are not ousted for the recall under our VIN. This could of resulted in a detrimental loss and now I am being told the engine was not supposed to do that and that this should of been part of the recall, I will continue to reach out and try to get help now that I'm being told it is safest to replace the engine, at this point I am extremely uncomfortable even operating a kia vehicle given all the research I've done and how many issues they have and continue to have with the engine, this will be my biggest regret purchasing this vehicle especially because kia is very aware of the issues yet it doesn't seem like they care, as many reports as I have seen with this identical issue all 2013 Sorentos should of been replaced due to the accidents that the engine can cause,a car should never shut off on you when your driving.

Driving fine, came to a stop sign, stopped, push accelerator and engine revved to high rpms but did not move. Vehicle began to move but lacked power. About 150 yds up the road, all dashboard lights came on and vehicle shut down, leaving vehicle half way in the road on a steep, blind hill. 37 degrees outside- vehicle would not start. Four year old child in the car as well.

Takara recall, Monday September 17,2018 my kids read bright to a kia dealership for an oil change before leaving for a trip the following day. Tuesday September 18,2018 were left for our trip from missouri to florida for a vacation. My car had only 63,700 miles on it. We got into mississippi and stopped for gas. A few miles down the road I heard a noise in the engine, we stopped to see if maybe we had just got bad fuel and treated it for that and checked the oil, all seemed fine except for the noise in the motor. We got 5 more miles down the road and my engine made a very loud grinding noise right before our check engine light came on and my husband felt parts falling into the oil pan and we lost all power in the vehicle and we were barely able to pull off the highway. We sat in a ditch in the middle of mississippi in the 92 degree heat with my little sister in the vehicle and decided to try and get a tie truck. 45 minutes to an hour later we finally got one there and when he tried to start my car it would crank and fire but did not sound well so we immediately shut it back down. We got the kia to the dealership and they told us our motor was completely done and needed to be replaced. Now we are still waiting for a call back to see how long the motor will be on back order and when we will get our car back. I don't even know now if I want to put my child back into this vehicle for fear that it could hurt or even kill us. My husband is a 3 time liver transplant patient and a kidney transplant patient from birth until recent. This was not a very good situation to have him in in that kind of heat in the middle of a state we don't know anything about. Luckily we had just stopped at a gas station so he had some water to drink. This is not the first or last incident with this vehicle and a recall needs to be put out a. S. A. P before someone is hurt or killed.

When beginning a right-hand turn after stopping for red light, the engine quit and it took two attempts to restart it. The car was fully warmed-up and had 3/4 tank of gas,the weather was about 82 degrees and humid. .

I have a 2013 kia sorrento v-6. Approx. 6 mths into owning the vehicle, while accelerating to turn right after stopping at a stop sign, the engine died and car lost all power. The car was stuck at a 45 degree angle 1/2 way into the lane of traffic. I was lucky that no-one was coming or I would have been t-boned. The car dash was completely dark with no lights whatsoever, no brakes and no steering (since both are power). I had no idea what happened and had a lot of trouble getting the car into neutral to attempt re-start. After several attempts, it finally did re-start. Took it to kia who was unable to duplicate the problem. Second time (11 mths), I was accelerating from stopping at a stop light - engine died and car lost all power, no steering or brakes - no dash lights. Cars had to go around me and I was praying I didn't get rear-ended. Again, car started after several attempts. Third time (12 mths), was at the bottom of a freeway off-ramp. Attempted to go after light turned green and engine died - again lost all power - no dash lights, steering or brakes - cars had to go around me. Fourth time (17 mths) stalled in parking lot when I stopped at intersection to turn left - same symptoms. This car is dangerous! kia needs to recall and correct this problem before a serious accident occurs and someone dies. I'm afraid every time I drive it. Huge safety issue! NHTSA, please do something.