Engine Oil Leaking problems of the 2017 Kia Motor Sorento

My car started running badly with a knocking noise at the start. The knocking noise got worse, I so pulled over and checked the oil and there was virtually no oil in the engine. I filled it with oil and the knocking continued and got worse as I drove it to the dealer for service. The engine failed before I could make it to the dealer. It now needs a new engine. The car was serviced regularly. No low oil engine light came on to notify me of low oil. No leak was detected.

This is a early 2017 bought in August 2016 on December 22 2021, my daughter and two young grandsons were traveling west bound on i68 just past cumberland MD. Her car lost power and she called me immediately and I heard the engine rattling. I told her immediately to pull over and turn the engine off, I ask her if she had a low oil pressure or low oil light she didn't until all the oil leaked out. She had the vehicle towed to a kia dealer in cumberland, MD where he took a picture of a pop can size hole in the block. So you have the same problems in some 2017s. She has 115000. Miles on the vehicle. If you are wondering why she called me, she was on the way to my home and I worked at tmmwv test cells and listened to many engines.

This car is unsafe because the oil just disappears without any obvious external leak and does not utilize the oil light to indicate the vehicle needs oil as it does with the gas light and flat tire alerts . This can cause the engine to catch fire or car to reduce speed or stall while driving . The engine just consumes or looses oil and you have to check it daily - can you imagine the headache and financial burden to put oil in a car every other day . Kia needs to fix this issue , it's more common than you think across the us .

8/19/19 I had a scheduled oil / filter change at dealership,mileage 50280. 10/11/19 I checked my oil and there was no oil on the oil dipstick. There were no leaks, no oil on garage floor, no oil warning light. I brought it to the dealership same day, 10/11/19, I thought maybe the tech did not put correct amount of oil, I only had an addtl. 2700 miles and was not scheduled for an oil change yet. One of the techs put about 1 1/2 - 2 quarts of oil in it and told me to keep an eye on it. Saturday, 12/07/19, it happened again,no oil was showing on the dipstick. I was going to have dealership do the oil change, I was close to the mileage to get one, but not quite, but instead of dealership doing oil change, he said to bring it back Monday 12/09/19 to have a 'tech line' opened. I am the original owner of this 2017 kia Sorento and it is still under warranty.