Crankcase (pcv) problems of the 2014 Kia Motor Soul

My vehicles ksds sensor was updated per recall. 2 months later the catalytic converter, pcv valve, and spark plugs needed replaced. After replacing and paying out of pocket in 01/2024, the check engine light began coming on as well as oil light. Vehicle began losing power and going into limp mode. Was taken to kia and knock sensor was replaced 06/15/2024. Less than 3 weeks later the check engine light was on again, loss of power and check engine began flashing. Towed to kia again to be told that I have to replace the engine out of pocket. This is a huge safety concern, considering the loss of power and all issues with kia Soul for any recalls or warranties have been the same issues with my vehicle. Vehicle had roughly 96k miles at first knock sensor replacement and approximately 104k at final issue.

The car was having an oil consumption issue so I took it to the dealer where they said it wasn’t considered excessive to them and said to get the pcv valve replaced which I had them do. Then the car went into “limp home” mode while on the highway and began displaying a check engine light intermittently with a po420 code. Took it to the dealer and they said it needs a new catalytic converter. It had just had the catalytic converters recall performed and when I talked to the service manager about that he agreed and said it was a latent defect in the car and that kia would goodwill repair the catalytic converter. Kia denied doing that and continued to deny it even after I appealed several times. The car still has an oil consumption problem, still intermittently displays the po420 error and has a check engine light on and last I talked to the dealer they said now the car needs an entirely new engine.

Soon after buying my car used in 4/2021, I took the car into a kia dealership to have the check engine light evaluated and asked for the open recalls to be addressed also. They didn't check the codes before doing the recalls and said the recalls performed cleared the codes and the check engine light was no longer on. I then had my mechanic do a tune up of spark plugs and oil, lube and filter change. The car performed better but would randomly experience loss of power while on the highway or when accelerating from a stop as though it was chocking and ready to stall. The check engine light never came on during this time. I have had to keep a very close eye on the oil level this whole year and there has not been any signs of a leak . But I have had to add a quart or more of oil approximately every 500 miles plus have the regular oil and filter changes. Also installed a new pcv valve. I have put 11,500 miles on the vehicle in one year. Now one year later, I couldn't get the car to accelerate to highway speeds and yet no check engine light comes on. I took the car to another kia dealer to have it diagnosed. The codes were showing misfires on multiple cylinders. And their diagnosis is that the catalytic converter and gaskets and O2 sensor need replaced plus the spark plugs need replaced because they are burnt. Also the fuel system needs serviced due to excessive carbon build up. I have researched the recalls on the 2014 kia Soul and see that there is a NHTSA campaign:19v120000 that addresses this same issue but somehow my VIN is not included. I am not able to have these repairs made (nearly $4000) and this car is just an accident waiting to happen. Why is my VIN not included in this known issue that already has a recall associated with my make and model?.

Engine oil consumption has been . 69qts per 1k miles. I bought this car new. In the beginning I thought that the service department wasn`t changing the oil. I went to a metallurgist I had done some work for and asked him to observe my drawing of an oil sample to send off for analysis. There was nothing out of the ordinary in the oil. I started servicing the car myself. Over time I kept topping up the level in the engine. The car was getting close to the end of warranty and news had reported engine fires in my make and model of auto. Kia called in autos for an oil consumption analysis: an oil change - goop up the drain plug, dip stick - oil filler - cap - drive 1000 miles - bring the car back - check the oil - top it up - do it again. Three of these cycles were called for. I brought my car back for the first check by this time I had zero confidence in this process. I made them allow me to observe the dip stick check for crankcase oil level. Low and behold it had made oil. This indicated the oil level had been exceeded and there had been no base line been established so the first 1000 mile check was a waste of time. I made them suction off the excess oil to establish an appropriate point of reference. In the end they sent me home with a statement that kia considered . 7 quarts per 1k miles acceptable. One free oil change @ 1k miles then 10k intervals mile to the next oil change. 10k miles @ acceptable engine oil consumption of . 7 quarts per 10k miles = an empty crankcase before oil change is due. No wonder they found debris in the crankshaft. It doesn`t take a nuclear physicist to extrapolate this. Kia feels its the owners fault debris is found. Who would buy a new auto with knowledge of these statistics. At a minimum the auto was misrepresented. ## #vpic# 1 - check digit (9th position) does not calculate properly; 3 - VIN corrected, error in one position (assuming check digit is correct); 14 - unable to provide information for all the characters in the VIN. #vpic#.