Car Will Not Accelerate Problems of Kia Motor Soul

My kia was driving normally until I stopped at a red light at a busy intersection. When the light turned green, without warning, the oil and battery light simultaneously came on and the car stalled. I eventually was able to get the car to move; however the car would not accelerate and a horrible knocking noise was coming from the driver's side. My vehicle travelled another 100 feet before shutting off again. No check engine light present. I had it towed to stokes kia in goose creek SC, where I was informed that my engine threw a rod, and would cost nearly $8,000 to replace. I've had my kia for less than a year, and conveniently enough, my warranty just expired by a few hundred miles, and I still owe $9,000 on the loan I took out for the car. It is outrageous this vehicle hasn't been recalled yet; it's only a matter of time before someone become a fatality while driving down a highway when their engine crashes on them.

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Tl the contact owns a 2014 kia Soul. While driving and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate and remained in second gear. Also, the oil warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to benson kia of spartanburg (located at 1100 n pine st, spartanburg, nc 29303, (864) 585-3611) where it was diagnosed that an unknown computer code needed to be reset. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and the contact was informed to depress the accelerator pedal to manuever the gear shifter out of gear. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000.

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I was getting ready to merge onto the interstate when I heard noise coming from the engine compartment. When I got onto the interstate the car would not accelerate, so I pulled over to the shoulder, and the engine died. Smoke was coming from under the hood, and two men in two vehicles stopped and opened the hood and flames were coming out from under the hood. They had water and a fire extinguisher and also threw some dirt on the fire to put it out. The vehicle was towed to the kia dealership where it was bought. The insurance company had the kia Soul towed to denver colorado to have their agent look it the kia. It was declared a total loss and was not an arson fire. The kia dealership from which the kia Soul was bought never inspected the Soul. All routine maintenance was done on schedule by the kia dealership for the 9 months I owned the kia. It was bought new in December of 2016 and caught fire in September of 2017. The cause of the fire was never determined and kia never took any responsible.

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