Car Stall problems of the 2007 Kia Motor Sportage

I own a 2007 kia Sportage lx with 6,0259 miles on it. I purchased this vehicle used with warranty, but of course that has expired. When driving in wet road conditions, through rain and over puddles of water my battery light will come on and the power steering will lock. I strongly believe that this is a defect in the vehicle and not due to regular 'wear and tear. ' I have read other reports of owners of this same make/model vehicle that have also had the same issues. I am scared to drive the vehicle during a rain storm, worrying that the car is going to stall and leave me stranded.

The contact owns a 2007 kia Sportage. While driving approximately 20 mph, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic stated that the motor failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 165,000.

I drove from avondale, arizona to chicago, illinois for a summer stay exactly 6 weeks ago, my 2007 kia Sportage continues to stall and turn off while idling or in traffic after 1 month and 3 attempts to have kia repair it. I decided to do a search online tonight and see if anyone else was having the same problem and eureka!  this apparently is an ongoing problem with kia based on the number of owners complaining about their cars stalling while driving and being unable to be repaired!  it¿s back at a kia dealership for the 4th time in a month since yesterday 7/1/11!  somebody is going to get killed if there haven¿t been deaths already! my car is a 4 wheel drive with a 6l engine that I purchased in October 2007with 3,040 miles on it is still under kia¿s advertised warrenty (the very reason I bought the car in the first place), I have had no problems with it until now and have had regular maintenance.    I drove from phoenix, arizona to chicago, illinois over the course of 3 days from may 9th to may 12th.   2 weeks later,  (may 21st) without any other indications,  it began to stall and shut off while in traffic,  the initial engine  shut off was while stopped for a traffic light coming home from lunch out with a friend no engine lights no warning, it stalled again when pulling in to park at her house that same evening.    I could just turn the ignition off and back on and the engine restarted both times but I ended the outing and went home worried because I didn¿t want to be caught out at dusk in chicago with a stalled car.  I called evergreen kia the next morning may 23th and spoke with brian bozer explained  the problem  it was presenting and was advised to bring the car in.   at my brother¿s suggestion I then took it to the auto zone down the street  at 76th and stoney island and the technician there used a handheld diagnostic meter and received a code of po711,  I took the receipt with the code from the auto zone and the car in at 8am on may 23th, it stalled once.