Engine Clicking And Tapping Noises problems of the 2011 Kia Motor Sportage

Tl the contact owns a 2011 kia Sportage. While driving approximately 25 mph, a sudden clanking noise occurred before the engine stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the engine had blown. The vehicle was towed to blaise alexander kia (2501 lycoming creek rd, williamsport, PA) where it was diagnosed that the engine seized due to a faulty motor rod. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and did not assist. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 17v224000 (engine). The contact indicated that the vehicle experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 70,000.

On June 18th car was making ticking noise. Checked oil, oil full. No dash warning indicators on. Drove to work and on drive home from work vehicle began making noise, engine began making noise, sounding like bolts tumbling in a dryer. Maximum speed home 25mph. Local mechanic looked at vehicle and said without tearing motor apart he believed the bearing was gone. Contacted dealership where purchased and was told to bring it there to be diagnosed. On July 10th their diagnosis was 0 psi on all four cylinders. Requires replacing the engine. Repair quote given was: short block plus parts was $10,584. 42 or used long block $6,558. 24. On 18th received important safety recall #19v101. Dealership responded by telling me that recall was not the problem. Purchased extended warranty agreement on date of purchase 10-10-2017. Warranty was for 120 months or 125,000 miles. Car has 125,235 miles currently on it.

During a return trip I suddenly hear a clicking noise coming from the engine bay area so I pulled over and parked the car for a quick check and while the noise persisted I needed to find a safer location so I drove off and eventually found a safer place to park but the noise was even louder as tho a rod was thrown and by the time I found this parking spot the car had lost all power. This happened so suddenly and without warning as a few hours prior there was no indication of any engine problems.

My car started getting bad gas mpg and loss of power and check engine light was on regarding 2 bad camshaft position sensors. Kia dealer checked the car and said the sensors simply needed replaced. I replaced the sensor and car problems got worse. Engine makes ticking noise when running. Kia service had no solution. After about 1 to 2 months I was driving the car on the highway and the car engine stopped and everything went dead. I had to shift into neutral and steer the car to the shoulder of the road fortunately avoiding an accident. I had problems with the car stalling while driving at least 50 to 100 times while stopped and while moving in the last 4 months. I had the car towed to the kia dealership service department. After a day I was contacted by the service technician and told the engine was seized up and I would have to purchase a new engine ($4500+). I've asked multiple times through the dealership and kia corporate what caused the engine failure but they refuse to give me a reason for the failure or investigae why the car continually malfunctioned and then died. The dealership said they would look for a cause if I paid them $1500 up front. Bottom line what happened to my car is the exact same as detailed in kia recall sc147. Kia refuses to recognize this, says the vehicle is out of warrenty and I'm simply screwed. I'm not paying $4500+ for a new engine when they can't even tell me what went wrong with the first one. Kia says my car has mpi fuel injection and the recall sc147 only covers cars with gdi fuel injection. The problem with that is that recall sc147 has nothing to do with the fuel delivery system. Despite communication with highest levels of kia America and the dealership I've been told repeatedly that kia will do nothing for me. Kia stated that my car engine to seize up and die at 78,000 is completely acceptable to kia.

Kia recall - SC 147. This relates to the kia engine safety recall campain sc147 regarding the engine. On 7/14/2017 I was driving my vehicle on the highway at it just stops while going 45mph. Luckily I didn't have an accident. Before this happened, my engine started making this loud tapping sound. I was finally able to make it to my residence but was too afraid to even drive the car. I didn't know anything about the safety recall until I did some research. I called kia and found out that my VIN was part of the recall. I called my preferred dealer and they weren't already back logged regarding this recall. Subsequently, after getting my vehicle towed, I was informed that my engine blew up even before kia could perform this test. My fear is that more cars will be affected and there are several customers (including myself) that have not received notices about this recall. Many dealers are not handling this properly per the interim notices by kia (ie providing transportation to customers, etc).