general problems of the 2016 Kia Motor Sportage - part 2

This recall has been ongoing since February 2022. In my travels I see hundreds of new kia Sportages on the road but they can't come up with a single fuse to keep me from burning alive in my car? I am 70 years, working part time and need my job. I won't take the risk of transporting clients in my Sportage because of the potential danger and my employer is becoming impatient with this situation. My car sits out in the hot sun baking all summer because if it catches fire while in my garage I'm guessing my homeowner's insurance wouldn't pay because I knew there was a potential for fire. We are only weeks away from winter and do I scrape snow and ice off of my car at my age because kia is busy cranking out new cars without a thought for the ones they have already put on the road? it's almost six months -- to engineer a simple fuse? they shouldn't be allowed to put a single new car on the road until they fix the dangerous ones they have already put on the road.

The contact's daughter owns a 2016 kia Sportage. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed, there was a knocking sound and the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and diagnosed with engine failure. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was a service campaign for the knock sensor mailed to the contact's daughter's residence; however, the contact's daughter had not received the service campaign notification. The manufacturer declined the engine replacement. The failure mileage was approximately 137,000.

Engine stopped completely while on the highway with my family.

I was driving on interstate and with no sound or warning light my car just shut off. Lucky I was able to get it off the side of the road. Tired to restart the car it would not start the engine was locked up. Had it towed home. Sent kia a email they said take it to my local kia dealership to get it kia certified on what's wrong with it. Did so kia said it was a turned or spun rod bearing. But denied to fix it because the knock sensor was not installed if I don't get a letter or a recall on it how was I suppose to know. As I done some research I see it's a very big problem with kia 2. 4 l engines if it was a safety issue why was I not aware until this happened to my car. As its happened to many and lucky mine just smoked a little and did not catch fire.

On 12/2/21 I was driving down 52 towards lexington in the fast lane going about 66 mph with my child in the back seat in her car seat when I noticed my 2016 kia Sportage would not accelerate and suddenly went down to around 20 mph resulting in more than one almost collisions to try to get off the highway. I then heard a loud knocking noise and my vehicle would not go over 15 mph. There was not a single light on my dashboard that came on to alert me of the situation. I had the car towed to the auto shop I use until I could contact kia. Bob king kia (where I bought this one new as well as two other cars previously) said I had to have it towed there and have a diagnostic ($130) completed before they could help me. On 1/4/22 I had it towed there. This was a scam as they told me my engine failure was due to a recall that was not completed that I was never notified about and they would nor kia would cover anything. Brian(service manager) there offered to reach out to his kia sales manager to see if he could get an exception. To my knowledge this never took place according to two other individuals and I was lied to. When he reached out on 1/24/22 to let me know it was a no he also told me my car was broken into on 1/18/22 and I was not notified of this prior. So now I have a 2016 kia Sportage that I still owe money on that wont run and a broken window I had to put a claim on my insurance for that even as of 2/10/22 has yet to be fixed. It is sad though that they offered to give me $500 for my car that I owe about $5000. 00 on or I could trade it in on another kia and they would pay my car off. It is all a sales gimmick and people are taken advantage of.

I own a 2016 kia Sportage which is still new. I've owned it for 2-3 years had about 32k miles on the vehicle when I purchased it in 2018. I currently have 50k miles now, I follow-up with dealership on my oil changes without having any issues. One day out of the blue it started making a knocking sound coming from engine, I contacted the dealership they couldn't figure it out stating it was a known issue from the back rear seats locking latch not holding steady. I explained that it sounds like it's coming from front side of the vehicle in the engine. They advised me that I am okay so I took their word for it. Followed up on a routine oil service change and again I advised the dealership to look into the knocking sound due to concerns that it doesn't seem right. My engine service lamps have never turned on but the sound has been a concern but once more the mechanic and service writer at the dealership assured me that their is nothing wrong explaining to me, it's just the a/c ventilation shutters underneath the front end of the vehicle it suddenly disabled itself and it's flapping when the vehicle is in motion making the knocking sound. I was in shock with what was said but they are the experts. Late 2020 just months later I arrive at the dealership for my oil change was told by service writer that I have to perform their 30k milestone oil service: repl engine oil / filter inspection which cost $400 - $415. I was amazed that it cost so much but I went right ahead and told dealership let's do it. Halfway into 2021 the vehicles knocking sound that I've been questioning and complaining about started making a loud scary sound out of no where. I wouldn't operate or drive the vehicle. I contacted dealership immediately but they are charging me for engine repair, probably have to buy a new engine cost in thousands. Impossible to be my fault I've questioned problems but was given no help. Found engine recalls 2016 kia Sportage vehicles received no assistance. Help me.

On March 12 2021 I was on I-4 east toward daytona beach about 70 miles per hour and all of the sudden the engine stahl. I was able to move to the shoulder of the road. The tow truck driver jumped the battery 3 times and the engine didn't start,took it to the dealer kept the car overnight did all necessary checks everything looks fine no problem with the battery or any other thing. . The next day the car start as normal, they did a test drive and everything was ok as if nothing had happened. I went and took the car home and as of this moment it seems to be ok. My big concern now is what if it happens again while driving in the highway. It can cause an accident risking mine and my family lives. Is there anything I can do???.

The contact owns a 2016 kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 mph, there was a knocking and squeaking sound coming from the front and the rear of the vehicle. The check engine warning light was illuminated. Additionally, there was oil leaking from the vehicle. The vehicle was diagnosed with asphalt in the exhaust system. The dealer replaced the brake lining. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

The contact’s son owns a 2016 kia Sportage. The contact stated that while attempting to drive, the vehicle failed to accelerate, lost motive power, and stalled. The contact was unaware if a warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The engine was replaced, but the failure recurred. Additionally, the dealer informed the contact that there was rod bearing failure and that the catalytic convertor had melted. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the knock sensor update was not completed. No additional assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.

My car wouldn't run right we took it in they said it was the cran sensor charged 900 to fix it. Then that didn't work now it is the engine harness and they want 3400 to fix it. If I say fix it what will be next. They don't want ot repair it just replace.

P1326 glow relay stuck on.

The car hesitated or choked when accelerating to change lanes and a cloudy fume emitted from the rear. This has happened 5 times in the span of 2 weeks, both on freeway and surface streets. Several times came very close to getting rear ended.

As I'm going down the road it just fades out, no warning or chugging,I have to move to the side of the road and turn the car off and restart it, then it's ok(?) so to speak. . It's only happened twice and I was on a back road home both times. But what if I'm on the freeway and trying to pass a semi and it does this, I could be killed or injured. . . What could possible be going on? thank you for your time on this matter. . . Kathy quear.

I own a 2016 kia Sportage and in January 2019 on a trip to a nearby town the car engine started to catch. At this time the car only had about 29,000 miles on it and had the oil changed about 4 weeks prior. My husband checked the all the fluids and found the car had very little oil in it. We were surprised since no warning lights ever came on and we had just change the oil. He put oil in it and watched it and again 2 weeks later there was very little oil in the car. I took it to the dealer and explain all of this. They took a picture of the inside of my motor and said it was like sludge then put it all back together and blamed everything on us voided the warranty . The car cannot be driven over about 45mph. Upon further research I found that there was an oil delivery system problem that causes excessive wear on this motor that kia is refusing to deal with it. After reviewing this research I was afraid to drive it because because there were reports that the engine seizes and catches on fire.

My husband and I were driving our 2016 kia Sportage that we had bought on 05/23/2018 (just made the first payment the day before) to myrtle beach SC, we heard a pop, I lost function to the gas, pulled to the side of the road and popped the hood to find fire flames coming from the engine. We grabbed what we could out of our car and ran as far away as we could. It wasn't even 2 minutes later and the whole car was in flames and everything was destroyed. All that was left was the frame of the car. We just got married in October of 2017, this was our first married purchase and was suppose to be our family car and we watched it burn to the ground in front of us. We also lost a lot of valuables in the fire.