general problems of the 2018 Kia Motor Sportage - part 2

The contact owns a 2018 kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving 10 mph, the vehicle was jerking and hesitating while driving. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the residence and then towed to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the engine had failed and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that there would be an reimbursement after legal matters were resolved. The failure mileage was unknown.

Engine seized with no warning. Oil was being consumed but dealership said this was normal. Then it seized up now being quoted for $12,500 for new long block. They said it was a freak thing that happened. Something made a hole in my radiator. This is all lies.

I am being told my 5 year old kia Sportage is going to need a new engine. It does have 122k miles, but other than that, I have never had an issue. After reading complaints made by hundreds of other kia Sportage owners it seems there is a common denominator. A car made with a defective engine. I have been to the mechanic two times, for a routine oil change and have been told there is no oil in my car, even though both times they have stated there are no leaks. I need a solution for this that doesn’t cost me 4-10k on a new engine. When this issues should have never been a thing.

Engine failed while driving on busy highway at high speeds. Engine suddenly stopped, forcing us to coast to a stop on a narrow shoulder. Safety was impacted by the risk of impact by oncoming vehicles. Check engine lamp illuminated shortly before failure, giving little warning of a problem. Upon inspection of the engine, engine oil could be seen sprayed out from the front of the engine under the intake manifold area.

After an oil change on Jan 4, 2023, I have driven approximately 3500 miles. On April 12 I had to brake a little harder on a hill turn & the dash oil light came on & off. Took it to the garage to be checked. Analyzer said nothing was wrong. On April 13, it happened again at a stop light, immediately took it back to the garage to be checked. The mechanic discovered there was zero oil in the engine, even though there was no sign of any leakage. I've seen no visible sign of burning oil and no off odor. Had garage do a complete oil change, (even though it should go 5k between changes), and will check after 1k miles. Mileage at oil change was 72078 and today 4/14/23 is approximately 72100 were no accident and is not running (but I'm watching) but if the engine had seized I was in the middle of the road, if on the interstate it would have been bad.

My 2018 kia Sportage got stolen and never received a letter from kia to prevent this from happening knowingly kias of this year and model were being stolen and mine got stolen March 23, 2023 is there any help for me ?.

The contact owns a 2018 kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle independently accelerated with the tachometer elevated to 5,000 rpm’s. The contact shifted into neutral(n) to correct the failure. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 87,000. The VIN was not available.

Driving check engine light came on, reduced power. I purchased a warranty through dealer I purchased vehicle from took it there they ran code and it was p1326 knock sensor detection program. Had to go to kia dealer. Had it towed and waiting to hear.

We own a 2018 kia Sportage. We never had any problems with it, until now. I drove it to work one morning, and was on the way home and suddenly without warning, no lights, or indicators came on, and the car started to shake, and lost full throttle response in the middle of traffic. Immediately pulled over! tried starting the car again, but the car was not cranking. We had to tow our car home, and was told our engine had to be replaced. We were checking out the engine, and notice there was a hole in it. Now keep in mind, we've never had any problems with our kia until now. So it was odd. We checked the n. H. T. S. A and the kia has 2 recalls, and we were not aware of them. We called the manufacturer to see if they called replaced the engine but they denied us. So we're stuck without a car.

Purchased this vehicle from carmax on 7/2/22 with 32,888 miles. During the next 4 months, we had to add 5. 5 quarts of oil as the oil light kept coming on. The car was virtually out of oil by the time the oil light came on. Researching on the internet showed that millions of kia cars apparently have this issue due to defective engines. Took the car to greenway kia on November 28 with approximately 40,000 miles. They performed the required tests, which proved the engine was excessively burning oil. However, kia denied the warranty claim due to a lack of historical oil change records, which obviously we can't produce since we aren't the original owner. Now I'm left with no recourse and a vehicle that isn't safe to drive. Given that most of the kia engines of this vintage have this issue, they should be required to recall the vehicles rather than hide behind the small print in their warranty.

The contact owns a 2018 kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled, was unable to accelerate past 20 mph, and then lost motive power. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed that unknown engine repairs were needed. The repairs were completed; however, the mechanic then diagnosed that the drive shaft needed to be replaced. The contact was informed that the warranty had expired. The vehicle remained at the dealer awaiting repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 46,300. The VIN was not available.

9/15 car goes in limp mode on expressway. Get to towed to dealership. Get the car back on 9/17. Only make it about 20 miles, and the same thing happens again. I’m able to make it back to the dealership the same day. On my way home. Pick up the car on 9/19. Happens again on 9/20. Now I am being told I need a full engine replacement. The dealership has no loaners to give out. They are expecting me to pay for a rental in hopes of getting reimbursed. I am a single mom. I work in sales and drive in my territory every single day I do not have the money to put out for the rental and now after researching, it could be months before I get the car back.

I was driving and the car and it just stopped. The oil light and engine light came on and now it’s making a clicking noise, now. I am not driving the car but I was told that my car had no oil in it and investigation was conducted by a shop that confirmed that the last oil change was conducted as expected, on July 30, 2022. A professional mechanic advised me to contact you all and inform you all of what happen and that you all have made consumers aware of the possible issues that could occur and actually happened.

My check engine light came on. I had the code diagnosis done and it came back p200a. When I try to accelerate, my car will not accelerate up hills or on the interstate. I’ve noticed this happening occasionally before the check engine light came on but the car wouldn’t do it when I took it to the dealer when it was still under warranty and since the check engine light wasn’t on at the time, they said there was nothing they could do. I’ve also noticed on occasion the car dashboard and radio will randomly flash when I am driving.

My car engine failed due to extreme oil consumption. It ran out of oil completely after 2k miles from my last synthetic oil change and damaged my 3rd cylinder. I have maintained the car perfectly and done all recommended repairs. My car only has 66k miles and already needs a new engine.

Kia motors is at it again, my disabled husband took car in twice to dealer, who is licensed to sell and fix your vehicles , promised loaner car, on fixed income, fighting cancer, see attached documents, emails from kia, been going on 7 years, first soul now Sportage. Courtesy kia of brandon , months back came to our home and allegedly did the latest recall on fuses, thought that was done, courtesy kia of brandon told my husband no outstanding recalls, now kia writes and states needs to be done? who is keeping records. We had ksds put on couple years ago, then car went into limp mode almost got my husband killed. Kia had our car towed, brought loaner. We cannot afford rental. That was halfway repair with ext on wiring harness???, now lights on dash going on and off. See attached, kia could care less and now, we were lied to? the person they sent didn't repair the fuses? kia paid the government a fortune in fines but the defective car owners are always in danger and always getting the run around. Sara mcshane, mr. Butiedge, plz excuse spelling. Even mike from safety organization says these cars need to be off the road. Our car is malfunctioning, and we were blatantly lied to is recall on fuses? repair. Senator rubio helped with this, we need someone to step up. Joseph mraz jr and julie mraz, see all documents going back to 2015.

The contact owns a 2018 kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the engine revved loudly, and the rpm was fluctuating. The contact also stated that after shifting into reverse(r), the vehicle was losing motive power. The contact shifted back into park(p) to restart the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic however, the failure could not be duplicated. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to a local dealer for an unknown recall repair and the mechanic was made aware of the failure; however, the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 37,000.

The rpm randomly goes up and down frequently. When I took it in to the dealer they test drove it and said didn’t do it and blew me off.

The contact owns a 2018 kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving a knocking noise was suddenly present coming from the engine and warning messages were present on the dashboard display before the vehicle stalled. Later while attempting the start the engine a burning odor and smoke was present coming from the engine compartment. The engine was turned off and the smoke dissipated. The cause of the failures were not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 86,000.

I was driving and the radio went out along with navigation screen, then power steering went out along with headlights, tail lights. Engine was still running but would not rev up. All kinds of warning lights went off, had a harder time steering vehicle out of the road way. Engine eventually shut off. My dealer said my starter had a continuous draw on my battery and drained it. This was on 11/10/21. They replaced the starter and the battery. Got vehicle back on 11/10. Last night 11/18/21 I was driving my vehicle again at night and the same thing happened again, no lights, no power steering, no electronics in the vehicle worked. Got someone to jump my vehicle, we let it charge from the jumper and got the vehicle started again. Drove 4 miles down the road, same thing again. Had my wife come there and we again put jumper cables on for 20 minutes, was able to drive the vehicle home, did notice this time I had a check engine light. Have scheduled an appointment with my dealer again. I feel that on a dark country road with limited areas to pull over with no headlights or tail lights or 4 way flashers I could have easily been rear ended. I did have cars pass me and blow their horn at me, did finally make it to a cross road with a street light and got off the main road. The dealer has not set an appointment yet, vehicle would be available for inspection, if needed.

Vehicle engine accelerated and raced without warning with foot on brake. Has occurred on several occasions with different household operators. Vehicle has about 18,000 miles.

Kia knowing that they are selling nothing but junk to consumers are refusing to provide any assistance to customers whom pay 25+k for their trash called vechicles. Kia has recalled my vechicle 2× now for motor and ecu problems and now my vechicle is having electrical problems and had to be towed to a dealership to be looked at. This dealership is not looking to find out where the electrician problem is coming from and when I contact kia America they are refusing any assistance to help me get their 25k piece of trash back on the road. When is the nthsa going to do something and hold these car companies responsible for the junk they are selling!!!.

Tl-the contact owns a 2018 kia Sportage. The contact stated that while approaching a school zone entering the school lot going about 5 mph as the contact turned into the lot without warning, odor appeared from underneath the hood. The contact got out grabbed his child out the car open the hood and flames shoot out. The fire department was contacted. A police report was made. No injuries sustained. The fire department extinguished the flames. The police towed the vehicle to a lot where state frame came out to the location and deemed the vehicle a totaled losss. No dealer was contacted. The manufacturer was not amade aware of the failure. The contact mentioned NHTSA campaign number: 18v907000 (fuel system, gasoline, engine) as a possible solution to the failure however the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000. Ck.

I bought this car in may of 2020 with 44k on the odometer. Three days later I was on a 3400 mile road trip on the highway when I started hearing knocking from the engine bay. I took it in and had them listen. They told me it was completely normal. The knock went away for about 400 miles then came back. I took it in to 4 different dealerships. I got told there had been a recall on the motor but that it had been fixed already. The day after I got home the car died at 30 mph on the way home from work and left me in the middle of a very busy intersection almost causing me to get hit. Took it in and it took them 4 days to find a bad fuse. The car over the next 3 months popped 12 fuses and kept dyeing on the road. Then I started having problems with it not turning over. Took it to a different dealership and they found a bad fuel pump and starter as well as a battery drain thats killed three batteries. Took the car to kia 9 different times to get looked at. 7 of those times they said there was nothing wrong with it. They said they knew about the drain but couldnt find it. Then they finally figured out the fuel pump was shorting out and causing the fuse to pop. They supposedly replaced the fuel pump in September of 2020 along with the injection pump. I was 50 miles from end of warranty the day after I get the car out of the shop it wont run for longer then 15 seconds. Not getting fuel. Left me stranded on the side of the road 45 miles out of town. Im back to square 1 because half the time my car wont start. The motor is still knocking and has no power with my fuel mileage dropping down to 11mpg it started revving up and speed not changing,not shifting correctly or just not shifting. My new shop discovered the transmission is failing fast. Ive had this car 6 months and am still paying for it and I cant even drive it safely. Complete transmission failure at 64,456 miles.

When you turn off the car via push button the car engine won’t shut off. The computer system shuts down but the engine continues to run. I’ve taken to the dealership three times to repair and it is still an issue. Engine isn’t diesel’ing as the gas pedal still works with the car off. When this happens the vehicles computer system itself is fully off. Kia roadside won’t dispatch in this situation as they say “they aren’t mechanics”. The only thing you can do to shut the car off no matter how many times you attempt to restart is to go inside the engine compartment and pull the fuel pump fuse and starve the engine. There is no difference in engine sound between the on and off computer state, car is quiet so it could be easily missed by someone not paying attention. The car doors will not lock in this situation. Originally when this happened the car would throw tons of codes (I have it on video) now after the supposed fix (aka the computer update for the recall that was supposed to fix my issue) it no longer throws any codes. Now when the issue happens the vehicle appears to actually shut down fully except you can hear the engine not shutting down but not a single code registers. Shifter is completely locked out in this situation and will not re-engage until the engine has been choked out.

For the past year or so, I've been experiencing an unknown issue. I'll be driving along, steadily and all of a sudden my engine and rpm gauge will rev up and then go back to normal. My speed doesn't change, no lights go on, just the rev-ing sound and the gauge goes up. It's very alarming to me. I've checked with kia and they're aware of the issue but state that there is currently no recall or alert as to what exactly the problem is or how to solve it. Dealer said they had never had any other complaints about this. Also reported accelerates slowly when setting at a stop light. They cannot find anything wrong,.

Car shifts to low mode from 50-20mph on its own slow deceleration when stopping slow acceleration when stationary.

Driving my kia Sportage (gt line) at about 30-40 miles/hour, descending red hills (jamaica) and without warning the car went dead, all the light comes on on the dash and the speed cut drastically. It was scary and I can only imagine if it was on the highway. Afraid to drive it.

Sometimes when I turn on my car the engine starts to shake.

For the past 6 months or so, I've been experiencing an unknown issue. I'll be driving along, steadily and all of a sudden my engine and rpm gauge will rev up and then go back to normal. My speed doesn't change, no lights go on, just the rev-ing sound and the gauge goes up. It's very alarming to me. I've checked with kia and they're aware of the issue but state that there is currently no recall or alert as to what exactly the problem is or how to solve it.

After ecu upgraded under "product improvement campaign", engine suffered severe loss of power while traveling at highway speed, leading to rapid loss of speed. Less than 9k miles on vehicle.

Knocking on the engine upon starting. No longer running the vehicle because of noise.

In motion ; vehicle does not accelerate properly, no pickup my life in danger several times. Kia has sent letter in which I followed instructions. Dealership updated system. Now my diagnostic system is not working putting me at even greater risk no warning light indicate engine trouble. According to kia , the recall I received in the mail was specifically done so I would have warning light take ASAP to dealership. . , cleaning out all my bank accounts- kia finance never sent right title in my legal name after I faxed front and back end ,with docs they requested. Called weekly & because of there mistake he has stolen 1000s of dollars from my accounts . He is not a citizen so he doesn't care about our laws. He con cpa to forge taxes now ihavetohelp irs straighten it out. The cpa �died I was told� I having medical issues from stress anxiety. I never wanted new kia . . . But he sold it behind my back. Then bought most expensive car leaving me with -17;000 equity. On a car he ragged to hell and wrecked. Then canceled all extras including disabilty leaving me with no other choice but to trust owner. At the time ; my credit was 780; never missed a payment but had no work history due to tax fraud. The car has never ran correct I knew from day 1 it was pulling I realized kia had put a 4 cylinder in a SUV that should be a 6 . Now the recalls ironically timed when you came out with same car but a 6 cylinder changed the name. I paid 8;000 total traded 2 cars. Kia finance stated I never missed a payment until now. Due to continued abuse from my ex spouse. Transunion has frozen my credit reports, labeled me a true victim of stolen identity. And financial fraud. Kia to buy my car back so I can buy the car I want . Transunion, police, lifelock, wells fargo, criminal investigation , emergency hearing for protective order and state farm's have protected me.

I purchased my 2018 kia Sportage ex brand new 6-8-18. Less than 100 miles on the car and the dashboard instrument lights went dark while driving on the highway in the dark. I brought it back to dealer, they had to order a new gauge dimmer cluster because the original failed. Several weeks later the brakes began violently shaking the car when braking on the highway. Again, I brought it back to the dealer and they resurfaced the brake rotors due to warping. Several months later on 1-28-19 the engine died on the highway placing the vehicle into limp home mode. I almost got hit by a tractor trailer trying to get to the breakdown lane without ample engine power. I immediately drove it to the dealer and it has been there ever since. I got the bbb involved now and I am trying to get the lemon law in place. I am currently in a rental.