2012 Kia Sportage: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Jul 30, 2022 · Engine · TN

I was driving down the road at 55 mph and my vehicle lost all power and died. So sitting on the side of the road I tried to start the vehicle again. It started but died again. So I waited a few minutes and tried again. It started so I put my flashers on and drove at a low speed until I got the vehicle home. I heard a loud knocking as I was driving it. So the next day I called the Kia dealership to make an appointment for the recall on it and they told me they only do recall on certain days. So I had to wait for 3 wks before I could bring it to them. On the day of the service I was driving it to them and the knocking of the engine started to get loud and then the engine started to make this grinding sound and it died on me. So I sat in a turning lane for a bit and tried to start it up again but then the grinding got louder and I heard something explode and smoke came out from under the hood of the car. I had to call the dealership and let them know I was broken down and I had to call a tow truck this being the weekend after the 4th of July I sat for a tow truck from 7:40 am to 10:40 am and the temp outside at that time was around 100 degrees. I get the vehicle to the dealers and they call me the next day telling me they can't do the recall and it would cost me 12,000 for a new engine because they say the warranty has gone out on the vehicle and I waited too long to have the recall done. I bought this vehicle from Carvana and before I actually purchased the vehicle I took it to the dealership for them to look at it and make sure it was ok. At that time I had brought up the recall that Carvana told me about and I told them that at the dealers and they told me they didn't have the time to take care of that recall so life went on and I had forgotten it until that day when the vehicle had broken down. I only had the car for a year and only had put 1,500 miles on it when all of this happened. So I own 12,000 on this car and can't drive or do anything now.

Filed May 14, 2019 · Engine · 36,000 miles · UT

While traveling in id heading home to ut (in motion) on an interstate interchange at hwy us-20 w to I-15 s, my 2012 kia sportage with only 36,000 miles, experienced engine power loss, the engine seized with no warning indicators. I was eventually able to bring the vehicle to a stop on the side of the road, but it was difficult because there were no brakes. After waiting several minutes and calming down, I tried the ignition and it started up again and since there were no warning indicators and I'd never experienced this particular problem before, I decided to push on keeping to the right side of traffic and going as slow as possible. After a few minutes of driving slowly, the car started making a knocking sound so I exited immediately at the nearest pocatello exit, to find a kia dealership. Now the car was making an awful squealing noise along with the knocking. I was able to putter to the pocatello kia dealer and had to leave the car so they could run a diagnostic test the following monday. I then had to find a ride back to salt lake. The result was "rod failure" according to the test and they recommended that I buy a motor for approx $7000 and did not disclose they could start a service ticket with the test result, so one week later a friend helped me trailer the kia back to salt lake, we left it at our family mechanic's shop whom we've used for other cars and started the search for a less expensive engine. Had a jegs engine shipped but jegs sent the wrong engine and now say there are no engines that will work for my kia. One month later I still have no car, no engine and am racking up rental car charges and it looks like my only option is to buy another car. Feeling a little violated because I took great care of that kia. I can provide documentation upon request, if you feel it would be helpful, please let me know.

Filed Mar 4, 2019 · Engine · AZ

My vehicle makes a ticking/knocking and grinding nose. It runs really hard and is sluggish. The check engine light is on. It has also stalled and turned off on its own from time to time. It jerks as well, but not consistently. All of these occur while in motion.

Filed Mar 15, 2016 · Engine, Transmission · 38,800 miles · IA

Driving approximately 70 MPH on the interstate, a loud squeak sound occurred and all of the lights on the dashboard lit up and the engine promptly shut off and has since then been unable to start again. The kia dealership has informed me that the vehicle has internal engine failure. My concern is driving a vehicle at that speed and having it instantly shut off is a huge safety risk and liability, especially after hearing ir has happened to others with identical vehicles.

Filed Sep 16, 2011 · Brakes · 340 miles · AL

Vehicle was purchased new and on the way home from the dealership the brakes were applied as I was approching a traffic light and the brakes made a very very loud grinding noise and the vehicle did not want to stop after brakes were applied so I had to put much more than normal pressure on the brake pedal to get the vehicle to stop. I carried the vehicle back to the dealership to have it checked (did not make the noise on the way to the dealership) and after checking it I was told by the service department that they could not get it to make the noise and could not find anything wrong with the brakes. On the way home from the dealership the vehicle made the same malfunction once (loud brake grinding noise and hard to stop) but did not do the same the rest of the way home. My wife and daughter drove the vehicle and as they were approching stopped traffic at a traffic light and she applied the brakes the vehicle made the same malfunction with the brakes making the loud grinding noise (as she said it sound like chains wrapped around the brake calipers it was so loud) the vehicle did not want to stop as the brakes were applied in the normal manner and she almost hit the stopped vehicles in front of her before she could get it stopped (traveling at 45 MPH) and the instrument cluster lights began to flash on and off. Please note this brake malfunction has happened (3) times since the vehicle was bought new and we have only driven it approx. 80 miles and my concern is when the malfunction occured we were only traveling at approx. 45 MPH and could hardly get the vehicle stopped so what would happen if my teenage daughter was driving on the highway at a higher rate of speed and this malfunction occured - she may not be able to get the vehicle stopped in the distance required to avoid an accident.