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2016 KIA SORENTO — ENGINE

fire · 1903796 · 2023-06-21

Vehicle

Make
KIA
Model
SORENTO
Year
2016
Manufacturer
Kia America, Inc.
Component
ENGINE
Speed
40 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

Recently, while driving on a busy multi-lane highway my 2016 Kia Sorento suddenly lost power, started shaking and slowed down causing traffic safety hazard. The engine stalled after slowing down. The car needed to be towed at my expense.my check engine light came on for my KSDS, the engine went limp mode and unable to accelerate over 50 miles and hour on the highway. My engine is blown. gasoline smell fumes came through vent causing me to have an attack car started to catch fire.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11528170
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown