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Kia Sorento Vehicle Speed Control Safety Report | Jan 23, 2012
Reported on Jan 23, 2012
| ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, LAST TIME WAS ALMOST IN ACCIDENT 1/23/12 @40 MPH, 3/06/12 @ 50 MPH, 5/24/12 @35 MPH, 9/4/12 @55 MPH. HAVE DEALERSHIP SERVICE RECORDS FOR FIRST THREE INCIDENTS. NEW THROTTLE BODY INSTALLED 3/06/1 IN FLORIDA AT SUNSET KIA IN VENICE. PER MATT JARVIS BALD HILL KIA IN WARWICK RI, THE REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE (KIA GOT A BAD LOT OF THROTTLE BODIES FOR A WHILE.] REPLACED AGAIN 9/6/12. DEALERSHIP HAD KNOWLEDGE OF POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE PART BEFORE LAST STALLING. I WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH ON RT 24 IN MIDDLETOWN RI IN THE PASSING LANE WHEN THE CAR STALLED, GAS PEDDLE UNRESPONSIVE. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED AND HAD TO WEAVE THOUGH TRAFFIC TO GET THROUGH THE DRIVING LANE THEN ON TO THE GRASS. IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT I MADE IT TO SAFETY. WHY DID DEALERSHIP NOT RECALL DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODIES. *TR | |
| Make: | Kia |
| Model: | Sorento |
| Manufactured by: | KIA MOTORS CORPORATION |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | TIVERTON RI |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 5XYKU4A23BG |
| Mileage: | 13951 miles. |
| Speed: | 35 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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