2021 KIA SELTOS Complaints

When driving the vehicle the motor will randomly shut off. This is a safety hazard and has been happening more and more. I thought it was supposed to do this but only when stopped. It now is doing it while driving and I have almost been rear ended 3 times now. The car is not drivable.

My car was stolen 4 times due to KIA not installing an immobilizer into my car. My Window was broken all 4 times to get to the car and never did my car alarm sound during this time.

Two issues with my vehicle: 1. When driving and stopped at a red light, the stop/start technology will engage, turning off my engine. Upon the light turning green again, my foot comes off the brake to hit the acceleration but the entire dashboard/electrical system restarts like the car has just been turned on. It has done this mid-driving (foot on the acceleration) as well; killing the entire electrical system. No warning lights or messages appear. 2. When driving longer distances (20+ miles), sometimes the vehicle engine will not turn off. I drove a distance of about 20 miles; got to the destination, parked the car and hit the start/stop button to turn off the engine. The entire interior electrical/dash was off but when I hopped out of the vehicle, the engine was still running. I have to re-enter the vehicle and turn it back on and off just to get the engine to turn off. No warning lights or signals appear. The dealership won't fix my issues; says they can't recreate the problems but I do have video evidence that the problems exist. It has happened periodically since I purchased my vehicle, a 2021 Seltos SX, in March of 2020.

A deer was hit at 60mph with frontal impact. The collision warning did not alarm, however after the collision, the light was illuminated. The airbags did not deploy. The front end damage was estimated at nearly $11,000 but no airbags deployed with this high rate of speed and impact.

Car has a serious rod knock since 7000 miles. They say nothing is wrong. Plus the engine burns a qt of oil every 600-800 miles.

Bought vehicle new. At 30,000 miles, oil change came up off the stick. KIA did oil consumption test. Said it was within industry standard. Just had another oil change at 36,000 miles. Off the stick again.

RECALL INFO: 21V-259 recall for inconsistent heat treating process for piston oil rings. The dates for use of the recalled piston rings Nov 20,1019 -Oct 15, 2020. My Seltos was in production at the time the damaged oil rings were used. I took my Seltos in for the repair, MY VEHICLE WAS NOT repaired. A vibration test was done and a program update was installed to detect vibration. The vehicle still has the recalled damaged oil rings. Received a recall notice for Piston Oil Ring in summer of 2021. I took the car on July 20, 2021 for recall (21V-259). Kia's number for this recall is SC209. Piston Ring Inspection performed; Vibration scan completed. No parts replaced. During one of my oil changes in October 12, 2022, oil change shop had noticed sludge build up and recommend that I receive their engine cleaning service, so I did and thought it was strange as the mileage was at 41,250 and my last oil change on 6/20/2022 the mileage was at 37,723. In November of 2022, the vehicle began stalling at stop lights - no service lights present before or after the car stalled. I called the dealership immediately, they could not look at it until November 2, 2022. Report came back as unable to verify customer concern. BUT the paperwork shows another update regarding the oil piston ring. On January 30, 2023, the car stalled again 3 times on my way to work and then stalled for a final time and would not start. None of the Kia dealerships that I have contacted (including where I purchased the car from) are willing to do anything about this. The car is not drivable and I'm still making payments on a car I can't use. Kia REFUSES to provide me with the tech-line paperwork that determined that my car was not covered under warranty. I've been advised to hire an attorney.

A Unknown component has failed with the vehicles fuel system. The service center at the Kia Dealership was unable to clear the associated Check engine light after numerous attempts. This is the Third time I tuned in for this same reason. The First time they attempted to resolve by replacing O2 sensor. After a Few weeks the Check engine light returned. Then I was told it was my Spark plugs. After one trip from dealership to home the check engine light appeared again. I returned to service center and it has been there for over a Month. Kia corporate scheduled a Tech to come and Assist with the problem. I am deeply concerned that my safety may be at risk for a Faulty fuel system that may fail while I’m in route to work. I work for the Utility 74 miles away from home and I am an Essential worker to the great city of New York. I support the Transmission cable systems reliability and respond to emergency directly with this Vehicle. I am requesting assurances that I will not be the first of many in a future realized safety recall. The Company has had Many most recently with these kind of fuel system failures if my memory serves me right.

Our 2021 Kia Seltos with 19K miles, stopped running at 55 mph. The engine also started producing a slight knocking noise. The dealer asked for maintenance records for proof of oil changes. We provide them, but we have been getting the run around from both dealer and Kia Corporate, each telling us that the other has denied our claim and and now have been denied a repair once again after 8 phone calls.. There were no warnings, light or over temp indicated on the dashboard. The engine actually still runs.They have told us that the oil was low and that there was sludge in the valve cover. This engine apparently consumed 4.5 qrts of oil in 4K miles. The warranty oil change for this engine is 7500 miles of which we complied with as indicated by the invoices we submitted. There is known and documented problem with oil consumption with this engine. Please advise...Thnk you [XXX] and [XXX]. [XXX]. [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

I HAD MY OIL CHANGED ON 1/31/23; FULL SERVICE WHICH INCLUDED THE OIL FILTER. ON 2/7/23 I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT THE OIL WAS LEAKING (SEE ATTACHED LINK) FOR VIDEO https://59366-3.iserviceauto.com/bb86c72ec423e6b2cf9b4cb7be840d0c071f0280 WHICH WAS RECEIVED FROM LAFONTAINTE TOYOTA HYUNDAI KIA SUZUKI SCION. IF I HAD NOT TAKEN MY CAR IN FOR THE TIRE ROTATION I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THE OIL WAS LEAKING AND ENGINE DAMAGE WOULD HAVE RESULTED. NOW I AM GOING TO PANIC EVERY TIME MY OIL IS CHANGED. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE OTHERS EXPERIENCE THIS CATASTROPHE. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS AND IS NOT A RARE OCCURRENCE.