VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHEN MERGING WITH FAST MOVING TRAFFIC; NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED TO REGAIN POWER; LATER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SOMETIMES; FINALLY, WON'T GO OVER 30 MPH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS CONTINUOUSLY ON. I HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM PORTFOLIO. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER'S (AUTO WORLD - PATCHOGUE NY) SHOP (GENERATION KIA - MEDFORD NY) 03 JUN 2013, WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO BRING IT TO A JEEP DEALER. I WAS TOLD VERBALLY THAT THE FAULT WAS THE TRANSMISSION INPUT SPEED SENSOR. ON 05 JUN 2013 I WENT TO BROWN'S JEEP IN PATCHOGUE NY AND THEY WON'T COMMIT TO ANYTHING OR GIVE ME A LOANER CAR UNTIL THE SERVICE IS APPROVED BY PORTFOLIO. FROM THE FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT ROUGH SHIFTING UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, BUT WAS TOLD AT BROWN'S JEEP THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OK. I HAVE NOTICED SOME SERVICE BULLETINS FOR 'DRIVABILITY' CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSIONS HAD BEEN ISSUED IN SOME STATES. A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, MAYBE A RECALL IS OVERDUE! THANK YOU! *TR
2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
ALL INTERIOR DOOR PANELS ARE CRACKED AROUND THE DOOR HANDLES. THREE OUT OF FOUR DOOR HANDLES HAVE SNAPPED OFF AND THE VERY LAST ONE IS HANGING ON BY A THREAD. THE HANDLES SEEM TO BE ATTACHED TO THE ACTUAL DOOR PANEL WHICH IS COMPRISED OF HARD PLASTIC. THE DESIGN OF THE DOOR PANEL AND THE HANDLE BEING ATTACHED IS BAD AND A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU CAN'T EXIT THE VEHICLE IF YOUR CAR DIES AND YOU HAVE NO POWER TO OPEN THE WINDOWS. ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU NEED TO FORCE THE DOORS OPEN FROM THE INSIDE DUE TO A WRECK, CAR ON FIRE, PANICKING ETC., 9X'S OUT OF TEN YOU DON'T HAVE HANDLES AND ANY WEIGHT OR PRESSURE TO REMAINING HANDLES IF ANY WHILE CAUSE THEM TO JUST SNAP OFF. MY CAR SMELLS OF GAS CONSTANTLY AND THE LIGHT COMES ON TO TELL ME TO CHECK THE GAS CAP. I EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE GAS CAP AFTER CHECKING IT ALL OF THE TIME AND NOW THE CAR JUST SMELLS OF GAS AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES. I'VE HAD THE CAR CHECKED BY MECHANICS AND THE JEEP DEALER TO NO RESOLVE. THE CONSTANT GAS SMELLS GIVE ME BAD HEADACHES AS WELL AS CONCERN WHEN I'M DRIVING. *TR