FIRST ATTEMPT AT REPAIR BY KIA GARAGE - REPLACED PART OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. HAD THE CAR FOR 2 WEEKS. DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL STALL AFTER GAS TANK IS FILLED. GAS FUMES CAN BE SMELLED. CAR CAN STALL WHILE IDLING OR AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. WHEN IT STALLS POWER STEERING IS LOST, POSING A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK.

THE KIA DEALERSHIP TRIED TO TELL ME IT WAS MY FAULT - THAT I OVER FILLED THE GAS TANK. FROM 30 OTHER REPORTS I FOUND ON LINE, THE TANK CORER IS NOT SEALING COMPLETELY AND IT ALLOWS FUEL TO SEEP INTO THE CHARCOAL CANISTER AND VACUUMED ALL THE WAY TO THE INTAKE VIA THE PURGE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE.

DEALERSHIP'S THIRD ATTEMPT AT A REPAIR INCLUDES: Replacing fuel tank, evap canister, vent solenoid, purge flow solenoid, and canister filter, with parts and labor totaling over $1000. I HAVE EMAILED AND CALLED KIA HEADQUARTERS BUT THEY WILL DO NOTHING. HOW CAN SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM - A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE - AND KIA JUST IGNORES IT. SAYS A LOT ABOUT A COMPANY.

Update from May 5, 2017: GOOD NEWS - FIX FOUND I have given the car 2 months now to test this theory and it WORKS! DO NOT FILL THE TANK UP and it will not stall. I did not pay for the new tank and lines. Nothing needs done. Just do not fill the tank up all the way and it stops stalling. The smell of gas in the garage is gone as well!

Update from May 5, 2017: GOOD NEWS - FIX FOUND I have given the car 2 months now to test this theory and it WORKS! DO NOT FILL THE TANK UP and it will not stall. I did not pay for the new tank and lines. Nothing needs done. Just do not fill the tank up all the way and it stops stalling. The smell of gas in the garage is gone as well!

This is the second time we've had gasoline fumes fill our closed garage and seep into the house. This time there wasn't any gasoline on the garage floor - so there wasn't an obvious leak like last time. However, now we have the added problem of it stalling in traffic when you come to a stop and then try to accelerate and it dies on you. Luckily, this didn't happen trying to merge into a flow of traffic so I didn't get hit by anyone else. But who knows what will happen next time because when I took it back to the Kia dealership, they said they "could not duplicate concern." So they did nothing but "scan the system" and perform a fuel system pressure test which they said was "normal." But since this only happens sporadically, how will they ever be able to find it since you have to wait for an appointment to get in the service dept. which is days later and it has stopped doing it -- until the next time. I can't find any recall information on this issue but numerous complaints on the internet about previous Kias of various years and types having a stalling problem and fuel system problem. At least when the gasoline actually leaked out of the car previously, there was gasoline on the ground so that the dealership couldn't deny there was a problem.