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>>> SAFETY ADVOCATES ARE CALLING ON CARMAKERS --
CARMAKERS TO MAKE RECALLS.
HUNDREDS ARE BURSTING INTO
FLAMES.
FLAMES.
FLAMES. >> THIS ONE HAPPENED ON A
FREEWAY IN DALLAS LAST OCTOBER.
FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT FROM
UNDERNEATH A KIA SOUL.
THE DRIVER HAD NO IDEA.
>> THE CAR EXPLODED.
IT WAS LIKE A MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE MOVIE.
IMPOSSIBLE MOVIE. >> GET OVER.
>> THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO A
KIA SORRENTO IN ORLANDO.
>> IT AWAY.
>> MORE THAN 1 MILLION KIA
VEHICLES ARE UNDER RECALL FOR
ENGINE FAILURE.
ENGINE FAILURE. IT IS FROM 2011 TO 2011.
THERE IS STILL A RECALL -- NO
RECALL FOR AN ENGINE FIRE.
THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF
REPORTS.
REPORTS.
REPORTS. NOW I KNEW CONCERN RELATED TO
THE ENGINE FIRES AFTER A
GEORGIA SCHOOL TEACHERS LIFE
WAS PUT AT RISK.>> THESE ARE
THE LAST MEMORIES SCHOOLTEACHER
JUST FOR MINOR -- JESSICA MINOR
HAVE OF HER CAR.
SHE WAS EXPECTING TO MAKE MANY
MORE MEMORIES. SHE WAS ON HER
WAY TO PICK UP TWO CHILDREN.
THE FAMILY CAR BURST INTO FIRE.
>> IT WAS SCARY.
>> MOMENTS EARLIER YOU WERE
SITTING RIGHT THERE?
>> RIGHT THERE.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING
ON.
ON.
ON. I
ON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE
DONE HAD I GOTTEN STUCK.
>> IT MIGHT BLOW UP, GET
BACK.>> Reporter: MINOR WAS
ALREADY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WENT WRONG.
>> I WAS VERY CONFUSED.
I KNEW I HAD NOT HIT ANYTHING.
I DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: THE ENGINE WAS NOT
DUE FOR ITS FIRST OIL CHANGE.
SHE HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK FROM A
KIA DEALERSHIP WITH A BRAND-NEW
ENGINE.
ENGINE.
ENGINE. THAT WAS BARELY 3 MONTHS PRIOR
WHEN KIA AND HYUNDAI RECALLED
1.6 MILLION VEHICLES BECAUSE OF
ENGINE FAILURE.
ENGINE FAILURE. >> THEY GIVE US AN ENGINE THAT
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NEW.
IT CATCHES ON FIRE?
THAT IS BIZARRE TO ME.
IT IS SCARY.
VERY SCARY.
VERY SCARY. >> THEY THINK JUST THAT RECALL
ALONE AND THAT IS GOING TO FIX
THIS PROBLEM.
THIS PROBLEM. IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT. >> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AS
MINORS STORY IS PART OF THE
TREND EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE
FIRE CONCERN.
FIRE CONCERN. >> GET OVER.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON?
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF FIRE --
FIRES ACROSS FIVE DIFFERENT
MODELS.
MODELS.
MODELS. >> THEY WERE ALREADY ASKING FOR
A RECALL.
A RECALL.
A RECALL. THESE MODELS WERE CATCHING FIRE
WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A CRASH.
>> Reporter: GET OVER.
IT AWAY.
IT AWAY.
IT AWAY. GET AWAY FROM IT.
>> NOW THIS DISCOVERY. NEWLY
REPLACED ENGINES ARE STILL
CATCHING FIRE.
CATCHING FIRE. IT IS RAISING CONCERNS THAT THE
CARMAKER MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT IS
CAUSING THE PROBLEM.
>> THEY KILL AND INJURE PEOPLE.
THEY PUT EVERYONE ON THE ROAD
IN DANGER.
IN DANGER. WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO TAKE THIS
MORE SERIOUSLY.
MORE SERIOUSLY. THEY HAVE NOT SAID WHAT IS
CAUSING THESE FIRES.
THE COMPANY SAYS ALL CARS HAVE
THE ABILITY TO CATCH FIRE.
IF THEY ARE AWARE OF A RECALL
INCIDENT THEY WILL WORK WITH
CUSTOMERS TO REACH A CONCLUSION.
THESE FIRES HAVE BURNED UP.
WE STARTED CONTACTING KIA.
>> THESE ARE NOT THE KIND OF
RISKS THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE.
MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE IS
PUT AT RISK.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT.>>
IT IS A TICKING TIME BOMB.
>> AS WE WERE DIGGING INTO THE
STORY, A SENATE COMMITTEE ASKED
THE C -- CEO TO TELL THEM WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE SCHOOLTEACHER
? WHAT ARE THEY TELLING HER?
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF HER CASE.
>> THEY HAVE OFFERED TO HAVE --
PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR