Former Kia worker blows whistle on car fires and repairs: “People’s lives are at risk”

A former employee at Kia’s corporate headquarters says he warned the automaker as far back as 2017 that faulty engine recall work was to blame for car fires.

“I’m coming forward because people’s lives are at risk,” Jason Vaughn told I-Team Investigator Jackie Callaway in an exclusive sit-down interview.

Vaughn worked for the warranty department at the headquarters for Kia Motors America in Irvine, California before he left the company last month – claiming he was pushed out of his job for raising concerns about the car fires. A former employee at Kia’s corporate headquarters says he warned the automaker as far back as 2017 that faulty engine recall work was to blame for car fires. read more »