2013 Kia Optima 4 DR FWD

About 2 weeks ago my Kia Optima I started noticing a burning smell coming from under the hood. I took it into an auto shop and they could not find anything wrong. Just recently, the burning smell accompanied smoke from under the hood.

Paint peeling

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated while inside the vehicle with the engine idling smoke was suddenly present coming from under the hood of the vehicle. The fire department was called to the scene who extinguished the flames. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer. The vehicle was not yet repaired. No further information was available. The contact indicated that the failed engine was a replacement engine previously installed under a recall campaign. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 110,000

The contact owned a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving approximately 10mph when the contact was struck by another vehicle which resulted in none of the airbags deploying. The contact sustained bruise sternum, bruised heart, and neck injury and sought medical treatment. There was a police report taken and the vehicle was towed to an insurance lot where it was diagnosed as destroyed. The manufacturer was informed of failure and was awaiting a response. The failure mileage was approximately 93,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at 40 - 45 mph, the "Safely Stop And Do Not Drive" warning message was displayed and the vehicle lost motive power. Additionally, a burning odor was detected. This was the third recurring failure. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and diagnosed with electrical system failure. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 104,000.

Was driving the car up a hill and alarm starting dinging and gave a notice something to the effect of Stop Safely. The car died and I was unable to move the car out of the traffic lane. People behind were blowing their horn and I did not feel safe to get out of the car. Eventually someone stopped to block traffic and we were able to roll the car back out of traffic.

I purchased this vehicle 10/21/2016. The vehicle was driving fine and I regularly took it in for maintenance. Regular oil changes, filters, tires rotated. I am very good at getting maintenance done on the vehicle. There was a recall on the engine, but I never received any notice. It was recalled on Mar 31, 2017. I have no records of any recalls, so I am not sure who they were sending them to. I moved shortly after the recall on February 16, 2018. I still received no notices at my new location. I did have all my mail forwarded. Long story short, my engine blew in September of 2019. I still had not received any notices of a recall. I have been trying to get this resolved with Kia for the last two years basically. I have had an independent shop verify that the engine is blown. Kia of Janesville and Madison refused to give me any help trying to get the car diagnosed or repaired. I have spent $700 getting the car towed, storage, and two years so far trying to get the car repaired or looked at. They keep on telling me that they are not going to cover anything and that I need to pay for repairs. I finally got the car towed to an independent service shop and they are telling me that the engine is indeed blown and that I need to replace it. Costs are expected to be in the $3700 range. I cant wait any longer to get this vehicle repaired as I have already dealt with it for two years with no good faith effort from Kia. I would appreciate some help dealing with the situation.

I have a 2013 Kia Optima EX, on the steering wheel, I hear a knocking sound while turning the wheel. I was informed that there was a recall for the rubber coupler replacement. I never received a recall letter from Kia Motors. I am very concerned about driving the vehicle because the sound is getting louder.

Driving at night the engine sputtered and stalled in traffic. Lost power to steering and had to get off main road . Towed to a mechanic and was told there was no oil in the engine and the entire engine needs to be replaced . The oil has been changed as required but constantly low and needing to be topped up . He advised checking the VIN for a recall with this particular car model having a previous recall . I checked there were no open recalls . The engine is being replaced .

My engine began smoking while I was driving I pulled over to see where the smoke was coming from and it burst into flames

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving approximately 15 MPH, there was an abnormal sound coming from the engine compartment. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed with needing the engine replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V224000 (Engine and Engine Cooling) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 128,122

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 75 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. In addition, the front of the vehicle was in flames. The fire department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 127,000.

The stock paint on the car is chipping and peeling away without any damage being done to the paint. Specific locations are the A pillars next to the windshield. The quality of the paint and clear coat comes into question, as this is also happening on my mother's white painted Kia, and this is a common issue amongst most Kias painted in any variation of white from the manufacturer.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated upon starting the vehicle, she heard an abnormal knocking sound coming from the engine. The oil warning light illuminated. The contact stated that she depressed the accelerator pedal however, the vehicle hesitated to respond. The contact stated that she was able to drive the vehicle however, the vehicle was shuddering while driving and stalled several times. The contact stated she was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The dealer was notified of the failure and advised the contact to schedule an appointment for diagnosis. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and advised the contact that they could not cover the repair of the vehicle because the VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V224000 (Engine and Engine Cooling) however, the VIN tool showed that the VIN was included in the recall. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

KIA replaced the low fuel line under campaign number 20V100 November of 2020 and the replacement part has now cracked causing gas to spray out onto my engine less than a year later. KIA is refusing to warranty the part. This is a huge life safety issue for myself and my family that travel in this vehicle. I feel these replacement parts need to be checked and replaced before someone gets seriously hurt.

2013 KIA Optima Pearl White paint began chipping and flaking exposing bare metal to rust and corrosion.

I bought my pearl Kia Optima in 2013 and the paint started chipping in 2018 or so. It started on the side by the windows, then my hood, then it went with the top portion of the vehicle (now rusty) then it began in the trunk area. It gets worse when the weather changes to cold temperatures or rain.

Low pressure fuel tube leak. Gas leak through quick connect clamp, factory defect on part. Recall was done and still has same problem.

While driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle began to stall and as I tried to keep going, I did get to 60 MPH and the car completely stalled and turned off in the middle of the highway as I tried to get off to the side. All of the warning lights illuminated. The car would not start up and the steering wheel locked. I had to be pushed off the road. I was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The battery seemed to still have power at the time, but still would not start. Someone pulled over to try to jump start the vehicle, but it would not start. I then went and purchased a new battery to see if that would help and it did not. The car had absolutely no power to it, would not click over and would not shift into gear. The week prior, my check engine light had came on and I did stop at autozone to have them run a diagnostic. When it ran it pulled up a manufacturer code P1004 and they were unable to tell me what it meant. I do have the documents from that visit. My vehicle has been well taken care of and I have kept up to date on recalls and maintenance. Approximate mileage when this happened is 122k. I had the vehicle towed to AAMCO who then determined the engine was damaged and I then had it towed to Peak Kia to see what we needed to do.

My car suddenly turned off while driving and would not restart. I had it towed to the dealer to find out that the engine seized and the starter failed. I had the engine replaced under warranty but they would not cover the starter even though the dealer told me that the starter failed as a result of the engine seizing up. Within 2 days after the engine was replaced, the check engine light started to come on when accelerating from a stop and would start bucking. This was very dangerous, and I was almost rear ended a few times while merging into traffic because the car was very hesitant and would buck. I think the starter should be covered because it broke as a result of the motor seizing up. I also believe that my transmission was also damaged when the motor seized now causing the check engine light and bucking. I now have to bring my car back to the dealer to get checked out again.

The paint on my car is chipping off. It is a Snow White pearl and I read online that this is very common for Kia’s with this color of paint.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving approximately 60-70 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently stalled. The brake warning light and several other unknown warning lights illuminated. The contact stated she was able to partially veer to the side of the road as the steering wheel was difficult to turn. The contact stated she was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The battery was jumped with some assistance and the vehicle restarted. The contact stated she drove the vehicle to the dealer however, the failure reoccurred as she was pulling into the parking lot. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 152,000.

My Optima has a crack in the low-pressure fuel line. I detected a very strong gas odor last week and immediately notified the dealer but due to needing the knock detection sensor from a recall being installed, I had to wait until one of the lead techs was available to inspect it yesterday. The dealer has ordered the part needed but they said that it might be weeks before they get the part in because it is on backorder and due to the safety risk, my car is undriveable. They will not release my vehicle to me without signing a waiver releasing them of liability. Kia recalled 2013-2014 Optimas with the same Turbo engine last year, for this exact reason but the dealer said my vehicle was not included in the recall and this repair will be nearly $600 out of pocket even though this is a known issue. I absolutely cannot and will not sign a waiver when I know my vehicle is dangerous to drive. I have systemic mastocytosis and that alone can cause anaphylaxis to be triggered by the gas odors. There were no warning lamps, no other signs or symptoms until I smelled gas last week.

09/23/2021- paint flaking in a large strip along the passenger side molding by the windshield. 09/24/2021- Took my car to Mylars Auto Refinishing for quote as well as TAVO's. Paint flaking along drivers side molding by windshield and up further along. I contacted KIA Red Rock Doug told me there was no open recall for my car. 09/25/2021 - paint flaking on corner of trunk. 09/28/2021 - called KIA Red Rock spoke with Charles, he confirmed no open recall on my car. Said coming in would be a waste of my time, that I should contact KIA directly and open a claim. Found this information to file claim with NHTSA. Also contacted Progressive Insurance Co. and was advised this is not a claim to be filed with them due to it being a manufactures defect. Drove to Kia Red Rock and spoke with Keith Wilkinson, Asst. Manager/Service Dept. He stated I would have to contact KIA Corporate and file a claim with them and gave me the #1-800-333-4542.

Paint is peeling off of the hood and side panels of the car. It is Kia Pearl White factory paint job. There have been no impacts or anything that should cause the paint to chip and peel.

"Hybrid System Warning Safely stop and Do not Drive" has appeared multiple times. First time, brake fluid was flushed and car appeared to operate normally afterwards. 3 months later, now, happened twice within two weeks. Apparently, a very common issue. The car shuts down and I am forced to coast/pullover/stop without any power from the engine and was fortunate this did not occur in an intersection. Others have noted the occurrence on the freeway. Like other, when I took the car in, no error codes were seen as the warning light had turned off so the mechanics do not know what the issue is. How does Kia not know what the issue is when the car could shut down, become inoperable suddenly? Once the warning light comes on, the brakes semi-lock and one is luck enough to get to safety, to pull over... Does someone have to be injured or worse for KIA to do something or for the NHTSA TO DO SOMETHING?? 1) https://www.optimaforums.com/threads/2013-optima-hybrid-hybrid-system-warning-check-brake-message.170498/ 2) https://www.kiaownersclub.co.uk/threads/how-to-fix-check-hybrid-system-warning-unable-to-charge.45921/ 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/kia/comments/lk6wvt/2013_kia_optima_hybrid_system_warning_i_dont_know/ 4) http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2012/kia/optima_hybrid/engine/problem.aspx 5) https://www.carproblemzoo.com/kiamotor/optimahybrid/equipment-problems.php 6) https://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/kia-optima.html?page=5 7) https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/Discussion-c23349_ds1010763

The steering is loose while driving. It has a lot of play when turning. We took to the mechanic for an alignment and he said that the steering column was the problem. He did not fix because he told us he believed there was a recall. I checked and there is no recall. However, I have reviewed other complaints and there are several related to this same issue.

On our way home on 9/25/21, we were driving down I80 driving 70 mph and the car stopped with no prior indication. All the lights came on when we were getting off of the interstate. The car coasted down the off ramp with a semi behind me and a car in front of me. This could have caused a major accident as this is a very busy exit with trucks behind coming and going. My whole family could have lost their lives. This was the first time this happened. I was able to get the car started again but it felt like the power was not the same when driving it. I immediately came home and googled the symptoms and other Kia Optima owners are facing the same issues.

Kia motors had a recall on my vehicle 2013 KIA optima hybrid so I took my car into the dealership explaining the issues I had and the service advisor Justin told me that they would have to look at it and if it’s related to the recall they would take care of it at no cost to me it’s been over a month and the service advisor told me it was a defective motor and all of a sudden refusing to fix it I shouldn’t be responsible for their defective engine please advise

I was driving my 2013 Kia Optima on the freeway. Perfectly functioning until the vehicle just stalled while driving 60-70 mph. All the lights came on including the check engine light. I had to pull to the side and turn off my vehicle. Then it turned right back on and continued driving perfectly. Until the next day, I was driving on the highway and it was running perfect. Until I turned in a corner and my car stalled once again. This time the check engine light stayed on when I turned the vehicle back on. Then it started making this loud metal grinding noise. So I had to drive slow and the car almost shut down. I got it towed 70 miles back home. My car was running perfectly fine until that happened. It is a engine bearing knocking noise every time I start the car. It could be in the oil pan of the engine that is making that noise. This put my safety at risk on the highway because I couldn't get more speed when my foot was on the petal and my car was slowing down slowly. There was lots of traffic so I had to avoid slowing down to quick before I got stuck in the lanes. So I had to put my blinkers on and pull to the side. The side was a little narrow because the cars were driving right beside mines and it was a busy highway. I thought I'd get hit but thankfully I didn't and pulled safely to the side. I researched about this problem and it is pretty common with people that have the Kia Optima 2013. And its recalled for that problem. So my confirmation is from researching it on the internet. Yes the problem has been confirmed by Kia because they got law suited for it and that's why they had recalls. My vehicle will be inspected by the manufacturer on September 28th. There was no warning signs or symbols of the car before that problem happened. It just happened instantly and it had me worried. The car was running perfectly fine getting to places. There was no problems prior to this. It first appeared on September 12th, 2021.

My car ran hot and my motor went out

I was driving down the interstate and all of the sudden the message “pull over safely and stop driving...check the hybrid engine system.” The car started to stall and seize up. Thankfully it didn’t die right in front of a semi on the interstate and I was able to at least make it off a nearby ramp before it died completely. I called my insurance for roadside assistance and it was towed to the nearest Kia dealer. They were unable to diagnose it because it would not turn on. They had to replace the hybrid battery before it could be diagnosed. I was also told that a safety fuse had been “fried” and they are still running tests.

I understand this will not sound like a safety issue, as I felt the same initially, but it is. My paint has been peeling off my Kia Optima for almost two years and sometimes the paint comes off in little pieces and other times it peels off in 6-12 inch sheets. Paint will come off during driving and while being washed. When driving the paint will fly to the back of my car and land of the ground, looks like snow is flying thru air. I have had safety issues to date. First tIme was on my way to work and a large section of paint came up from the bottom of the windshield area and stuck to my windshield. Not only did it scare me, but it blocked my vision.windshield wipers would not move it. I had to quickly pull over to remove it. Second time the same thing happened, but it landed on the windshield of the car behind me. I was unaware it happened until they pulled up next to me at the red light and got out of their vehicle to yell at me and removed the paint sheet. I understand this might not sound serious, but when something comes flying out of nowhere and lands on your windshield blocking your sight it is quite terrifying. I am not sure if this has happened to others with my same paint defect, but I know by researching my paint defect over the past two years, there are thousands of complaints on the internet about paint peeling off. When I contacted Kia in 2019 (corporate in Irvine, Ca), they informed me it was definitely a paint defect that originated during the painting process. Since there was not a recall isued, they were not going to pay for the car to be re-painted. At that time only the top of my car was affected, but now the majority of my car is losing paint. At this time I am wanting Kia to pay to have the car repainted, refund the cost of the vehicle or provide a credit to put towards a new car. At this point my vehicle is basically worthless because I can't sell it as is and trading it in results in me only getting approximately 30% of what the value is.

I was giving my brother a ride to work when the car stalled. There was no engine light on or any warning light what’s so ever all of sudden my steering wheel turned hard and I could not steer. Brake pedal was hard for me to step on I nearly wrecked in to a gate. I own this car for few years already and never giving me problems. I did notice there was a recall going on about engines on these 2013 2014 going bad. At first I thought it was my battery or alternator but everything has power. Just the engine don’t want to turn over. I would appreciate if someone can help me in this situation.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would shut off without warning. The contact would be able to restart the vehicle soon after the failure. The contact had taken the vehicle to the dealer where they replaced the spark plugs and cleaned the fuel injectors. Upon driving the vehicle home at 50 MPH, the contact's wife stated that the vehicle shut off again without warning. Despite the failure, his wife was able to restart the vehicle and drive home without incident. The next day, the contact called the dealer to notify them of the failure and they informed him that it may take some time to repair the vehicle due to the cleaning of the fuel injectors. The contact stated that the failure persisted despite the repair. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, fuel odor was detected but the contact did not see fuel leaking onto the ground. The contact's cousin, an independent mechanic, inspected under the engine cover and saw that there was fuel leaking on top of the engine block from a cracked fuel line. The dealer was made aware of the failure and scheduled an upcoming appointment for diagnosis. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 87,000.

On 9/13/2021 about 8:10 pm my neighbor knocked on my door and told me my parked car was smoking and appeared to be catching fire. Black smoke was everywhere I yell for my son to go out to see what was happening while I call fire department seconds later the car begin to go up in flames. Fire department Arrived to put out fire on my 2013 Kia Optima.unsure of cause but from the smell it smelled like some thing electrical . It has been reported to insurance .No recalls have been issued on said vehicle. No previous warnings were issued before fire started .This could have cause a lot of damage to all vehicles parked in front and back of my vehicle had it not been put out in timely matter.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the TPMS warning light illuminated. The accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle failed to respond. The vehicle then lost motive power and stalled. The contact slowly pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and attempted to restart the vehicle however, the vehicle failed to restart. The contact had the vehicle towed to her residence. Several days later the vehicle was towed to the local dealer to be diagnosed. Due to the dealer being short staffed, the vehicle was not yet diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,581.

My car said warning ️ do not drive and my brakes went out when I was able to stop I cut off the car then back on and it wouldn't move .I was on the highway when this happened.

The components in which failed in my vehicle are unknown at this time. The only thing that I know is my emergency check engine light was flashing and my car proceeded to go into limp mode. Reason for that was the rod knock sensor went off. My main concern is that a few minutes following my engine had completely shut down in the middle of the Highway. I was nearly hit by several vehicles following behind me. The problem has not been confirmed but has been identified with the SAME exact issue as other 2013 Kia Optima owners. No police reports or investigations were conducted. I am not the only person that had their safety at risk due to Kias negligence. This is clearly a reoccurring issue with many owners of the same make and model. I would think that Kia would have investigated this issue.

Total Engine failure while driving at 70mph on interstate. 67,555 miles Only warning was at time of engine failure check engine light came on. I purchased car used from my father in law who passed away due to COVID-19. Never any problems until now. I have seen many issues online with engines for this model year and I know that some Kia's have had engines replaced free of charge. It seems to be widespread issue to all 2013 Optimas and other models including multiple years. What was Kia's countermeasure to correct the issue? What is the RPN number for their internal PFMEA and DFMEA? If it was machining burrs remaining in the engine at time of assembly-what is detection method? -Visual inspection (not 100%)? - machine vision? -added process (brushing operation)? -added shot blast peening of crankshaft forging before machining? -added deburring of main bearings? etc. Consumer stated vehicle was towed and taken to a dealer. Still has not been repaired.

My SWP paint is peeling and chipping in multiple spots. Ive noticed it since I bought it back in November of 2019 but its only gotten worse

The paint on my car is peeling on the molding around the front windshield on the right and left side.

Drove the vehicle on the interstate next warning lights came on stating Hybrid system warning safety stop and do not drive I pulled over popped the hood and saw oil leaking everywhere and the vehicle was inoperable so I towed to my home called the Kia dealership stating there was a recall on my vehicle a 2013 Kia optima hybrid and advised what to do they told me to tow it to the dealership and there is it

Drove car all of a sudden the engine started knocking and missing and burning oil out the exhaust I parked the car until Kia can look at it

Around approximately 76,000 miles on the vehicle, I noticed paint (snow white pearl) started bubbling and coming off the hood. I assumed it was from a rock chip. The paint bubbling and chipping is now occurring all over the vehicle. I've spoken with two different KIA dealers (in Charlotte, NC and Salisbury, NC) and they've both said there are no recalls from KIA and there's nothing they can do but offer to repaint the car for THOUSANDS of dollars. I'm finding new spots every month. There are now 93,000 miles on the car, and I do NOT feel like the paint should be failing like this at all. I will attach pictures if allowed. I doubt I can upload all of the places on my car that have chips at this point.

I own a 2013 Kia Optima. The paint in chipping and peeling on various parts of the car.

My car recently cut off I replace the camshaft sensor A and B My engine is currently knocking

The contact's ex husband owned a 2013 Kia Optima .The contact stated while her ex-husband was driving at an undetermined speed a 2009 Jeep Liberty cross the center line and crashed into the vehicle. The driver succumbed to his injuries at the scene. There was a report of the driver being located leaning towards the front passenger seat. The air bags deployed. The seat belt was extended and locked but, was torn. The contact stated the driver of the Jeep was intoxicated however there were no reported injuries. The vehicle was towed to a police lot. A police report was filed. The local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was unknown.

Rod Bearing caused the engine to Cease , my Car was at Ray Skillman from 6/28/21 diagnosed 7/28/21 KIA denied claim, after all recalls have been performed on vehicle. Engine still should've been under warranty to replace engine a 2nd time. Engine replaced 3/2015 at 38,905 before recall in 2017 ceased 6/28/2021 we had towed to Dealership Able to get to safety on side of interstate 65 could've been a bad situation on highway if in middle of road No lights or warnings came on prior to car stalling

Driving down highway and lost engine power. The gas engine seized up causing the vehicle to stop suddenly. Towed to Kia and the said the engine is seized up.

Vehicle starts smoking from under hood after driving for awhile. Not sure if its coming from the turbo or another part.

The Snow White Pearl paint is peeling off of the hood and roof of the car (delamination).

The paint on my PEARL WHITE optima is chipping like crazy!

Pealing paint on hood and along windshield area

The motor failed while I was driving. I was at a stop sign and was turning the corner and my car shut off. I tried to start the car and smoke was coming from the engine. I had to have my car towed home. No warning lamps came up prior to the engine shutting down.

My oil light has been coming on and blinking then disappearing. Current on oil change and oil level is full on dipstick. Noticed little oil stain on driveway but oil level remains good and full. A couple times now my car has lost acceleration. One time on the highway and once in my neighborhood. When I press the gas it does not accelerate. It will lose speed and after a few times of stepping on the gas will eventually get to speed.

Engine began making very loud noised while driving on an expressway. Pulled off of the road and engine would not start. Had to get towed to a local repair shop. I found out that my engine is blown. There have been recalls on the Theta II engine, but, mine was not involved in the recall. There are many reports of these engines that were not involved with the recall having MAJOR issues. Please investigate further into these engines.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17V224000 (Engine and Engine Cooling) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer and it was confirmed that the part was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

We believe the connecting rod bearing in the engine is bad and needs to be replaced. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. When the engine failure occurred, luckily we were in a neighborhood and not traffic because the engine speed was drastically reduced and the vehicle failed to accelerate in a reasonable manner. The vehicle has not been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer, but a home computer diagnostic was done on the vehicle giving a "Cylinder 3" misfire code. The vehicle has not been seen by anyone other than the owners of the vehicle, we are currently in the process of trying to get an appointment with a kia dealership. There were no warnings prior to the failure, but as soon as the failure occurred, the check engine light turned on and was blinking.

Car was parked in the driveway we had been home for over 2 hours. Everyone was just about falling asleep, someone knocked on the door and ringing our door bell that our car was on fire. she had called the police and fire department was dispatched. we moved our other vehicle and tried to prevent the house from being damaged by the fire. Fire fighters arrived and it took them about 15 20 min to out out the fire. They blew smoke out of the house and the garage and checked the temperature reading on the car to make sure all the fire was put out. Front end was engulfed in fire. The fire had to be cause by an electrical issue. The safety or the safety was effected by the threat of fire to the people in the home in the unit and the neighbors and the animals in the garage at the time of the fire. Kids were asleep in the home if no one would have told us it would have been too late. It has not caused emotional anxiety for kids and pets in the home. minor damage to home and driveway. Kia has a recall causing the exact issue but this car has not been added to the list. The car has only been inspected by insurance agent and fire department the night of. There was no warning light or any messages given before the fire.

While driving as normal on the way home the engine stalled and would not pick up as I was getting on the highway with traffic behind me. I was able to get on and begin doing 50-55mph getting good onto the highway and pick up speed trying to get to 60mph never got to go past 55 as the car slowed down instead of picking up speed. EVERY warning light popped up onto the dash as I panicked to get off the highway unable to pick up speed and move out of the way of flying cars it slowed down to a complete stop I had just made it off the highway onto the side of the highway with cars flying by the grace of God my kids were not with me. I was not able to start the car up and had no idea as to why it happened I had no issues with my car and just brought it from Crown dealership not even a full 2 years of having the car. It was confirmed by a licensed mechanic that the engine is gone and no known reason as to why. The manufacture states it is beyond warranty as the car was purchased from crown they keep telling me to call and speak to Kia. Kia states it has no recall because of my VIN. I am not the first and not last to have this unexpectedly happen. I keep the up oil changes, tune ups, new tires and more done. now to know the engine is gone an it is not my fault no help and additional 5,000 for repair I am still making payments on the car and can not even drive it. I could have died on the road or highway due to the car just stopping on it own while driving the warning lights didn't come on until after the car was done going. I had no choice but to get over quick still risking to get hit and unable to do or know anything. This is crazy how you can take car of the car and not be able to do anything other than pay more on the car that was not even close to the total being added on now. The lawsuit filed I should have called for help because now I am stuck and blessed not to be hurt or killed due to this issue.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia OPTIMA. The contact stated that their vehicle was included in a recall for the engine. The contact had received a recall notice regarding a fuel tube in the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer in June who reportedly completed the recall. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph when they began to smell a strong fuel odor. After, parking they noticed fuel leaking from the vehicle. The contact noticed that the same tube mentioned in the recall was fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and offered a one-time courtesy repair however, the parts were on backorder. The approximate failure mileage was 64,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated that when driving at 73 mph the engine stalled. The contact stated all lights illuminated on the instrument panel while the failure occurred. The contact was able to coast the vehicle onto the road shoulder. The vehicle was towed to a dealer. The contact stated that the dealer did not perform a diagnostic yet. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 104,000.

I have a 2013 Kia Optima sxl, in the paint color Snow White pearl. The paint is defective. It’s delaminating and peeling all over the car. The hood, rear doors, the pillars along the windshield. The trunk is completely covered in bubbles and is peeling too.

The factory paint job is delaminating and chipping. Its chipping in different parts. This is a problem because Kia didn’t let the primer sit well or because they didn’t even put primer. You can tell by the way the paint is delaminating.

While driving the car on 5/14/2021, the warning light came on and in 30 seconds, the engine quit. The car was taken to Steve's Tech Senter, Foley, AL. The starter was replaced and still would not run. Steve told me the engine was seized up. I contacted Team Gunther Kia, Daphne, AL, and was told by Cassandra that the car was not under warranty because it had 130000 miles and I had missed the deadline on the recall notice. I have never been notified of a recall notice on the car at all. I did receive a Northern California District document telling me of a class action suit settlement (approximately one year ago). I had no problems with the car at that time and did nothing. There was a timeframe for reporting of 4/12/2021 to the their document which also stated that the engine warranty would be extended. I had no hint of a problem with the car until the engine seized on 5/14/2021.

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated that while her granddaughter was driving at an undetermined speed, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was later towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the engine rod bearing had failed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was advised to tow the vehicle to the local dealer. The contact was informed that the vehicle was covered under the NHTSA recall campaign number 17V224000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). The contact indicated that the vehicle had experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 95,000.

Peeling paint and rapid delamination occurring on my vehicle around the windshield area and columns. What started as small chips in 2014 has continued and accelerated and is now peeling in larger sheets down to the metal. Kia dealership will not fix it. Three quotes obtained for repair.

ON 5/27/2021 I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN SAFE TO PROCEED, I TURNED RIGHT. WITHIN TEN YARDS, THE CAR SLOWED, A "HYBRID SYSTEM MALUFUNTION" WARNING WAS DISPLAYED, AND ALL POWER WAS LOST. CAR TOWED TO KIA OF IRVINE, WHERE SAFETY PLUG ASSEMBLY, HYBRID BATTERY, AND COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM SERVICE WERE PERFORMED, TOTAL COST TO ME $1,647.31. KIA TECHNICAL OPERATIONS DOCUMENT PS515 APPEARS TO STATE FUSE INSTALLED BY KIA ORIGINALLY IMPROPERLY RATED AT 125 AMP, AS IT IS REPLACED WITH 150 AMP FUSE. WHY IS THIS NOT A TSB, AND THUS A REPAIR COVERED BY WARRANTY?

I was driving my car normal speed stop and go and suddenly my vehicle started to smoke and not soon after it was on fire I had my engine replace by keep the 1/21/21-1/31/21 so I’m wondering my why my car is nothing but a metal ashes

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated that after he purchased the vehicle from the dealer, he noticed that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the dealer tried to repair the air bag failure however, they were unsuccessful and informed the contact that the vehicle did not need the air bags since it had seat belts and there were many vehicles on the road without air bags. The dealer also informed the contact that the vehicle was previously involved in a collision. The vehicle was taken to another dealer, Fort Collins Kia (2849 S College Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80525) and diagnosed that the air bag wirings were faulty and if the contact was involved in a crash, the air bags would not deploy. Fort Collins Kia (2849 S College Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80525) advised the contact to take the vehicle back to the original dealer since it was a safety failure, and to contact the NHTSA. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000.

Knock sensor part failure placing vehicle into limp mode, causing loss of power while on interstate.

I have had my vehicle for 3 years. I have never has any problems with this vehicle. Almost two months ago, my vehicles engine seized while I was driving on the highway with my four children in the vehicle. I had the vehicle towed to Clay Cooley Kia in Irving, Tx. They went on to tell me that they have to fix the other recalls with the vehicle before they could summit anything about my engine which also has a recall on it. After 30 days of having my vehicle, they told me that they could not cover the recall on my engine because I have a salvage title. I was told by their own employee, that it should not matter if my vehicle has a rebuilt title or not. They are being very rude to me and refusing to get me over to higher people at the company as a result.

2013 KIA Optima Pearl White Paint peeling and chipping off all around the windshield. May now cause rust and future instability to vehicle frame which could make it dangerous.

Car engine died while leaving stop sign. Towed to a mechanic, they said the motor was seized & it seemed to be a recall issue so had it towed to Kia dealership. Waited a few days & never heard anything so called the dealership & they said it was a recall issue but they were denying it. Called corporate, confirmed it was a recall, still denied replacing the engine

There is a strong gas smell from the car when I am driving. There is an open recall for certain cars of this year, make, and model, but my Vin specifically does not qualify for the recall. The recall is for a possible fuel line leak, which sounds exactly like what I have right now.

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 Kia OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, HOWEVER, SHORTLY AFTER RETRIEVING THE VEHICLE, SHE STARTED TO HEAR A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE WHEN SHE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE SAME DEALER AND WAS SERVICED UNDER AN UNKNOWN ENGINE RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED 3 WEEKS AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 171,466.

The low pressure fuel hose from the gas tank to the fuel pump located under the engine cover is leaking fuel. The vehicle was inspected by a Kia Dealership to determine the cause of the fuel leak. My safety and the safety of others were put in jeopardy due to the possibility of a fire or explosion from the leaking fuel line. The smell of gasoline was detected prior to the inspection from the Kia dealership

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED WITH THE OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS RELATING THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) FOR WHICH THE VIN WAS INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEAN MCCRARY KIA OF HATTIESBURG (603 BROADWAY DR, HATTIESBURG, MS 39401) HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO SERVICE THE RECALL DUE TO THE ECU NOT BEING UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 103,744.

VEHICLE IS BURNING OIL VERY FAST AND REVING UP UNCONTROLLABLY. WAS INFORMED LAST SUMMER OF A RECALL ON ENGINE. TOON VEHICLE TO KIA AND THEY CONFIRMED THE VEHICLE ENGINE WAS BURNING OIL WAY TOO FAST. VEHICLE WAS BURNING OIL ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY IN ONLY 1,000 MILES. WHEN I FINALLY TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO HAVE KIA UPHOLD THE RECALL I WAS TOLD THAT THEY UPDATED THE RECALL 2 DAYS BEFORE MY APPOINTMENT AND THEY WOULD NO LONGER FIX MY ENGINE DESPITE DISCOVERING THAT THERE WAS AN EXTREME OIL CONSUMPTION MALFUNCTION. HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE AND WAS TOLD BY KIA TO CONTACT THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU IF I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR DECISION. HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE SINCE LAST SUMMER AND KEEP BEING TOLD THAT THEY WOULD GET BACK TO US SOON. RECEIVED A CALL TODAY SAYING THAT I COULD PAY TO GET A NEW ENGINE AND THEN WHEN THEY FINALLY MAKE THE RECALL THEY WOULD PAY ME BACK IF THEY COULD PROVE THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE BECAUSE OF KIA

ENGINE OIL IS ALWAYS LOW EVEN AFTER ONE HOUR FROM TOPPING IT UP.

THE PAINT ON MY 2013 OPTIMA HAS BUBBLES IN IT THAT ARE CRACKING OPEN WITH PAINT PEELING AWAY. THERE IS ONE SECTION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR WITH ONE PATCH THAT IS AT LEAST 3" LONG AND 2" WIDE WHERE THE PAINT FLACKED OFF. THE PAINT AROUND THE WINDSHIELD HAS ALSO FLAKED OFF IN PLACES THAT ARE NOW CAUSING RUST SPOTS. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING TO CAUSE THE ISSUE WITH THE PAINT. THE CAR HAS THE ORIGINAL PEARL WHITE PAINT. THIS STARTED WITH MINOR SPOTS AND HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED TO MORE PLACES ON THE CAR WITH PAINT MISSING. THIS HAS BEEN BEEN AN ON-GOING ISSUE THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE OWNED THE CAR.

THE HYBRID VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A 3-LANE STATE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE MIDDLE LANE BEHIND 4 VEHICLES WHEN THE DTC P1B25/P1B77 ' 125 AMP HV FUSE WAS BLOWN. THIS CAUSED A SAFETY HAZARD TO MANY ONCOMING VEHICLES AND THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP. OTHER REPORTS FOUND ONLINE SEEM CONSISTENT WITH PS515 (REV 2, 02/28/2019) AND HAVE REPORTED TO STOP AND BECOME UNRESPONSIVE WHILE DRIVING.

BURNS OIL AND ENGINE REVS

WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND LOCKED UP. LUCKILY HE WASNT ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH LOTS OF VEHICLES. HE WAS ON A STRAIGHT ROAD BUT HAD TROUBLE PULLING THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS LOCKED UP. THIS IS A KNOWN RECALL ON KIA VEHICLES AND THE DEALERSHIP IS DENYING TO FIX IT. THERE IS AN OPEN CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST KIA FOR ENGINE FAILURE THAT WE WILL BE SIGNING.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ENCOUNTERED ENGINE FAILURE AND MY CAR COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 97 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VANDEVERE KIA (328 W MARKET ST, AKRON, OH 44303) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RELATED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 128,100.

2013 KIA OPTIMA EX WITH 71K MILES. CAR HAD A VERY SLOW START. TROUBLE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD LEFT LIGHTS ON FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS SO THOUGHT THAT WAS THE ISSUE. SEEMED OKAY SO DROVE HOME. NOTICES SLIGHT GASOLINE SMELL IN CABIN. NO MORE DRIVING THAT DAY. TOOK TO LOCAL SHOP. CODE READER CAME BACK AS FUEL PUMP FAILURE. DID SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICED MANY WITH SAME ISSUE ON THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR AND A RECALL OR TWO AS WELL. VIN CHECK RETURNED NO OUTSTANDING RECALLS. CALLED KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE. WAS TOLD MY VIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A RECALL IN 2018 (SC 147) BUT 'PASSED THE TEST". SC 172 WAS ISSUED LATER FOR A CALL BACK OF THOSE VEHICLES THAT HAD ENGINES REPLACED UNDER SC 147 FOR A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PIPE ISSUE. I HONESTLY THINK MY OPTIMA IS CURRENTLY HAVING WHATEVER THE ISSUE WAS UNDER SC 147 BUT SINCE IT TESTED OKAY IN 2018 - OH WELL! SINCE THE FUEL PUMP WARRANTY EXPIRED IN 2018, I GUESS I'M ON MY WAY TO AN ALMOST $1,000 REPAIR! SEEMS LIKE KIA SHOULD ALLOW GETTING THE ORIGINAL SERVICE CALL ISSUE LOOKED AT AGAIN FREE OF CHARGE TO SEE IF IT IS NOW AN ISSUE. DISAPPOINTED.

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GOING 70MPH WHEN MY ENGINE LOSES POWER AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD TURN ON. I PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND TRY TO TURN IT BACK ON UNSUCCESSFULLY. SMOKE BEGAN TO COME OUT OF THE HOOD AND I OPENED IT UP TO SEE THE ISSUE. THE SMOKE BEGINS TO INCREASE AND IN A COUPLE IF MINUTES A FIRE STARTED UNDERNEATH/AROUND THE ENGINE

2013 KIA OPTIMA SX TURBO. WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 65 MPH ON A HWY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE ME LUNGE FORWARD TOWARD THE STEERING WHEEL. I SAW MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON THE DASH AND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. I PRESSED THE KIA'S START BUTTON, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH WOULD ALL COME ON AND THERE WAS A VERY STRONG ODOR OF BURNT ELECTRICAL WIRES COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. SCARY, TO SAY THE LEAST.

MY WHITE PEARL PAINT STARTED OFF AS A LITTLE CHIP AND NOW I HAVE BLOTCHES OF PAINT CHIPS ON MY TRUNK LID

MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY. WHEN DIAGNOSED IT SAYS TURBO BOOST POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT

GAS GOT INTO MY ENGINE. CAR KEEP LOSING OIL. SEEMED TO AFFECT A LOT OF OTHER AREAS

PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF OF THE PILLARS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WINDSHIELD. STARTED APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AGO. FIRST NOTICED WHILE PARKED UNDER CARPORT. NO ACCIDENTS OR PAINT WORK DONE. THIS IS ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER PAINT JOB.

THE CAR JUST SHUT-OFF WHILE IN MOTION AND WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT. THE CAR HAS 99,642 MILES ON IT. CAR WAS TOWED TO A KIA DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT THE ENGINE HAD FAILED AND KIA IS NOT COVERING THE REPAIRS.

WHEN I START THE CAR THE REAR BREAK LIGHTS FLICKER RAPIDLY WHEN I PRESS THE BREAKS THE 3RD BREAK LIGHT WON'T LIGHT UP AT ALL, SO THE ONLY TWO BREAK LIGHT STOP WORKING, IT CAUSES THE ANTI TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT AND THE AUTO-HOLD WARNING LIGHTS TO COME ON.

I LOANED MY CAR TO MY SON A FEW MONTHS AGO AND HE SAID THERE WAS NO OIL SHOWING ON THE DIPSTICK. HE ADDED OIL AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING TO ADD OIL REGULARLY TOO SINCE THEN. I'VE ALWAYS HAD TOYOTAS IN THE PAST AND COULD "ALWAYS" DEPEND ON THE OIL LEVEL STAYING SAFE BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. I HAVE 148,000 MILES ON MY CAR. I KEPT CARS IN THE PAST WITH DOUBLE THAT MILEAGE WITH NO ENGINE PROBLEMS. I STILL OWE $4,000 ON MY CAR AND NEED TO KEEP IT A LONG TIME. THE KIA SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME MY CAR WOULD HAVE TO BE KNOCKING IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HONOR THE RECALL. I'M SURE IF MY SON DIDN'T CATCH THE PROBLEM THAT THE ENGINE WOULDN'T BEEN KNOCKING SOON. THE PRODUCTION DATE OF MY CAR FALLS IN THE AFFECTED DATES LISTED ON RECALL # 17V-224. IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET MY ENGINE REPAIRED THROUGH THAT RECALL? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

JANUARY 25TH MY ENGINE SMOKED A QUIT RUNNING. MECHANIC INSPECTED TRYED TO TURN ENGINE OVER BY HAND WAS SEIZED AND HAD NO CODES. TOWED TO DEALER . JAN 29TH DEALER CONFIRMS ENGINE IS SEIZED . JAN 31 CALL ENGINE TURNS OVER AND HAS THROTTLE BODY CODE AND ALSO HAS TO MANY MILES TO PERFORM SAFTEY RECALL . I WATCHED MECHANIC TRY TO TURN ENGINE OVER WITH A WRENCH AT CRANKSHAFT AND IT WOULDNT BUDGE AND MECHANIC SCANNED CAR AND IT HAD NO CODES STORED . DEALER NOW WANT ME TO PAY MONEY FOR DIAGNOSIS I SAID NO CALLED KIA CORPORATE. I EXPLAINED TO CORPORATE SAFTEY RECALL HAS NO MILEAGE LIMIT AND THEY STILL DENY REPAIR I EXPLAIN TO CORPORATE THAT I HAD CAR DIAGNOSED AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO CHARGE ME A FEE BY CHANGING DIAGNOSIS. 10 MINTUES AFTER CALL TO CORPORATE I GET A TEXT FROM DEALER MY CAR IS COMPLETED AND READY FOR PICKUP NO CHARGE . I HAVE CAR TOWED BACK TO OTHER SHOP THEY SCAN FOR CODES AND TRY TO TURN ENGINE OVER BY HAND AGAIN AND NO CODES AND ENGINE STILL SEIZED . 2 WEEKS LATER CORPORATE CALLS AND SAYS THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT RECALL AND THEY WILL BUY CAR BACK. I ASKED IF THEY COULD FIX IT AND SHE SAID YES WE WILL REPLACE ENGINE . 3 DAYS LATER DEALER CALLS ANS SAYS COMPUTERS DOWN NATIONWIDE AND CANT ORDER ENGINE . 3WEEKS LATER DEALER CALLS AND SAYS THEY HAVE TO DO TESTS ON ENGINE BEFORE THEY ORDER NEW . I CA'LL CORPORATE AND FEB 26TH SHE EMAILS ME BACK THAT THE ENGINE WAS ORDERED 2 WEEK LATER DEALER CALLS AND SAYS THEY HAVE TO DO A COMPRESSION INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK AND OIL PRESSURE REGULATOR TESTS . I ASK CORPORATE WHY THEY SAID ENGINE WAS ORDERD AND THEY REPLIED THATS WHAT THE DEALER TOLD THEM. 2 MONTHS KIA HAS HAD MY CAR AND NOT DONE RHE SAFTEY RECALL IT SEEMS THEY ARE STALLING AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT OF DOING IT.

MY CAR IS STALLING WHEN I ACCELERATE AND WHEN I TURN MY CAR ON TO START IT UP IT SMELLS LIKE GAS

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS EXTREMELY LOW COMPLETELY UNUSABLE AT NIGHT TRIED REPLACING HEADLIGHT BULB SAME ISSUE.

PAINT (PEARL WHITE) BEGAN PEELING OFF IN JUNE 2019 ON THE FRONT T AND BACK OF THE ROOF TRIM. ON MARCH 12, 2021 THE PAINT HAS NOW STARTED PEELING FROM THE PASSENGER LEFT SIDE DOOR. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAS MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS- THE POWER WINDOWS ( ALL BUT THE DRIVER'S WINDOW) QUIT OPERATING ON JANUARY 27, 2021. THE VEHICLE IS A 2013 WITH ONLY 43K MILES ON IT. UNACCEPTABLE

I OWN A 2013 KIA OPTIMA WITH THE SNOW-WHITE PEARL PAINT AND IT IS DEFINITELY PEELING AT A RAPID RATE. IT IS PEELING OFF ON THE SIDES OF MY TRUNK, NEAR THE WINDSHIELD, ON THE HOOD, AND ALSO ON THE EDGES OF THE DOORS. I BOUGHT IT USED, BUT HAVE ONLY OWNED IT FOR 3 YEARS AND THE PAINT WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION WHEN I BOUGHT IT. I HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO MAKE THE PAINT CHIP OR PEEL. IT LOOKS HORRIBLE!! KIA NEEDS TO FIX THIS IMMEDIATELY. WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR NEW CARS AND SHOULD EXPECT THAT THEY HOLD UP. MY PARENTS OWN CARS THAT ARE 20+ YEARS OLD AND THEIR PAINT IS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE! KIA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND REMEDY THIS!!

THE PAINT IS CHIPPING ON THE CARS HOOD, ROOF RAILS AND TRUNK LID TO NO FAULT OF MINE. PAINT IS ALSO BUBBLING ON THE DOORS AND IS STARTING TO CHIP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE OIL PAN WOULD LEAK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V750000 (ENGINE). THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOU FUSZ KIA (1025 N LINDBERGH BLVD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63132) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE OIL PAN NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE RECALL DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING REIMBURSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FORCE THE DEALER TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 79,800.

PAINT IS PEELING. IT'S NOT CAUSED BY ANY FRICTION. IT'S DE-LAMINATING.

2 FLAT TIRES GETTING OFF WORK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER BOYFRIEND WAS DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY WERE INFORMED THAT SHARDS OF METAL WERE FOUND IN THE ENGINE CAUSING THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CHANGED THE OIL HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WERE THREE RECALLS WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), 20V519000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC), AND 20V100000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE CONTACT CONTACTED AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

MULTIPLE RECALLS ON CAR - BEEN HAVING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES FROM ELECTRICAL TO BREAKS.

TL* THE CONTACT'S GIRLFRIEND OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS DRIVING 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO THE LEFT INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER CONTINUED DRIVING TO HER DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO METRO KIA OF MADISON (5442 WAYNE TERRACE, MADISON, WI 53718, (608) 443-5700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE ECU SOFTWARE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED IN JULY OF 2020. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 132,000.

STEELING WHEEL AND COLUMN IS VERY LOOSE. WHENEVER YOU HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEELING WHEEL LOOSES CONTROL. IT MAKES A LOUD RATTLING NOISE. ALSO, THE RADIO SYSTEM STOP WORKING. I WOULD TURN MY CAR OFF AND THE STEREO SYSTEM WOULD CONTINUE TO PLAY AND WOULD NOT CUT OFF EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS TURN OFF. EVEN WITH THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION. THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD GET IT TO TURN OFF WAS TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. TOOK CAR TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP THEY STATED THAT THEIR RECALL SYSTEM HAS A NATIONWIDE SHUT DOWN AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REPAIR IT.

SNOW WHITE PEARL PAINT RAPIDLY CHIPPING OFF OF MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA, NO ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED TO MAKE THIS PAINT PROBLEM OCCUR. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY THE PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF SO EASILY. A LOT OF THE PAINT IS CHIPPING AROUND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND HOOD OF THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE NEARBY. THE CONTACT LINKED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

ON FEBRUARY 19, 2021 AT AROUND 12:50 A.M., A FRIEND AND I WERE DRIVING HOME IN MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID EX ON A CITY STREET AND WE WERE A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF-WAY HOME WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON CAME ON. I STARTED LOOKING FOR AN OPEN GAS STATION SO I COULD STOP AND CHECK IF THERE WAS ANYTHING VISIBLY WRONG WITH MY CAR. BEFORE I COULD REACH A GAS STATION, I HEARD A TICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND UPON LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR I SAW SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF THE BACK OF THE CAR AND SAW AND SMELLED SMOKE INSIDE THE CABIN ALSO. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. THE CAR THEN COMPLETELY FILLED WITH SMOKE, SO MY FRIEND AND I GOT OUT OF THE CAR QUICKLY. THE ENGINE AREA BURST INTO FLAMES. I CALLED 911 AND REPORTED IT TO THE POLICE AND WAITED FOR THEM TO COME. THE CAR EXPLODED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE THEY GOT TO ME AND THE FIRE QUICKLY ENGULFED THE CAR REACHING INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE STREET HAD TO BE COMPLETELY BLOCKED OFF FROM ALL TRAFFIC. IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE AS WE BARELY MADE IT OUT OF THE CAR BEFORE IT BURST INTO FLAMES AND HOW RISKY IT WAS BEING IN THE CAR BEFORE IT CAUGHT FIRE. AS FAST AS EVERYTHING HAPPENED WE FEEL LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. IT TOOK THE FIRE CREW ABOUT AN HOUR TO PUT THE CAR OUT. EVERYTHING INSIDE THE CABIN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AFTER GETTING A RIDE HOME FROM THE POLICE I STARTED RESEARCHING ONLINE THE ISSUE I HAD JUST GONE THROUGH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS MANUFACTURER RECALL #SC200TE, NHTSA RECALL #20V750 FOR MY VEHICLE WHICH SEEMED TO FIT THE EXPERIENCE I HAD WITH MY CAR.

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA ON THE FN INTERSTATE AND THE CAR STALLED!! I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALLS UNTIL SOMEONE THAT ASSISTED HER TOLD HER THIS! I AM DURING YOU! SHE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT! THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V750000 (ENGINE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER KIA OF VACAVILLE LOCATED AT 651 ORANGE DR, VACAVILLE, CA 95687 WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE SOFTWARE NEEDED WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

LOSS OF POWER UPON ACCELERATING. TURBO SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED. PROBLEM STOPS/RESETS SOMETIMES AFTER I TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE UP TO 40MPH, THE ENGINE DOESN'T RESPOND APPROPRIATELY. I CAN HAVE MY PEDAL PUSHED TO THE GROUND AND IT WILL STILL TAKE AT LEAST 1-2 MINUTES TO GET UP TO 40 MPH. AFTER IT GETS TO AROUND 40-45 MPH IT SEEMS TO RESPOND BETTER TO ACCELERATION, BUT IT STILL LAGS. COMPUTER THREW CODE P2562.

[XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE CAR TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE THE HYBRID SYSTEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED FIRE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 209,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE MESSAGE (PULL OVER SAFELY) WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER MENTOR KIA (9090 MENTOR AVE, MENTOR, OH 44060, (440)953-1000) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SUBJECTED TO REPAIR UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V750000 (ENGINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HAD EXCEEDED THE WARRANTY MILEAGE LIMIT AND THERE WOULD BE NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED IN REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED BEFORE GOING INTO LIMP MODE AND STALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER SOUTH HILLS KIA LOCATED AT 3644 WASHINGTON RD, MCMURRAY, PA 15317 WHO REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

DURING A COMMUTE TO WORKSITE THE CAR WAS DRIVING NORMALLY FOR THE FIRST 10 MILES. NO SOUNDS, NO DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. NO SIGNAL THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. AS I DROVE NORMALLY THROUGH THE ROUTE, I ENTERED THE HIGHWAY AND ACCELERATED TO NEARLY 65 MPH. AFTER A MOMENT OR SO OF DRIVING THE CAR SUDDENLY FELT AS IF THE ENGINE HAD NO POWER. I PULLED MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, THEN I CHECKED THE DASH LIGHTS, I MADE SURE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROPER AUTOMATICS MODE AND NOT MANUAL (IT FELT LIKE IT WAS THROWN INTO NEUTRAL OR A LOWER GEAR), I ALSO VERIFIED CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. I PRESSED THE GAS TO ACCELERATE BACK UP TO SPEED AND THE CAR BEGAN SHAKING VERY VIGOROUSLY. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BECAUSE I WAS NOT IN A SAFE AREA TO STOP, I TRIED TO COAST TO THE NEAREST EXIT. I IMAGINE I WAS COASTING AND ACCELERATING INTERMITTENTLY (FOR ONLY A FEW SECONDS AT A TIME) FOR ANYWHERE FROM ONE-HALF TO TWO MILES BEFORE THE NEXT EXIT. IT IS HARD TO GUESS THE DISTANCE BECAUSE IT WAS DARK DURING THE INCIDENT. ONCE I MADE IT TO THE EXIT, THE ENGINE WAS NO LONGER PROVIDING POWER AT ALL - MEANING I WOULD PRESS THE GAS AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT EVEN REV. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER SAID THAT BECAUSE THE CAR DID NOT HAVE A CODE OF P1326 THAT THE ISSUE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER KIA'S EXTENDED ENGINE WARRANTY. I AM TRYING TO FIGHT FOR THEM TO HONOR THE WARRANTY. NO LUCK SO FAR. THEY QUOTED A $7500 REPAIR. CAR IS PERFECTLY MAINTAINED. I JUST PUT NEW SPARK PLUS AND A NEW SERPENTINE BELT ON 9 WEEKS AGO (AT THE KIA DEALERSHIP OF COURSE- ONLY PLACE I DO MAINTENANCE AT).

I HAVE A CLICKING SOUND IN THE STEERING WHEEL. AUTO MECHANIC STATED IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE BUSHING OF THE STEERING COLUMN AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE MENTIONED THAT HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS. IT JUST STARTED OUT OF NOWHERE. THERE HAS BEEN NO INCIDENTS OR WRECKS TO CAUSE IT. IS THERE A RECALL TO HAVE THIS REPLACED?

MY CAR STARTED MAKING A SLIGHT KNOCKING SOUND ON THE MORNING OF 1/21/21 ON KEMP BLVD WHICH IS JUST A CITY STREET AND WITHIN LESS THAN A MILE, IT STOPPED RUNNING AND HAD ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. I WAS ONLY ABOUT 2 STREETS FROM MY HOUSE, I GOT IT TO START AND GOT IT BACK HOME BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT OFF AND IT HAS BEEN PARKED THERE SINCE. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS FAILURE OF THE ROD BEARING AND THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE

FIRST MY CAR HAS 80,000 MILES AND I DO ALL HIS REGULAR SERVICES ON TIME. I OWN THIS CAR 5 YEARS AGO,I DO EVEN EXTEND THE WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE BUT I NEVER USE IT BECAUSE THE CAR WAS GIVING ME NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. TODAY I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE USING THE FREEWAY AND AFTER 10 MINUTES THAT I LEAVE MY HOUSE I STARTED HEARING A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR THE ENGINE AND INCREASES LITTLE BY LITTLE.I JUST TAKE THE CLOSEST EXIT AND PULL OVER BECAUSE THE NOISE WAS TOO MUCH FOR CONTINUE DRIVING.I JUST PARKED MY CAR ON DAVIS STREET IN SAN LEANDRO AND I TRY TO CALL SOMEONE TO HELP ME ..I DECIDE NO TO DRIVE MY CAR BACK HOME I JUST TOWED TO MY HOME. I'M SO UPSET BECAUSE THE CAR IT'S PRETTY MUCH LOW MILES TO GIVE THAT KIND OF PROBLEMS ..THANK YOU

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH ON EXPRESSWAY, GAVE A LITTLE MORE GAS TO PASS SOMEONE AND ENGINE STALLED WHILE SWITCHING LANES AT HIGH SPEED. INFORMED BY KIA DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE CONNECTING ROD BEARING/S.

STARTING MAKING A NOISE IN SHUT OFF

CAR SMELLS LIKE IT IS CONSTANTLY LEAKING OIL. THE SMELL IS VERY NOTICEABLE. I WILL BE TAKING IT IN ON 1/8/2021

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, THE HOOD INADVERTENTLY OPENED AND CRACKED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,564.

2013 KIA OPTIMA IN AUGUST 2019 STARTING STALLING OUT AND WOULDN'T START. THEN MY ENGINE STARTING KNOCKING. MY CAR WOULD STILL START BUT WOULD ONLY GO 20-30 MPH WHILE MAKE KNOCKING ENGINE NOISES. TOOK MY KIA OPTIMA TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE ENGINE DUE TO RECALL. BUT DIDN'T REPLACE THE STARTER, AFTER I GOT MY CAR BACK MY STARTER WENT OUT COMPLETELY! MY CAR WON'T START. DEC 2020 TOOK MY KIA TO KIA DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY STARTER. I HAVE TO PAY $800 FOR STARTER REPLACEMENT. I TOLD THEM I HAD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE ENGINE RECALL. FOUND OUT KIA REPLACED 5 OUT 7 STARTERS WHEN THEY REPLACED THE ENGINE DUE TO RECALL. BUT THEY WON'T REPLACE MY STARTER BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR FROM THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. I TOLD THEM MY CARS BEEN PARKED THE ENTIRE YEAR 2020 DUE TO COVID AND I THOUGHT I JUST NEEDED A BATTERY. I BOUGHT A BATTERY BUT MY CAR STILL WOULD START. I KNOW MY STARTER WAS DAMAGED DUE TO MY ENGINE AND OIL LEAK DUE TO RECALL & KIA SHOULD REPLACE THE STARTER UNDER THE ENGINE WARRANTY FOR THE RECALL. MY CARS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I DON'T HAVE $800 TO FIX THE STARTER. MY STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING AND MAKING NOISES, I PAID KIA TO FIX IT 2020 NOW I FOUND THERE'S A CUFF LINK RECALL AND KIA WILL REIMBURSE ME. I KEEP HAVING TROUBLE WITH 2013 KIA OPTIMA! I WILL NEVER BUY A KIA AGAIN! BUYER BEWARE!

MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE, MOVE UP AND DOWN, MAKE CLICKING AND KNOCKING NOISES AS I AM DRIVING. WHEN I HIT A SPEED BUMP THE NOISES GET WORSE IN MY STEERING WHEEL AND THE SHAKING AND MOVING GETS WORSE. TOOK MY CAR TO KIA DEALERSHIP THEY FIXED IT & I PAID AROUND $80. NOW I FOUND THERE'S A RECALL ON THE CUFFLINKS IN THE STEERING WHEEL. KIA KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND DIDN'T NOTIFY ME & CHARGED ME TO FIX IT. THE ONLY REASON I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT WAS MY CAR WOULDN'T START AND I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO KIA & ASKED ABOUT OTHER RECALLS. I HAD MY ENGINE REPLACED DUE TO RECALL & I HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. BUT KIA DOESN'T WANT TO REPLACE MY STARTER. SOUND FAMILIAR? KIA DID THE SAME THING TO ME WITH MY STEERING WHEEL, THEY MADE ME PAY TO FIX THE STEERING WHEEL AND NOW SAY I CAN GET REIMBURSED AND THERE'S A RECALL. NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR THE STARTER BUT MY ENGINE HAD A RECALL WHICH REPLACED THE STARTER AND BATTERY. KIA REPLACED 5 OUT 7 BATTERIES WHEN THEY REPLACED THE RECALLED ENGINES. I WILL TRY TO GET REIMBURSED FROM KIA FOR THE STEERING WHEEL REPAIRS NOW THAT I FOUND OUT THERE'S A RECALL ON THE SHAKING STEERING WHEEL. BUT I COULDN'T FIND THE RECALL ONLINE ANYWHERE? I BOUGHT MY KIA IN 2019 AND I'VE HAD PROBLEMS EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT! KIA WANTS ME TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET AND THEN THEY TELL ME IT'S A RECALL LATER ON SO I CAN GET REIMBURSED!

DRIVING THE CAR AFTER MULTIPLE CHANGES AND RECHARGING OF ALTERNATOR AFTER ENGINE RECALL. OVER THE COURSE OF 3 MONTHS, THE CAR HAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TWICE AFTER DISPLAYING ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND THEN SHUTTING DOWN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, I AM GETTING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON THIS CAR SERVICED.

CAR STARTED VIBRATING AND MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHILE BEGINNING DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE KNOCKING GOT WORSE AND THE ENGINE STALLED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. PULLED OVER ON HIGHWAY SHOULDER AND SMELLED BURNT OIL AFTER CAR STOPPED. CHECKED OIL LEVELS AND TEMPERATURE WERE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE RANGES. ENGINE APPEARED TO BE SIEZED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON THE VEHICLE AGAIN. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY FROM HIGHWAY.

THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE STALLED & SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. IT GAVE ZERO PRIOR WARNING, THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO SPUTTERING, NO INDICATION OF AN ISSUE. AT THE TIME, IT HAD A QUARTER TANK OF GAS (AT LEAST THE GAUGE SAID SO). AAA FILLED THE TANK AND WE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, WITHOUT ISSUE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP OUT OF CONCERN IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN (ON THE FREEWAY WHERE IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT), AND THEY SAID IT'S A FAULTY TURBO CHARGER CAUSING A "LOSS OF POWER." GIVEN THERE WERE NO ISSUES WHILE DRIVING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, I'M NOT SURE I AGREE WITH THE "LOSS OF POWER." BUT REGARDLESS, IF THE TURBO IS BAD, IT'S AMONG THOUSANDS OF OTHER 2013 KIA OPTIMAS WITH TURBO & ENGINE ISSUES THAT ARE ALL WAY TOO SIMILAR TO BE COINCIDENCE. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS ALMOST 4K TO REPLACE IT, WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE IT'LL ACTUALLY FIX THE ENGINE STALLING ISSUE.

MY CAR IS TICKING AND BATTERY KEEPS GOING DEAD IT CUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME

I LEFT WORK ONE NIGHT AND STARTED FINE AND WAS DRIVING NORMAL FOR ABOUT 10-15 MILES THEN EVERY SINGLE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH BOARD THEN COULDN'T ACCELERATE ANYMORE! IT DROPPED IN LIKE 15MPH INCREMENTS UNTIL IT FINALLY ROLLED TO A STOP! I CUT THE CAR OFF AND EVER SINCE IT CUT OFF IT HASN'T CUT BACK ON SINCE ME AND COUSIN LOOKED AND SEEN NO OBVIOUS PROBLEMS BUT THINK THE MOTOR LOCKED UP COMPLETELY!

WHEN I WAS DRIVING ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON ON THE DASHBOARD AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE AT ALL THEN IT CUT OFF AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO JUMP IT OFF OR ANYTHING! WE'VE LOOKED TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND OUT WHY BUT IT'S JUST DIED AND I THINK THE MOTOR LOCKED UP!

IT STARTED WITH THE HEAD LIGHTS GOING OUT THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT WAS FIXED THE CAR WOULD SHUDDER START. THE CLOCK WOULD SHOW 000 AS IF THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW AND NEEDED THE TIME PLACED ON THE CLOCK THE SAME THING WAS HAPPENING TO THE SPEEDOMETER. THEN THE CAR JUST WOULDN'T NOT START AT ALL. THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON IT WOULD ALSO CLICK BUT NOT TURN OVER. WE TRIED JUMPING THE CAR THAT WORKED FOR A WHILE BUT NOW THE NO START IS STARING TO BE CONSISTENT.

SUDDENLY THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO THE CAR ON THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. IF THERE WERE ANY CARS BEHIND ME, I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN REAR ENDED, AT A VERY HIGH SPEED, POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURY. I WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYTHING MORE THAN 5MPH DUE TO THE BREAK CONSTANTLY BEING APPLIED TO THE CAR RESULTING IN ME NOT BEING ABLE TO MERGE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY SAFELY TO THE SIDE. THE CAR GAVE THE "CHECK BRAKE" ALERT ALONG WITH "HYBRID SYSTEM FAILURE". THE KIA DEALERSHIP IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE. ATTACHED IS THE DIAGNOSIS REPORT. THERE WAS A BRAKE FLUID LEAK INSIDE THE HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (HECU), POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. THAT IS EXACTLY SAME ISSUE AS KIA RECALL 20V519000 ISSUED IN AUGUST 2020. IF THE HECU SHORT CIRCUITS, THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. KIA NEEDS TO ADD THIS VIN TO THE RECALL. IT'S SAME YEAR MODEL AS RECALL. DEALER ADVISED TO REPLACE A PART 58620-4U301. KIA SHALL PROMPTLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

CAR SMELLED LIKE GAS WHEN AIR WAS ON AND EVEN WITH AIR OFF. FIXED MARCH 2019 AND I BELIEVE I SEE A RECALL FOR IT NOW. WE PAID A PRETTY PENNY TO GET FIXED. MY PAINT ON MY CAR IS COMING OFF EVERYWHERE LIKE BAD NAIL POLISH. IT IS PEELING OFF AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN IN NEW PARTS OF THE CAR. I'M TRYING TO GET THIS FIXED NOW WITH KIA. THIS STARTED HAPPENING AROUND WINDSHIELD FIRST ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO AND THEN THE TRUNK LAST FALL AND NOW MY DOOR AND OTHER AREAS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

FIRST I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION THEN I STARTED GETTING A WARNING MESSAGE STATING HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING SAFETY. FOLLOWED BY CHECK BRAKES WARNING. THIS OCCURED WHILE I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT.THE BREAKS COMPLETELY GO OUT AND BEGIN TO MAKE A LOUD GRINDING SOUND. ONCE I SHUT THE CAR OFF FIR ABOUT 30-60 MINUTES THE LIGHT GOES OUT UNTIL THE NEXT OCCURANCE. PRIOR TO LOSING ALL BREAK CONTROL THE CAR IS FINE. THIS PERSISTED TO A POINT THAT I CANNOT DRIIVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP FINALLY DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM AND COULD BE FIXED FOR $2700. THIS IS A KIA MANUFACTURING ISSUE AND KIA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO FIX IT. I DID SUBMIT A COMPLAINT TO KIA CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO NO AVAIL. PLEASE HELP WITH THIS ISSUE OR PUT THIS ON A RECALL LIST. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WHEN PLACED IN GEAR, THE KNOCK IS NOT HEARD WHILE IN PARK. BECAUSE NO SENSOR HAS GONE OFF, THE REPAIR TECH SAID THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO. I DO HAVE A THE MOTOR THAT WAS RECALLED, AND IT WAS REPLACED

I WAS GOING DOWN A ROAD IN MY TOWN LPGA IN DAYTONA BEACH, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THIS WEIRD SOUND THEN MY ACCELERATING STOPPED EVEN THOUGH I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS. THE CAR ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS IT FINALLY SLOWED DOWN WHERE I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ALL OF MY ENGINE SENSOR LIGHTS CAME ON AND MY CAR ENGINE WILL NOT ROLL OVER OR EVEN START MY BATTERY JUST TURNS ON. IT'S AS IF IT'S JUST STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY NO ONE HAS GIVEN ME A ANSWER THE TOW DRIVER IS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME THAT KIA OPTIMAS WERE HAVING RECALL ISSUES ON THEY'RE CARS WITH EXACT PROBLEMS LIKE MINE. I LOVE MY OPTIMA I TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF IT SO IT REALLY HURTS THAT THERE ISN'T MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT MY CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHCILE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. THERE WAS ABNORMAL ODOR OF FUEL DETECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIA OF ORANGE PARK (6373 BLANDING BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32244, (904) 758-2612) BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V907000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, A CLICKING SOUND OCCURRED COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY, THERE WAS A RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED HERB CHAMBERS KIA OF BURLINGTON (93 CAMBRIDGE ST, MA-3A, BURLINGTON, MA 01803) AND INFORMED THE DEALER OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR AND DIAGNOSTIC FEES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

ON DEC 5, 2020. I WAS DRIVING ON 78 WEST WHEN SUDDENLY MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA EX BEGIN TO DECREASE IN SPEED.WITHIN 5 MINUTES I HAD TO PULL OVER WHERE MY CAR JUST TURNED OFF. DEC 12, 2020 I WAS TOLD THAT MY ENGINE WASN'T TURNING OVER AND THE MOTOR WAS GONE. JUST LIKE THAT. I WAS VERY CONFUSED AND DISAPPOINTED AS I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO FEEL LOOSE WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPY ROADS. THERE WAS ALSO A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. PLASTIC STEERING COUPLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF THE PART AND 3 LABOR HOURS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO FEEL LOOSE WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPY ROADS. THERE WAS ALSO A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDNENT MECHANIC WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE WITHOUT REFERRING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THEY ALSO SAID THE ISSUE MIGHT BE WITH A COUPLING PIN IN THE STEERING SYSTEM. THE DEALER KIA OF HUNTINGTON (1720 E. JERICHO TURNPIKE, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11743, (631) 546-0200) WAS CONTACTED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

I WAS COMING OF THE FREEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUST TURNED ITSELF OFF. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MANAGE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE QUICKLY ENOUGH TO AVOID ANY COLLISION. I TRIED TO CHANGE THE STARTER BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT WAS BAD. IT HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO START UP AGAIN SINCE IT FIRST STOPPED ON ME.

ALITTLE OVER 2 YEARS AGO I STARTED NOTICING PAINT PEELING OFF THE PILLARS ON THE SIDES OF MY WINDSHIELD, IT STARTED WITH A SMALL SPOT AND CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. I HAVE ALWAYS GOTTEN MY CAR SERVICED AT A KIA DEALERSHIP AND HAD WARRANTIES ON MY CAR SO I MENTIONED IT NUMEROUS TIMES AND EVERYTIME I WAS TOLD THAT PAINT WASN'T COVERED AND THAT "THEY HAD NEVER SEEN PAINT PEELING LIKE THAT " ON ANY OTHER SNOW PEARL WHITE KIAS. THE PAINT CONTINUED TO PEEL OFF, THE WIND WOULD BLOW HUGE PIECES OFF. NOW IT HAS STARTED ON MY HOOD, THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR AND THE TRUNK! ITS ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF RUST. THE WORST PART IS I BROUGHT MY CAR IN AGAIN AND ASKED WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON?! THE TECHNICIAN ASSURED ME THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THAT, AND WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE 2 OTHER SNOW WHITE PEARL KIAS PULL IN AND THEY HAVE PAINT PEELING IN THE SAME SPOTS! THATS WHEN I DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND SAW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY MAINLY TO KIAS WITH THE SNOW WHITE PEARL COLOR. ALL I WANT IS FOR KIA TO REPAINT MY CAR. I PAID ALOT OF MONEY FOR IT AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY CAR BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS 20 YEARS OLD WITH THE PAINT FLYING OFF OF IT AND ITS STARTING TO RUST!!! THIS IS MY 2ND KIA I HAVE PURCHASED AND I LOVE THEM, BUT I AM EXTREMLY PISSED OFF AND DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OVER 2 YEARS ABOUT THIS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME SORT OF MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHEN THESE CARS WERE PAINTED IN THE FACTORY BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION FOR WHY THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SNOW PEARL WHITE KIAS WITH THE PAINT PEELING OFF IN THE SAME EXACT SPOTS. I ALSO BOUGHT MY CAR NEW SO I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF THE ENTIRE TIME. I JUST WANT MY CAR PAINTED BEFORE ITS ALL RUSTED ESPECIALLY SINCE I PAID $30,000 FOR THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS DECELERATING INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BEARING AND ENGINE SEIZED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT FLASHING. ADDITIONALLY, THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE KNOCK SENSOR THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000.

THE CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE AN THE STRINGL LOCK

CAR HAS A BAD GAS FUME SMELL THAT COMES THROUGH THE VENT WHEN DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON MOTOR HAS A LOUD TAPPING NOISE AND BURNS GAS QUICK

I WENT TO START MY CAR WHICH WAS ON AUGUST 24, 2020 AND IT WAS MAKING A VERY VERY LOUD NOISE I COULDN'T MOVE IT SO I HAD IT TOWED OVER TO A MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE IN FACT HAS BEEN BLOWN ARE THE BLOCK HAS BEEN BLOWN SO THE ENGINE IS NO GOOD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED I AM WAY AND THERE WAS NO WARNING ON MY VEHICLE AND WITH ALSO NO NOTIFICATION OF OIL WAS LOW OR NO OIL IN MY CAR WHATSOEVER THERE WAS A METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED AND IT THERE'S NO LEAKS IN THE CAR AT ALL AND SO NOW I PAY PAYMENTS FOR A CAR AND SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE ME AROUND TO WORK EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS ON MONTHS ANDPAYMENTS FOR A CAR THAT SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY BROKEN DOWN AND THE DEALERSHIP HERE KIA WILL NOT THEY FIX MY CAR THEY REFUSE TO BECAUSE OF A DISAGREEMENT PRIOR TO THIS I AM ON ANYTHING ABOUT MY CAR THEY WILL NOT DO I AM ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL IN THE VEHICLE SINCE FEBRUARY AND NOBODY HAS TOLD ME AND EVERYBODY HAS FAILED TO MENTION THIS OR CONTACT ME

I WAS SITTING IN MY CAR AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD,THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THINKS IT WAS SOMETHING ELECTRICAL. IT WAS IN PARK WHILE I WAS DROPPING SOMEONE OFF WHO WAS GETTING OUT OF MY CAR

WHILE DRIVING ON A ROAD WITH MY LITTLE COUSIN. ALL MY FUNCTION LIGHTS CAME ON AND AND MY CAR BEGAN TO STALL AND SLOW DOWN SO STARTED TO PRESS ON THE GAS FOR ACCELERATION A BLOCK DOWN THE WAY WE STARTED SMELLING SMOKE I PANICKED TRYING TO GET OVER AND RAN UP ON THE CURVE AND CAME OFF IT PULLED TO A SAFE SPOT AND ME AND MY COUSIN BOTH EXIT THE VEHICLE QUICKLY WHEN WE GOT OUT MY IT WAS SMOKING REALLY BAD MY COUSIN NOTICED THAT IT WAS ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE CAR SO I LOOKED AND IT WAS ON FIRE SOMETHING FELL TO THE GROUND ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE CAR.

2 DAYS AGO I LEFT WORK AND MY ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. I DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO SAID I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS BEFORE THIS. I HAVEN'T NOTICED ANY OTHER NOISE AND NO WARNING LIGHTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A WARNING LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE HYDRAULIC ASSEMBLY POWER UNIT NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO KIA OF CERRITOS (18201 STUDEBAKER RD, CERRITOS, CA 90703; (562) 860-2424) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED A CASE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,125.

ALL THE PAINT ON THE OUTSIDE OF MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA IS BUBBLING AND PEELING OFF THE CHROME ON MY WHEELS IS CHIPPING AND COMING OFF

KIA KIRBY VENTURA HAS REMOVED (2) OR MORE ACTIVE DANGEROUS RECALLS FROM VIN# OF THE VEHICLE THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY IN MY NANE. RECALL 1, STEERING WHEEL MDPS UNIT. I HAVE A LETTER NOTIFICATION DATED APRIL 24 2017 NO RECALL#. PLUS RECALL 18V363000 AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT THAT SHOULD APPLY BUT NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. RECALL#17V224 ENGINE STALL/FREEZE ISSUE I HAVE RECALL NOTIFICE PLUS A NOTICE FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ABT SPECIFIC RECALL THAT DOES EFFECT CAR. I MADE 2 ATTEMPTS AT KIA KIRBY VENTURA LAST YEAR, BEFORE COVID19, TO GET ENGINE RECALL FIXED CAR WAS EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS AS DESCRIBED ALMOST CASUED SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ON FREEWAY. I WAS DENIED BY SERVICE MANAGER DAVID BODJANAC SINCE DEALERSHIP, DURING 2ND VISIT TO HAVE ENGINE RECALL FIXED, KIA KIRBY VENTURA REMOVED RECALL FROM VIN# ASKED ME WHERE DID I GET RECALL NOTICE FROM? ENGINE ISSUE NOT FIXED. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, THURS 10/15/20 EARLY EVENING IM COMING UP TO CORNER ENGINE STALLED TWICE AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN APPROCHING, TURNING. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING AT SLOWER RATE OF SPEED. COMING OUT OF TURN CAR ULTIMATLY MADE INTO MY PARKING LOT W/OUT CRASHING LUCKILY NO ONE WAS OUT WALKING. ENGINE CAR FROZE. LUCKILY IN FRONT OF PARKING SPACE, MANAGED TO FORCE CAR IN PARKING SPOT. NOW DISPUTING W/KIA KIRBY VENTURA, SM DAVID BODJANAC, WHO DENIED ENGINE RECALL OR ANY RECALL. KIA KIRBY VENTURA SERVICE W/UNDOUBTEDLY TELL ME ISSUE W/CAR HAS NOTHING TO DO W/ANY RECALLS. HAD I BEEN ON FWY WHICH I DRIVE ON 2, 3 TIMES A DAY OR BEEN DRIVING AT HIGHER RATE OF SPEED ON STREET AS I WAS I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. KIRBY KIA VENTURA SAID THEY W/GIVE 0 FOR CAR NOT RUNNING DUE TO RECALL BUT STILL IN GOOD CONDITION FULLY LOADED. IF CAR RUNNING THEY MITE GIVE ME $5500-$6000MAX..PER KB NOT RUNNING CARS VALUE $6923- $8852 IN FAIR CONDITION /MECHANICAL ISSUES & $7851-$9790 IN GOOD CONDITION.

THREE TIMES- TODAY 10/18/2020 MY CAR IS NOT LEAKING OIL BUT BURNING OIL. DANGEROUSLY LOW I HAVE TO KEEP CHECKING. NO OIL ON THE GROUND. I SMELL OR A LIGHT TO SERVICE OIL COMES ON. FIRST TIME 6/10/2020 - 2ND TIME 10/1/2020 TODAY 10/18/2020 THERE IS STILL OIL BUT VERY LOW, 2QTS WERE PUT IN ON 10/1/2020 . THE ENGINE IS BURNING OIL. I HAVE NEW SPARK PLUGS MAYBE LESS THAN A YEAR.

TURNER KIA DIAGNOSIS MY VEHICLE OF OVERHEATING CONDITION REVEALED COMBUSTION GASSES GETTING INTO COOLANT. INTERNAL ISSUE ALLOWING COMBUSTION PRESSURE TO GET INTO COOLING SYSTEM WHICH IS HAMPERING COOLING EFFICIENCY AS WELL AS CAUSING AREACTION OFF COOLANT. WHEN I DROVE THE CAR HALF WAY ON THE HIGHWAY IT STARTED TO SMOKE AFTER I JUST GOT IT BACK FROM TURNER KIA AFTER FIXING WHAT THEY SAID WAS THE PROBLEM AFTER THAT I TOOK IT BACK TO TURNER KIA AND THEY DIAGNOSIS IT AS NEEDING A NEW ENGINE.

EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE ENGINE USES 1 FULL QUART OF OIL EACH 500 MILES. IT IS A POLLUTION ISSUE AS WELL AS AN ENGINE ISSUES. CAR ONLY HAS 113,000 MILES. I CALLED KIA AND THE DEALER REPAIR DEPT. SAID THE RECALLS FOR ENGINE FAILURE ONLY COVERS BEARING WEAR AND NOT EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. PLEASE HELP ME.

I HAD BEEN HOME FROM WORK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, GOT IN MY CAR TO GO RUN SOME ERRANDS, STARTED IT, AND IT HAD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT IT OFF AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE HORN WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE CONTACT CONTACTED TAYLOR KIA OF LIMA LOCATED AT 2100 N CABLE RD, LIMA, OH 45805, (567) 712-6604) WHO WERE UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A DIAGNOSTIC FAULT CODE FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

PAINT IS FLAKING AND EXPOSING BARE METAL ON HOOD AND ALONG WINDSHIELD UPRIGHTS

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE CAR THEN IT STOP DRIVING, AT FIRST I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE STARTER BUT THEN WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS THE PROBLEM DUE TO THE STARTER NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM.

THE MOTORS ON ALL MY WINDOWS WENT OUT AND MY STEERING WHEEL WHEEL SHAKES AND RATTLES REALLY BAD, IT'S CONCERNING

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE STREET WHEN I BEGAN TO SEE WHITE SMOKE CLOUDS COMING FROM MY EXHAUST. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR HOME, WAS NEARLY HIT ON THE WAY HOME (LOW POWER TO VEHICLE) AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT KIA. I HAD APPROXIMATELY 120000 MILES ON THE CAR. HAD ENGINE AND TURBO CHARGER REPLACED AT 74000 MILES. TOOK CAR TO KIA CLAIMS THE TURBO CHARGER IS OUT AGAIN. THIS YEAR HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS AS IT IS. I DO NOT RECOMMEND KIA...

THE PAINT IS PEELING IN SEVERAL AREAS ON THE HOOD, AROUND THE FRONT WINDOW AND ABOVE THE DOORS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL POPPING SOUND PRIOR TO THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE HORN HAD POPPED OUT OF PLACE AND WAS RAISED INSIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH MADE THE HORN DEFECTIVE. DESPITE THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED SOUTH SHORE KIA (1128 SUNRISE HWY, COPIAGUE, NY 11726) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 93,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE PEARL WHITE PAINT BEGAN PEELING OFF IN LARGE SHEETS AND IS NOT RELATED TO A ROCK CHIP.

I STOPPED IN A PARKING SPACE AND SHIFTED INTO PARK AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. WHEN I STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR IT STARTED ROLLING. I JUMPED BACK ON THE CAR AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE. THE LEVER WAS IN PARK BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE OR NEUTRAL. I COULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER. THE LINKAGE THAT CONNECTS THE SHIFT LEVER TO THE TRANSMISSION BROKE. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 64,000 MILES ON IT. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IF A CHILD WAS BEHIND THE PARKED CAR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE KIA DEALER. THE PART WAS LESS THAN A DOLLAR BUT THE LABOR WAS ALMOST $300.

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAIN ROAD ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR WHEN CAR LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING WERE STILL ON. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A SIDE STREET TO PULL OVER AND PARK THE CAR. I SHUT IT OFF AND THEN WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART IT BLACK SMOKE WITH AN ELECTRICAL TYPE SMELL CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. KIA DEALERSHIP SAID MOTOR WAS SEIZED AND REPLACED IT UNDER A RECALL. THEN THEY SAID IT NEEDED FUEL PUMP AND BATTERY (WHICH BATTERY WAS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD), SO I HAD BOTH REPLACED. I DROVE FOR 2 DAYS AND HAD TROUBLE STARTING THE CAR SO I TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID IT NEEDED A STARTER AND AN ELECTRICAL ASSESSMENT FOR A SHORT, AS STARTER BEGAN SMOKING WITH THE VEHICLE NOT EVEN RUNNING. NOW THEY ARE SAYING IT NEEDS A NEW JUNCTION BOX/FUSE BOX OVER $2900 AND MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO OTHER PROBLEMS BUT NOT COVERED AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY. I HAVE ALREADY PAID $900+ DOLLARS FOR FUEL PUMP, I EXCHANGED THE BATTERY WHERE I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT IT, AND $493 FOR STARTER. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THE JUNCTION BOX WOULD RANDOMLY FAIL OR SHORT AND NEED REPLACEMENT, UNLESS IT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL BLACK SMOKE ELECTRICAL SMELL THAT HAPPENED WHEN ENGINE SEIZED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WAS DRIVING AND MY CAR TURNED OFF ON ME RANDOMLY ? ALWAYS AM CONSISTENT WITH OIL CHANGES EVERY 3000 MILES AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE MY TAKE IS FULL WITH GOOD GAS I'VE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE GAS LINE ONCE ALREADY ,, MECHANIC SAID I MIGHT HAVE TO REPLACE MY FUEL TANK BECAUSE SOMETHING WITH CAR NOT GETTING ENOUGH GAS OR SO , I'VE ALSO SEE LEAKS LOOKS LIKE GAS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DOING ABOUT 45 WHEN I HEARD A SMALL POP & ALL MY DASH LIGHTS CAME ON & I LOST EVERYTHING. CAR CLICKS WHEN TRYING TO RESTART BUT DOES NOT START. OIL LIGHT, BATTERY LIGHT, EPS LIGHT & CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAY ON NOW. I WAS TOLD THERE IS A RECALL ON THESE CARS AND WOULD LIKE TO GET IT FIXED ASAP AS IT'S MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION.

2013 KIA OPTIMA [XXX] WAS TOWED TO SOUTHERN KIA LYNNHAVEN OF VIRGINA BEACH. VIRGINIA FOR A ENGINE FAILURE RECALL SC147 , UPON INSPECTION KIA DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE ENGINE STARTER AS SUBSEQUENT FAILURE SAYING THAT STARTER IS NOT OEM PART BUT AFTERMARKET WHICH CONTRADICTS SERVICE BULLETIN SC147 AND WARRANTY BULLETIN SC 147 WHERE ON PAGE 7 STATES ANY SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE PARTICULARLY STARTER SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR GOODWILL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WE WERE TRAVELING AT AROUND 55-60 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE T-BONES BY A CHEVY AVALANCHE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND MY HUSBAND SWERVED SO THE TRUCK LUCKILY STARTED AT MY DOOR AND COMPLETELY RIPPED AND SMASHED IN THE BACK PASSENGER DOOR AND BACK/ TRUNK OF OUR OPTIMA. BACK WHEEL IS COMPLETELY TURNED OUT. HIT SO HARD IT COMPLETELY TURNED US IN 2 CIRCLES AND BUSTED MY FRONT LICENSE PLATE AND IT HIT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I BUSTED MY HEAD OPEN AND RECEIVED 3 STAPLES AND KNEE SHOVED IN DASH BUT NOT 1 AIR BAG IN THIS VEHICLE DEPLOYED!! I HAVE ALWAYS OWNED A KIA!! I WILL NO LONGER PURCHASE A KIA BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL SAFE!!

FLEXIBLE STEERING COUPLING FAILED. POORLY DESIGNED RUBBER COUPLING DISINTEGRATES AT LESS THAN 80K MILES. THIS CREATES ONE INCH OR MORE OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND MAKES A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE.

MY CAR IS GETTING A P2562 CODE WHICH IS FOR THE TURBOCHARGER BOOST CONTROL POSITION SENSOR. I'M HAVING A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN ENGINE POWER AND FUEL ECONOMY.

STARTED VEHICLE UP AND IT STARTED SMOKING VERY BADLY. TOOK IT TO KIA DEALER. THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW MOTOR . PRICE 9400.00. AND IT WAS NOT UNDER ANY WARRENTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING A LONG DISTANCE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN AS ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS FLICKERED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE SAW SMOKE AND FIRE THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED IT WAS DIFFICULT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE SINCE ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS FAILED. THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS QUICKLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF A POLICE OR FIRE REPORT FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE WAS A ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITHIN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET AND CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DECLARED TOTALED BY HIS INSURANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING MOTIVE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY ACTIVATED THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT WAITED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE RESUMING NORMAL DRIVING. THE CONTACT CALLED MORITZ KIA HURST (110 NE LOOP 820, HURST, TX 76053) WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,592.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING 40 MPH, SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE OIL LEVEL WARNING LIGHT AND ANOTHER UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED HE ARRIVED AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000.

THE CARS ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR OVER A YEAR. THE ENGINE IS CONSTANTLY BURNING OIL EVEN THOUGH OIL CHANGES ARE DONE EVERY 2000 TO 3000 MILES. THE VEHICLE ENGINE SOUNDS LOUDER EVERY MONTH. THE CAR PASSED TWO RECALL TESTS AT A KIA DEALERSHIP, ONE FOR WHICH I PAID OUT OF POCKET. I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE IS BURNING OIL BY MY MECHINIC AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON MY CAR. THE KIA DEALERSHIP CANNOT EXPLAIN TO ME WHY MY CAR IS PASSING THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT'S OBVIOUS THE CAR HAS HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT IT. THERE IS A DISTINCTIVE KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND YOU CAN HEAR THE ENGINE HICCUP WHILE THE CAR IS TURNED ON, AS IF WERE ABOUT TO BRAKE DOWN.

MY BRAKES ON MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA HAVE A DEFECT WHEN TURN ON CAR THE SWITCH GEAR CHANGES TO P R D AND ANY GEAR WITHOUT ME PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO PUT THE SWITCH GEAR IN PLACE AND IT SMELLS LIKE A GASOLINE SMELL WHEN I DRIVE MY CAR I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A BRAKE FLUID LEAK ARE WHAT BUT I WAS JUST NOTIFIED THAT ON CONSUMERS AFFAIRS KIA HAS A RECALL ON YEAR 2013 TO 2015 KIA CARS AND HYUNDAI CARS. SOME CARS HAVE BEEN CATCHING ON FIRE. KIA RECALL LINK HTTPS://ABCNEWS.GO.COM/US/WIRESTORY/HYUNDAI-KIA-RECALL-VEHICLES-LEAKS-FIRES-72793532 AND ON CONSUMERS AFFAIRS KIA RECALL BRAKE FLUID LEAK CARS ON FIRE LINK HTTPS://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/NEWS/HYUNDAI-KIA-RECALLS-NEARLY-600000-CARS-OVER-DEFECT-THAT-CAN-CAUSE-VEHICLES-TO-CATCH-FIRE-090420.HTML

9/5/2020 ROUGHLY 10:00 AM ENTERING THE ONRAMP TO GET ON I10 WEST. CAR LOST ACCELERATION, NEVER REACHED 40 MPH, THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE, TOOK FOOT OFF GAS, ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, CAR LOST ALL POWER AND TURNED OFF. I WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER AND PARK VEHICLE. CAR WAS TOWED TO MY HOME. I CALLED ALL STAR KIA IN SAN BERNADINO CA, UNABLE TO ASSESS VEHICLE FOR 7 - 10 DAYS. CALLED PALM SPRINGS KIA MULTIPLE TIMES ON EXTENDED HOLD. WHEN WE CONNECTED, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE WOULDNT BE LOOKED AT UNTIL 9/18/2020.

WHEN TURNING, THE WHEEL CLICKS AND THUDS SIDEWAYS AS IF LOOSE. THE STEERING COUPLER SEEMS TO BE THE CULPRIT.

I NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING ROUGHLY 65 MPH. MY VEHICLE PRETTY MUCH WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO TRAVEL AT A CERTAIN TOP SPEED. OVER HEATING THEN BECAME A VERY DRASTIC ISSUE. I LOOKED ON THE NHSTA WEBSITE FOR ANY KNOWN RECALLS THERE WERE SOME FOR MY YEAR AND MODEL BUT MINE WASN'T LISTED? I CALLED A FAMILY MECHANIC AND DESCRIBED IN MORE GREATER DETAIL ABOUT MY ISSUE FROM START TO FINISH, HE ADVISED ME NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE THAT IT WAS DISPLAYING THE EXACT QUALITIES AS THE LISTED RECALL AND I SHOULD CALL KIA MOTOR COMPANY TO HAVE THE LOOK INTO MY CLASS OF VEHICLES FURTHER. LONG STORY SHORT I WAS BASICALLY LEFT HOMELESS IN A CITY AND STATE PRETTY MUCH BEAT ON THE WHOLE IDEA OF EVERY GETTING MY CAR BACK AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT IT DROPPED BELOW 28 DEGREES OUTSIDE. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES FROM HOME. BECAUSE OF THIS CORPORATIONS NEGLIGENCE. I LOST MORE THAN A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP I HAD TO START BACK OVER AGAIN AND I'M UNFORTUNATELY AN ONLY CHILD WITH NO PARENTS SO IT WAS VERY MIND BOGGLING.. I MADE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO COME TO SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT WITH KIA TO NO AVAIL. SOME ONE WENT SO FAR AS TO STEAL A SAFE OUT OF MY VEHICLE. WHICH I HAD PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED AND VANDALIZED THE INSIDE OF MY CAR BEYOND REPAIR. THANKS KIA, FOR VICTIMIZING ME TO MAKE YOUR MILLIONS.

PEELING PAINT. ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE OF FRONT WINDOW. SMALL PATCHES ELSEWHERE. TURBOS AT TIMES FAILED

FROM THE BEGINNING THIS CAR JOURNEY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DEVASTATING ON ME I BOUGHT A CAR FOR COLLEGE RIGHT BEFORE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL DURING COVID SAVED UP $5000 TO PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE I WENT TO VINTON AUTO SALES IN ROANOKE VIRGINIA THE MAN APPROACHES ME I TELL HIM WHAT CAR I LIKE WE TEST DRIVE IT THEN I'M LIKE WELL I'LL COME BACK TOMORROW WITH MY FINAL DECISION HE WAS LIKE BASICALLY FORCING ME TO BUY THE CAR THAT DAY PROMISING A 3 MONTH WARRANTY I MEAN LET'S BE REAL WHO GOES TO DEALERSHIP AND BUYS A CAR WITHOUT DOING RESEARCH UNLESS THERE'S A WARRANTY INVOLVED ON IT SO 3 WEEKS INTO MY HAVING THE CAR I DECIDED TO MAKE A TRIP TO MARYLAND FROM VIRGINIA TO SEE HIM FOR MY GRADUATION I'M ON A ONE WAY HIGHWAY CLOSE TO ALMOST HARRISON BURG MY CAR JUST STOPS BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTS FLASHING MEANWHILE THERE'S ON COMING TRAFFIC BEHIND ME AND TRACTOR TRAILERS GOING 80+ MPH I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PULL OVER AFTER ALMOST DYING I CALL MY DEALERSHIP THE GUY HANGS UP ON ME IN THE MOST RUDEST WAY TELLING ME IT'S NOT HIS PROBLEM ANYMORE THERE'S NOT A WARRANTY I NEED TO FIX IT MY SELF IN THE MOST RUDEST WAY WHILE I'M STRANDED ON A ONE HIGHWAY ALONE WITH A BROKEN CAR 2 HOURS FROM HOME SO I END UP PAYING $500 TOW BACK TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC HE FIXES IT I PICK IT UP ON THE WAY HOME FROM PICKING IT UP IT MISFIRED AGAIN ON A HIGHWAY I ENGINE LIGHT FLASHING UNABLE TO ACCELERATE BUT LUCKILY ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A GAS STATION MIND YOU I PAID THE GUY $500 TO REPLACE THE KNOCK SENSOR HE SAID WAS MESSED UP I TOW IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC HE TELLS ME TODAY HE CAN'T DO NOTHING IT'S THE ENGINE SO I'M OUT OF A CAR OUT OF COLLEGE AND OUT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DUE TO THE CAR THIS IS MY LAST RESORT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO I'M SUPPOSED TO BE A COLLEGE STUDENT THIS FALL BUT I CAN'T BE DUE TO THIS SHADY DEALERSHIP WHO RUINED MY LIFE I HAVE A 2013 KIA OPTIMA TO BE EXACT

SOMETIMES UPON STARTING MY CAR IT JUST SPUTTERS AND SPUTTERS AND SPUTTERS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA START THEN IT KICKS IN AND STARTS BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT ONE OF THESE TIMES IT'S NOT GONNA END UP STARTING AND I WILL BE STRANDED SOMEWHERE. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON PERIODICALLY FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS

WHEN ISTART MY VEHICLE, SOMETIMES THE RADIO DOES NOT COME ON, SO I HAVE TO PULL THE FUSE AND PLACE IT BACK IN. ALSO, I CANNOT EXCEL PAST 40MPH, OTHERWISE IT STALLS. THE DEALERSHIP STATED I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. I WAS STRANDED IN WYOMING, SO I HAD TO LEASE A NEW KIA. I STILL OWE ON MY 2013 OPTIMA, WHICH IS NOT DRIVABLE. I DID NOT WANT A NEW VEHICLE. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED AS OF YET. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V100000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

I HAVE A KIA 2013 OPTIMUM SXL, YESTERDAY AUG 30 MY KIA OUT OF NOWHERE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN IT PROCEEDS TO STOP ON THE FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC!! WHILE I'M GOING 65 NOW IT WON'T START AT ALL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON BUT MY ENGINE KNOCKS AND THEN CUTS OFF. YES I DID HAVE OIL IN MY CAR IN FACT IT'S ON THE FULL LINE SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WATS GOING ON THE ENGINE KNOCKING REALLY HARD NOT LEAKS ON MY CAR AT ALL EVEN WHEN I APPLY PRESSURE TO ACCELERATE IT STAYS ON 0 THEN ENGINE KNOCKS AGIN AND THEN BACK OFF I TRIED 3 TIMES AND HAD TO ENDE UP PUSHING MY CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC

HELLO I RECENTLY WAS FILLING UP MY VEHICLE AND IT FLOODED OF GASOLINE.. I CAN'T SEEM TO FILL MY TANK UP FULLY AND HAVE THE PUMP STOP ITSELF IT OVER FLOWS AND POURS ALL THE GASOLINE THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.. AND I DID SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR DUE TOO THE FUEL AREA. IS THIS FIXABLE THROUGH THIS RECALL? THANK YOU

THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND HORN AND STEERING WHEEL BUTTONS DON'T WORK

MY AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OUT, SO I TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC AND HE REPLACED CLOCK SPRING AND AIR BAG LIGHT STILL ON. SO LOOKED UP RECALLS FOR KIA 2013 AND I SEE AIR BAG DEFAULT AND I CALLED KIA AND WAS TOLD EVEN THAT WAS A PROBLEM FOR SOME KIA 2013 MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE OF MY VIN. I WENT BACK TO MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT IT WAS AN AIR BAG ISSUE WITH KIA AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE IT IS SAME ISSUE THEY RECALLED KIA OPTIMA 2013 REGARDLESS OF VIN IT IS WITHIN THE YEAR OF RECALL.

CAR SHUT OFF WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING ME TO BREAKDOWN IN A TUNNEL WITH NO BREAK DOWN LANE, CAR WILL NO LONGER START. DEALERSHIP SAID THE RECALL FOR THE MOTOR WAS OK ON MY VECHILE BUT I KEEP UP WITH MAINTENANCE

I WAS DRIVING THEN THE CAR SHUTOFF ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. IT STATED HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING DO NOT DRIVE. THE CAR WILL NOT START AND GETS A FEW GAUGE LIGHTS.

SO FROM THE START I BOUGHT THE CAR $5000 CASH FROM A DEALERSHIP WHO PROMISED A 3 MONTH WARRANTY 3 WEEKS INTO HAVING THE CAR I DECIDED TO TAKE A ROAD TRIP FOR MY GRADUATION PARTY FROM HIGH SCHOOL I'M ABOUT 2 HOURS OUT FROM MY CITY GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY CAR JUST STOPS ACCELERATING AND FLASHING A ENGINE LIGHT WHILE I'M ON A ONE WAY HIGHWAY TRACTOR TRAILERS AND CARS ARE GOING 80MPH BEHIND MEANWHILE MY CAR CAN'T ACCELERATE LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT LOSING MY LIFE SO I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND HE HANGS UP AND SAYS THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO THERE'S NO WARRANTY AT ALL AND I'M JUST IN SHOCK I'M STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO ONE NEAR ME THAT I KNOW SO I END UP PAYING THE TOW TRUCK $600 TO GO BACK TO MY CITY TAKE THE CAR TO MECHANIC HE SAYS IT'S THE KNOCK SENSOR HE ' FIXED' IT ON THE WAY HOME FROM PICKING IT UP FROM THE MECHANIC I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN THE CAR DOES THE SAME EXACT THING BUT THIS TIME IT WAS WORSE BECAUSE CARS WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME AND SWERVED AND ALMOST TOOK THERE OWN LIFE AND MY CAR JUST WON'T ACCELERATE ANYMORE AND SOUNDS HORRIBLE KNOCKING SOUND WHILE CARS ARE COMING STRAIGHT BEHIND ME I PULLED OVER EVENTUALLY GOT IT TOWED BACK TO THE MECHANIC AFTER PAYING HIM HE SAYS HE'S STILL TRYING TO FIX IT I HONESTLY JUST WANT TO BE SAFE IN MY CAR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GET ME TO COLLEGE NOW IM OUT OF A CAR AND COLLEGE FUNDS DUE TO FIXING THE CAR AND CAN'T EVEN GO DUE TO LACK OF SAFETY ON VEHICLE IT WAS VERY TRAUMATIZING AND IMPACTING ON MY LIFE .

MY CAR QUITS WHILE DRIVING. WARNING LIGHTS FLASH OFTEN ON DASHBOARD EVEN AFTER

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOSIE WHEN STARTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS IN HER HAND AND THE CAR WAS OFF BUT STILL WAS HEARING THE NOISE. WHEN SHE OPENED THE HOOD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY AND WALK AWAY WITH THE KEYS IN HER HAND, THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE ENGINE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE ABS BRAKE MODULE CAUGHT FIRE AND THEY EXTINGUISHED THE SMOKE. A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SERRA KIA (12304 30 MILE RD, WASHINGTON, MI 48095) AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS BRAKE MODULE AND HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED YET DUE TO PART NEEDED TO BE ORDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER AN INVESTIGATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT'S WIFE OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS GRAND-DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE AS NEEDED. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF ANY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT'S GRAND-DAUGHTER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE WITH A DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING. THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA STARTED MAKING A TICKING NOISE AT IDLE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT INTO MY DEALERSHIP, AFTER THEY GOT ME FOR ABOUT $800 FOR ODDS AND ENDS, THEY SAID MY TIMING NEEDS INSPECTED. I SAID DO IT. THEN LATER GOT A CALL FROM THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAYING "NEVERMIND, MY CERTIFIED TECH DOESN'T THINK IT NEEDS CHECKED". CERTIFIED TECH? SO, A ASC CERTIFIED TECH HASN'T BEEN WORKING ON AND DIAGNOSING MY CAR UNTIL NOW? I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME TICK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON. I ALSO HAVE PROOF OF "DEFERRED SERVICE" BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR, FOR TIMING INSPECTION. I WAS ALSO TOLD ON THE PHONE THE WHOLE ENGINE SHOULD BE PULLED APART TO REALLY DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. WHAT?

I WAS RIDING DOWN THE ROAD CAR JUST STOPPED AFTER STOPPED TRY TO CRANK AGAIN WOULDN'T CRANK WHEN IT DID CRANK IT HAD NO POWER SPUTTERED

WHILE GOING 70 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE MY ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING THANKFULLY I GOT IT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT STARTED BACK UP AND MADE IT THE SHORT DISTANCE TO MY HOUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK IT HAS DONE THIS.

EVEN THOUGH KIA SUGGESTS OIL CHANGE INTERVALS OF 7500 I'VE BEEN GETTING MINE CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. I STILL HAD 100 MILES TO GO AND I NOTICED MY CAR WAS RUNNING A LITTLE ROUGH AND THEIR WAS A CHANGE IN ITS PERFORMANCE. I CHECKED MY ENGINE OIL AS A PRECAUTION AND THE DIP STICK BARELY SHOWED ANY OIL ON THE TIP. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AFTER I TOOK MY KIA IN FOR A RECALL, THEY UPDATED SOME SORT OF SOFTWARE AND A SOME HOSE THAT WAS RECALLED FOR DETERIORATION. THERE ARE NO LEAKS, NEVER HAD ANY AND NOW MY CAR IS BURNING 4 QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGE INTERVALS OF JUS 3000. I'VE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON FORUMS BY OWNERS WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. .

II HAVE PAINT PEELING AND FALLING OFF AT A RAPID RATE AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 77000 MILES IT IS GARAGE KEPT AND DETAILED TWICE A YEAR I FEEL IT NEED ATTENTION FROM KIA AS THIS IS NOT NORMAL THEY WILL NOT COVER IT AND IT APPEARS THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR KIA

I HAVE A 2013 KIA OPTIMA WITH PEARL WHITE PAINT. CONSISTENT WITH WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF RAPID PAINT PEELING AND DELAMINATION OF THIS PARTICULAR PAINT COLOR, I TOO AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME. ALSO CONSISTENT WITH WIDESPREAD REPORTING, THE PRIMARY AREAS ARE ALONG THE PILLARS AROUND THE WINDSHIELD (LONG VERTICAL STRIPS PEELED DOWN TO THE PRIMER), AND BUBBLING AND PEELING ON THE ENGINE HOOD, THE FRONT GRILL AND THE FRONT BUMPER. THIS HAS HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY, AND IS RAPIDLY WORSENING. I FIRST NOTICED THE PEELING AROUND THE WINDSHIELD ON 5/28/20, AND THE ENGINE HOOD AND BUMPER ON 8/2/20. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 62,900 MILES ON THE CAR AND IT IS TYPICALLY GARAGED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN, AND THAT THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WILL NEED TO BE REPAINTED. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT, AS REPORTED BY OTHERS, WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES IN THE SAME MANNER AND LOCATIONS ON THE VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED BY KIA AT NO COST TO ME. THANK YOU.

STEERING WHEEL CLICKS CONSTANTLY WHEN TURNING ANY DIRECTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CONCORD KIA (2199 MERIDIAN PARK BLVD, CONCORD, CA 94520) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE UNKNOWN RECALL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT A YEAR LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

HAD OIL CHANGED AND DROVE ABOUT 500 FEET FROM DEALERSHIP WHEN CAR SHUT DOWN IN MIDDLE OF STREET. TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND ABOUT TO RUN OVER ME. CARS SLIDING ON BRAKES TO AVOID MY STALLED CAR IN THE STREET. TRIED TO TURN INTO PARKING LOT TO GET OFF STREET BUT IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TOP STEER. HAD TO SIT THERE IN 100 DEGREE HEAT. FINALLY HAD TO GET OUT OF CAR WHEN IT WAS SAFE AND RUN ACROSS STREET .CALLED STAFF MEMBER FROM DEALERSHIP TO COME AND HELP ME. HE ASSISTED ME IN GETTING CAR BACK INTO PARKING LOT AND SAID ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. QUOTED ME $2341.84 TO REPAIR. I AGREED AND THEY FIXED IT ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AFTER ALL. NOW I AM TOLD I NEED HORNESS WIRING IS BURNED OUT! ANOTHER $2000.00 FOR WIRING. THIS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED ASAP. IT'S NO WAY WITH ONLY 54000 MILES, THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING. I NEED SOMEONE TO CONTACT ME OR KIA IN BATON ROUGE, LA LOCATED ON SEIGEN LANE. I HAVE THE PRINT OUT BUT I CANNOT UPLOAD IT. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE KIA DEALERSHIP FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW. I DON'T THINK THEY CAN FIX IT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. THIS HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS WRONG THAT KIA HAS NOT DISCOVERED YET. THIS CAR SHOULD BE GOOD FOR MORE THAN 54000 MILES. PLEASE HELP ASAP . THANK YOU.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AT AN AVERAGE SPEED, THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO JERK AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, THEN NEXT THING I KNOW I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,191. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT, IT BEEN OVER 6 WEEKS SINCE MY KIA BROKE DOWN BECAUSE OF A RECALL. KIA IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I WAS IN CONTACT WITH A LADY BY THE NAME OF JESSICA BUT SHE HAS STOPPED RESPONDING TO MY EMAILS. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO I CAN'T GET MY CAR FIXED BY ANYONE EXCEPT KIA AND THEY WON'T DO IT. THE CLOSEST KIA DEALER IS OVER 100 MILE AWAY FROM MY HOME AND THEY WANT ME TO PAY THE TOW EXPENSES.JESSICA DID SAY SHE COUKD ATHORIZE A TOW BUT HAS SINCE STOPOED RESPONDING TO ME. I NEED TO GET MY CAR FIXED AND KIA IS NOT DOING SO IN A TIMELY MANNER. I NEED HELP TO GET KIA TO FIX MY CAR AND DONT KNOW WHO TO CONTACT. EVEN CONTACTING DEALERS THEY TELL ME I HAVE TO GO THROUGH KIA

CAR TURN OFF IN THE FREEWAY WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,194.

ON MAY 21, 2020, I'D TAKEN MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA EX FOR A SIMPLE OIL CHANGE AT HAWKINSON KIA, MATTESON, IL. THE SERVICE DEPT. TECH CONDUCTED ADD'L INSPECTIONS, AS THEY USUALLY PERFORM, MADE RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING SERPENTINE BELT REPLACEMENT. I'D AGREED TO BELT REPLACEMENT. MY CAMERA DISPLAY WAS WORKING PRIOR TO THIS VISIT. NO REPORT OF ANY CAMERA PROBLEM WAS INDICATED ON THE INSPECTION OR RECOMMENDATION REPORTS OR RECEIPT. AFTERWARDS, MY CAMERA DISPLAY CEASED OPERATION, ONLY DISPLAYING A BLACK BACKGROUND WITH GUIDELINES. SEVERAL TIMES AFTERWARDS, I'D CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEPT. TO COMPLAIN OF THE ISSUE. THEY'D SUGGESTED BRINGING VEHICLE BACK FOR DIAGNOSTIC, WHICH I COMPLIED AND PAID ITS FEE ON JUNE 8, 2020. DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. THEN SAID IT WASN'T AN ISSUE THEY'D CREATED/WASN'T CAUSED BY INSTALLATION OF BELT AND THAT IT RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF HEAD UNIT [RADIO SYSTEM] AND CAMERA AT A COST OF APPROX. $511. I'D COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES TO KIA'S CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CONSIDERATION NOR RESOLUTION: ONLY TO BE TOLD MY VEHICLE'S WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO VISUALLY NOTICE ANY CAMERA DEFECT AS IT'S TECH(S) OPERATED MY VEHICLE BY DRIVING IN AND OUT OF ITS SERVICE GARAGE AS THE CAMERA DISPLAY IS ACTIVATED WHEN VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE. SINCE ISSUE WITH THE REAR-VIEW CAMERA WAS A 'KNOWN ISSUE,' AT LEAST ACCORDING TO KIA'S TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN [GRP. ELE, NO. 077] ISSUED IN 2014, THE CAMERA, ETC., SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND REPLACED AT KIA'S EXPENSE! I'D DISCOVERED THAT A HOST OF OTHER KIA OWNERS HAD EXPERIENCED AND COMPLAINED OF SIMILAR REAR-VIEW CAMERA ISSUES WHEN I'D CONDUCTED A WEB SEARCH ABOUT THIS DEFECT. THE REAR-VIEW CAMERA IS A SAFETY FEATURE! AND SHOULD ALWAYS WORK PROPERLY! *TR

THE STEERING HAS PLAY IN IT. IT CLICKS. WHEN DRIVING, THE TINIEST BUMP CAUSES A CLANKING, RATTLE THROUGHOUT THE STEERING COLUMN, AND STEERING WHEEL. CAUSES LOSS OF CONTROL AT TIMES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND SUDDENLY AS I WAS COASTING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION THE CAR STALLED I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED THEN ATTEMPTED TO START IT AND NOTHING HAPPENED WOULDN'T TURN OVER ALL LIGHT ON DASH WERE ON ,IT NEVER STARTED AFTER THAT THE MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE SEIZED THEN THE STARTER WENT BAD NOW NEED A NEW ENGINE AND STARTER .KIA IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE ENGINE RECALL BECAUSE OF A SALVAGE TITLE. *TR

ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA STARTED SMOKING REALLY BAD. CONTACTED KIA THROUGH THERE WEB SITE TO FILE A CLAIM FOR A RECALL ON THE LONG ENGINE BLOCK THAT CAUSES PISTON RINGS TO FAIL. I CONTACTED KIA TWICE THROUGH THERE WEB SITE. WITH NO RESPONSE. I THEN CALLED A DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE COST FOR TOWING MY VEHICLE TO THEM FOR REPAIR. I THEN CALLED KIA AND THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE COST. MY VEHICLE IS NOT OPERATIONAL BECAUSE OF MANUFACTURING MISTAKE. I AM UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT KIA IS TO COVER ALL COST TO FIX ANY RECALLS, BUT THEY ARE TELLING ME I HAVE TO COVER PART OF THE COST. THE CLOSETS KIA DEALER IS 140 MOLES AWAY THEY CLOSED THE ONE THAT I BOUGHT MY KIA FROM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE SUDDENLY SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE SCENE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE OWNER SUSTAINED AN INJURED RIGHT FINGER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE HOOD. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY AS IT WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. THE LOCAL DEALER ALM KIA SOUTH (4310 JONESBORO RD. UNION CITY, GA) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AS WELLS THE MANUFACTURER WERE A CASE WAS OPENED. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAD RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V100000 (FUEL SYSTEM. GASOLINE), HOWEVER, WHEN HE CONTACT THE DEALER HE WAS UNABLE TO SCHEDULE A RECALL REPAIR APPOINTMENT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

THE GEARBOX YOKE PLUG DETACHES WHENEVER YOU DRIVE AND HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE A NOISE. THE NOISE WORSENS AS YOU DRIVE NO MATTER IF YOU'RE TURNING A CORNER BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING OVER ANY TYPE OF ROUGH OR BUMPY ROAD CONDITION. YOU CAN HEAR THE NOISE IN THE STEERING EVEN WHEN YOU'RE STATIONARY AND ARE TURNING THE WHEEL. THERE APPARENTLY IS A RECALL ON THIS SAME COMPONENT FOR EARLIER KIA OPTIMA'S YEARS AND BEYOND, BUT NOT ON THE 2013. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE TURNPIKE THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. PRIOR TO SHUTTING OFF, THE BATTERY, OIL AND TRANSMISSION ICON APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO MERGE OVER INTO THE SIDE LANE SAFELY BECAUSE THE BREAKS ALONG WITH THE STEERING SUDDENLY BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. AFTER PLACING THE CAR INTO PARK AND REMOVING THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION, I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT. IT STARTED, SO I CONTINUED HEADING HOME. APPROXIMATELY DRIVING ANOTHER 12 MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THIS TIME WAS UPON RESTARTING IT, A WEIRD KNOCKING NOISE CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, SO I SHUT THE CAR OFF. I WAITED ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO RESTART IT AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP, SO I CONTINUED HEADING HOME. TODAY, ONCE AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR SHUT OFF. SAME KNOCKING, AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS. AFTER WAITING ABOUT 5 MINUTES, I RESTARTED IT, ONLY TO CONTINUOUSLY HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE AND A VIBRATION COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHILE ACCELERATING, IT BARELY MOVED AND THE NOISES BECAME LOUDER ALONG WITH THE VIBRATION.THIS TIME THE CAR WAS INCAPABLE OF BEING DRIVEN. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED DIRECTLY TO A KIA DEALERSHIP. GOOD THING MY CAR WAS STILL COVERED WITH EASY CARE OR ELSE I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TO GET IT TOWED. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD WHATEVER NEEDS REPAIRED. I DID RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE AND WILL ATTACH IT BELOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER SPOUSE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE COOLANT AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR AND FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE SMOKE EXTINGUISHED ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND WAS MAKING AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ALSO NOTICED OIL LEAKING IN THE REAR OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT CONTACTED GUNTHER KIA (1900 S STATE RD 7, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33317 (954) 800-2125) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING VEHICLE AFTER RUNNING AN ERRAND, SHE SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRONT HOOD FROM THE ENGINE. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT FILED. THE CONTACT CALLED HER INSURANCE COMPANY WHO TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A BODY SHOP. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE VEHICLE AFTER CONDUCTING AN EXAMINATION. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER THREE WEEKS AFTER THE FIRE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER : 20V-100000 ( FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

I STARTED NOTICING A SOUND COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL SOUNDS LIKE A CLANK OR CLUNCK WHEN I MOVE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH MOVING OR NOT STILL MAKES SOUND WHEN I HIT BUMPS IN ROAD IT MAKES SOUND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF CAR IS ON OR OFF MOVING OR STILL IT STILL DOES IT , IT'S GOT WORSE THE NOISE IS LOUDER AND HAPPENS MORE TIMES NOW . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V100000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. KIA OF EAST SYRACUSE (6717 MANLIUS CENTER RD, EAST SYRACUSE, NY 13057, (315) 701-5898) WAS CONTACTED AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A WEAR NOISE, LIKE PARTS ARE GETTING LOOSE WHEN I MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL THE LIGHTEST. IT SOUNDS DANGEROUS AND NOT SAFE AT ALL. IT ALSO SOUNDS WHEN DRIVING NO MATTER THE SURFACE. *TR

THE OIL LIGHT HAS BEEN ON BUT THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED AND THEN THE CAR STARTS STALLING AND KIND OF HESITATING WHEN DRIVING.THEN STARTS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING SO GOT IT DIAGNOSED AND IT READ THAT THE CRANK SENSOR SHAFT WAS THE ISSUE. BROUGHT IT TO CLASSIC KIA AND THEY SAID THE BATTERY WAS BAD AND I NEEDED A NEW STARTER. GOT IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND PUT A NEW BATTERY IN,SO IT RUNS BUT THE LIGHT IS STILL ON AND THE CAR WILL START TO SMELL LIKE ITS OVER HEATING BUT ON THE DASH STILL READS BETWEEN HOT AND COLD(RIGHT WHERE IT SHOULD) BUT I PULL OVER AND ITS SMOKING. WHEN I POP THE HOOD ITS SMOKING BUT THE FAN IS STILL GOING SO THE ENGINE ISN'T OVER HEATED. CANT CONTINUE TO DRIVE LIKE THIS WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND THE CAR STALLING AND/OR DYING IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE OIL LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGAN TO SPUTTER BEFORE STALLING. A BURNING ODOR WAS ALSO PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND HOT AIR WOULD BLOW FROM THE VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER CLASSIC KIA (3875 EASTEX WAY, BELMONT TX) WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY AND STARTER WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE STARTER WAS NOT REPLACED. ALSO, OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

WHEN I'M DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND ON ANY SURFACE DRIVING OVER THE SLIGHTEST BUMP THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLANKING SOUND ALSO THE CAR IS PULLING TO THE RIGHT MY FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING OUT ON THE UPPEROUTSIDE OF THE TIRE THE PART OF TIRE THAT TOUCHES THE ROAD. I HAVE LOOKED ON WEB TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD A ISSUE WITH THIS WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT IT MAY BE THE STEERING COUPLER. IT'S GETTING WORSE I'M AFRAID IT'S NOT GOING TO TURN ONE OF THESE DAYS BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. *TR

ON MAY 10, 2020 @7:32 AM I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND CAME TO A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN MY CAR STALLED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD TURNED ON. I PULLED OVER AND STARTED THE BACK UP AND MADE IT HOME. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE ABOUT 10 MILES AND THE CAR SEEMED FINE BUT AS I GET TO THE STOP LIGHT THE CAR STARTED MAKING A GRINDING SOUND LIKE METAL AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE SO I PULLED OVER AND THE CAR DIED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE NEXT MORNING I CALL AAA AND HAD CAR TOWED BACK TO MY HOME. THE NEXT DAY AAA CAME OUT AGAIN AND CHECKED MY BATTERY, STARTER, AND SYSTEM SOMETHING AND THEY WERE ALL WORKING GOOD. I CALLED STEVE SCHMITT KIA ON HALLS FERRY ROAD AND ASKED WAS THERE ANOTHER RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THE ENGINE, THE LADY PAUSED AND THEN SAID "WE DON'T HAVE THE PARTS YET, " SHE THEN SAID HOLD ON AND CAME BACK AND SAID "WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECALLS ON THIS CAR. ON OCTOBER THE 1 , 2019 I TOOK MY CAR TO KIA FOR A RECALL ON MY MOTOR AND LOOKING AT THE RECEIPT THEY REPLACED ELEMENT AIR FILTER, ADJUSTED ALIGNMENT FOUR WHEELS, MOUNT AND BALANCE 2 TIRES, REPLACED CABIN AIR FILTER PLUS A OIL CHANGE WHICH I PAID FOR. MY CAR HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE MAY 13, 2020 . I FREQUENTLY GO OUT AND CHECK IT AND IT STARTS AND I HEAR A KNOCKING SOUND .( ENGINE FAIL) *TR *BF *AS

I HAD MY CAR A WHOLE YEAR BEEN GETTING OIL CHANGES REGULARLY UNTIL MAY 22, 2020 GOT AN OIL CHANGE AND MY CAR STARTED KNOCKING AND CUT OFF ON THE HIGH WAY AND I NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. *TR

2013 KIA OPTIMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER HAVING THE RECALL NUMBER 5C141 REPAIR COMPLETED. *THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. JS

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HWY APPROX 1306HRS ON MAY19, 2020. I HEARD A POPPED NOISE LIKE A GUN SHOT OR A BLOW OUT TIRE. MY STEERING WHEEL WASN'T WOBBLING SO I LOOKED IN MY REAR MIRROR TO PULL OVER AND SAW BLACK GLASS SLIDING DOWN MY REAR WINDOW . I HEARD AIR COMING FROM MY SUNROOF. I WAS SCARED NERVOUS AND MY ANXIETY WAS ON LEVEL 10. I CALLED SHARONVILLE POLICE NOT KNOWING WHAT TO SAY OR DO . IT WAS RAINING AND I TRIED TO EXIT THE HWY AT THE NEXT EXIT BUT IT WAS CLOSED . I WAS ONLY 10MINS FRI MY HOUSE I DECIDED TO MAKE IT HOME WHERE I FELT SAFE . I WAS SCARED HEARING THE AIR BLOWING IN THE CAR HOPING THE GLASS WOULDN'T FLY IN THE CAR . I WAS A WRECK TRYING TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE . I MADE IT HOME . I WAS SCARED TO LOOK AT THE SUNROOF . WHEN I DID I WAS SHOCKED IT WAS A BIG ROUND HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUNROOF . THE GLASS WAS SO THICK AND I DIDN'T THINK A ROCK COULD BREAK IT . THE GLASS WAS SHATTERED AROUND THE BIG WHOLE . I TOOK PICS AND SENT THEM TO STRAIGHT TO GEICO . I NEVER OPENED THE SUNROOF TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS IN SIDE OF THE SHADE . I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY A 500 DEDUCTIBLE DURING THIS CRISIS THAT I DON'T HAVE . GEICO OR JEFF WYLER KIA CAN NOT TELL ME IF THEY FOUND ANY OBJECT IN MY SUNROOF THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSE THE GLASS TO BREAK. IT'S A THICK PIECE OF GLASS . I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR . IF I DIDN'T CLOSE THE SHADE BEFORE I LEFT HOME TO GET PREPARED FOR MY SURGERY THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD HAVE SHATTERED IN THE VEHICLE . I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR . I'M A WRECK . *TR

WE WENT TO START THE VEHICLE AND IT SPUTTERED AND FAILED TO START. ONCE IT FINALLY DID IT WAS "JUMPY" AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BLACKISH SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE THEN HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON SO WE GOT THAT TESTED AT AN AUTOMOTIVE STORE WITH AN ERROR CODE OF " P0087 FUEL RAIL/SYSTEM PRESSURE- TOO LOW" I SEE MULTIPLE ARTICLES DISCUSSING RECALLS FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL, HOWEVER WHEN WE CALLED KIA THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR OUR SPECIFIC VEHICLE FOR THIS ISSUE. WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND PAY OUT OF POCKET.. I FEEL THIS IS UNSAFE, AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE HAVING GASOLINE LEAK OUT. AS WELL NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF POCKET PAYING A LITTLE OVER $1,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,405.

ALL ELECTRICS WORK. ENGINE WILL NOT WORK. STARTER IS NEW. ALTERNATOR IS NEW. BATTERY IS NEW. *TR

I WILL BE DRIVING AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAR LOSES POWER. I'LL BE GOING 55 IT DROPS INSTANTLY TO 25. THE RPMS STOP WORKING. THIS FIRST HAPPENED ON I81 HIGHWAY MY CAR JUST LOST POWER NOW THIS IS A 3 LINE HIGHWAY. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. YOU PUSH THE GAS AND GOES NO FASTER THAN 20/25.THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I'VE REPORTED THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN. A RECALL CAME OUT AND MY VEHICLE WAS ON IT FOR A NEW ENGINE. WAS TOLD NO BECAUSE MY CHECK ENGINE LATE DIDN'T COME. THIS HAPPEN AT LEAST 5 TIMES ALL REPORTED. NOW KIA REFUSES TO TOW MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE MANAGER AT KIA SAID IT'S A CERTIFIED VEHICLE PLUS IT'S A RECALL. NOPE STILL DID NOTHING. IT HAPPENED TO MYSELF , MY HUSBAND AND ALSO WHEN OUR DAUGHTER DROVE IT. IT'S NOT SAFE.. IF MY VEHICLE IS LISTED ON THE RECALL WHY ARE THEY NOT FIXING IT. SHE TYPED IN MY VIN AT OUTTEN KIA AND SHE SAID WOW YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON THAT HAS AN OPTIMA THAT?S ON RECALL FOR AN ENGINE. I HAVE 13 KIA OPTIMA THAT THEY WILL NOT STAND BY. PLEASE HELP. WHAT CAN I DO? THE LAST TOME IT HAPPENED WAS MARCH OF 2020. IT'S DOCUMENTED AT THE DEALERSHIP EVERY TIME IS WAS DOWN THERE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V100000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO COURTESY KIA OF BRANDON (9205 E ADAMO DR, TAMPA, FL 33619) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN A COOL LOCATION TO PREVENT THE FAILURE FROM OCCURRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING I-10 MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AFTER A COMPLETE STOP THERE WAS A SMOKE SMELL, I IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE CAR AND NOTICED A SMALL FIRE HAD STARTED UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND I IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE THEN I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF OIL AND A PISTON ROD LAYING IN THE POOL OF OIL. HAD TOED TO A KIA DEALERSHIP IN D`IBERVILLE MS. *TR

TURBO SHUTTING OFF CAUSING VEHICLE TO NOT ACCELERATE

I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME ACCELERATION ISSUES WITH MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA 4CYL 2.4L FL. ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF MONTHS AGO, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND SWITCHED LANES TO PASS A CAR; AS I BEGAN ACCELERATING MY CAR FELT LIKE SOMEONE JUST PULLED THE PLUG ON IT. I LOST MOST OF MY ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND IT FELT LIKE NOT ENOUGH FUEL WAS GETTING SUPPLIED TO THE ENGINE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO O'REILLY TO CHECK THE CODE ON MY CAR AND IT CAME BACK WITH P0087, WHICH IS RELATED TO LOW FUEL PRESSURE. LOOKING INTO IT FURTHER ON NHTSA.GOV, I FOUND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL THAT STATE THAT THERE IS A POSSIBLE ISSUE WITH THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL LINE AND HOW IT MAY DEVELOP CRACKS OR LEAKS DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT IN THE ENGINE. THIS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF A FIRE STARTING IN THE ENGINE. I ALSO FOUND THAT KIA WAS GOING TO BEGIN NOTIFYING AFFECTED CUSTOMERS BEGINNING ON APRIL 16TH, 2020. I HAVE WAITED THIS OUT TO SEE IF I WOULD GET A RECALL NOTICE, BUT BEING 11 DAYS LATER, I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUE I AM EXPERIENCING IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS ISSUE WITH THE FUEL LINE. MY CAR STARTS ROUGH, RUNS ROUGH, AND HAS VERY POOR ACCELERATION; ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER RPMS. IT FEELS AS IF MY CAR CHUGS AT TIMES. I HAVE DEALT WITH RECALL ISSUES BEFORE WITH MY VEHICLE (A COMPLETE ENGINE BLOCK REPLACEMENT DUE TO EXCESS METAL SHAVINGS LEFT IN THE ENGINE DURING MANUFACTURING) AND MY CAR DIED ON THE FREEWAY. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE TO EVEN GET THE DEALER TO ADMIT THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND REQUIRED MY CAR DYING A SECOND TIME ON THE FREEWAY AND A TOW THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR TO GET THEM TO DO ANYTHING. IN SHORT, I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT MESS AGAIN TO FIX, WHAT SO FAR APPEARS TO BE (OR WILL BE), A RECALL THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT. THANK YOU.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOSS MOTIVE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HADDAD KIA (5445 GASOLINE ALLEY DR, BAKERSFIELD, CA 93313, (888) 376-2617) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND 20V100000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH/UNLATCH PROPERLY. WHEN BUCKLING, IT WON'T LATCH WITHOUT JIGGLING AND REINSERTING SEVERAL TIMES. LATCH WON'T ALWAYS RELEASE WHEN UNBUCKLING. VEHICLE IS STATIONARY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LATCH AND UNLATCH. THE FOG LIGHTS DO NOT FUNCTION AT ALL THE ANTENNA WIRING IS DEFECTIVE. SATALIGHT RADIO WILL NOT PICK UP UNLESS THE BRAKES ARE USED AND THEN FOR JUST A MOMENT THE CONNECTION IS MADE AND THE STATION CAN BE HEARD ALTHOUGH STATICKY AND UNCLEAR. BUT ONLY DOES IT SOMETIMES AND WHEN CAR IS DRIVING AND THE BRAKES ARE APPILED

THE ENGINE BLEW UP ON CAR WAS DRIVING NORMALLY WHEN CAR STOPPED AND DIDNT WANT TO POWER ON. ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISES. WENT TO DEALER TO HAVE ENGINE REPLACED BUT WONT MAKE IT VALID SINCE THEY MENTION ENGINE IS NOT THE ORIGINAL ENGINE AND WAS REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH THE DOORS SECURELY LOCKED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE CAUSED THE BATTERY TO BE DRAINED. SPARKS NISSAN KIA (1100 AUTO MALL DR, MONROE, LA 71203, (833)255-2570) WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE, AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO OFFER THE REPAIR DUE TO THE BODY WORK THAT WAS REQUIRED TO FIX THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *LN*JB *BF*JB

ENGINE SEIZED

AFTER HAVING WORK DONE ON THE LAST RECALL, I NOTICED THERE IS A RATTLING NEAR THE STEERING WHEEL ON EVERY BUMP IN THE ROAD I HIT. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND THE RATTLING HAS SINCE THEN GOTTEN LOUDER AND WORSE. I FEAR THERE IS SOMETHING LOOSE EITHER WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL AND COMPONENTS OR THE BARS UNDERNEATH. I CANNOT SEEM TO FIND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS BUT ITS ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR. IT IS ONLY HAPPENING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

IN THE LATE MORNING OF MONDAY, APRIL 6TH 2020, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUR 2013 KIA OPTIMA SXL HOME FROM THE STORE WHEN THE CAR BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE. LUCKILY, HE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER AND JUMP OUT BEFORE FLAMES BEGAN TO ENGULF THE FRONT OF THE CAR. HE CALLED 911 AND THE FIRE COMPANY WAS DISPATCHED. THEIR RESPONSE TIME WAS SHORT, BUT IT TOOK UNDER A MINUTE FOR THE CAR TO GO UP IN FLAMES (SEE PICTURES ATTACHED). THERE WAS ZERO WARNING THAT THIS HORRIFIC EVENT WAS ABOUT TO OCCUR. NO ENGINE LIGHT, NO FUNNY NOISES, NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER. IN FACT, I HAD JUST BROUGHT THE CAR INTO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE SERVICE LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE ON MARCH 9. THEY GAVE ME NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO CATCH ON FIRE. WE FILED A CLAIM WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY, WHO CONFIRMED THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND LISTED A RECENT, BUT AS YET UNANNOUNCED, RECALL ON MY EXACT YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF THE CAR. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT ACCORDING TO A FEBRUARY 27, 2020 ARTICLE IN US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, KIA WOULD SHORTLY BE RECALLING NEARLY 142,000 2013 AND 2014 KIA OPTIMA'S. FURTHERMORE, 'KIA SAYS A FUEL HOSE CAN DETERIORATE AND CRACK DUE TO ENGINE HEAT. THE HOSES CAN LEAK AND CAUSE FIRES. A FIX IS STILL BEING DEVELOPED. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO START APRIL 16.' ALTHOUGH AT THE TIME OF THE ARTICLE NO FIRES HAD YET BEEN REPORTED, GIVEN THE SUDDEN NATURE OF OUR CAR FIRE, IT IS OBVIOUS TO US WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V100000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE - *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WHEN I HEARD A FAINT KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. LESS THAN TEN MINUTES LATER, WHILE GOING 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, I LOST ALL POWER TO THE WHEELS AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE ENGINE KNOCK WAS MUCH LOUDER NOW AND THE CAR WOULDN'T BUDGE. I'M GUESSING THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ISSUES WHICH CAUSED RECALL SC147, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE HYBRID EX DOESN'T HAVE A GDI ENGINE. WITH ONLY 113K MILES, I'M HOPING KIA WILL COVER IT.

ENGINE IS UNDER RECALL DUE TO LAWSUIT AND THEY ARE STILL REFUSING TO REPLACE IT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AUTO ZONE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER NOR WAS THE MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 132,054.

WHEN I AM DRIVING MORE THAN 65 MPH, MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES FOR 3 SECONDS, STOPS, AND THEN CONTINUES UNTIL I GO UNDER 65 MPH. WHEN I DRIVE OVER A BUMP OR OBJECT, IT SHAKES AS WELL. THERE IS A LOUD CLICKING WHEN TURN THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT.

KIA OPTIMA ON 2.4L ENGINE IS THE SAME HYUNDAI HAVE ISSUES, THOSE CARS ARE ALL THE SAME, THE HYBRID BATTERY HAVE BOTH NAMES, MY ENGINE IS KNOCKING AND MY CAR HAS NO RECALLS ON ENGINE, BUT MY FRIEND HAVE A HYUNDAI THAT HE HAVE FULL REPLACEMENT, I REPLACE THE HYBRID BIG BATTERY TO KEEP MY CAR AND AFTER COUPLE WEEKS, MY ENGINE KNOCKING, THE CAR IS SUPER CLEAN AND USED ENGINE COST ALMOST 3K INSTALLED

HORN DOSEN'T BLOW OR NOTHING WORKS ON STEERING WHEEL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CABLE DAHMER OF KANSAS CITY LOCATED AT (555 W 103RD ST, KANSAS CITY, MO 64114 (816) 284-7240) WHERE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TURBO OIL FEEDER LINE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V100000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.

CAR WAS PURCHASED08/2018 AND ON 3/06/2020 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE. THE CAR HAD A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE IN 1/31/20. AFTER HAVING THE CAR CHECKED LOCALLY IT WAS DETERMINED THE OIL WAS LOW DUE TO THE CAMSHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION(DOUGS AUTO 28387) THE TECHNICIAN OBSERVED METAL SHAVING WHICH CONTAMINATED THE REMAINING OIL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE MAKES A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE IS PRACTICALLY NO LONGER DRIVEABLE DUE YO FEAR OF THE ENGINE SEIZING COMPLETELY WHICH CAN RESULT IN INJURY, CRASH, OR DEATH. KIA IS AWARE OF THE RECALL HOWEVER STATES MY VEHICLE ISNT IMPACTED HOWEVER EVERYTHING WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IS OUTLINED IN THE RECALL STATEMENT. KIA HAS DECLINED TO HELP FURTHER ACCORDING TO PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE SAME ISSUES.

I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND WENT TO MOVE TO THE SECOND LANE IT WAS FINE EXCEPT I MY CAR BEGAN TO STALL AND SLOW DOWN MAKING THIS GRINDING NOISE WHEN I TRIED TO GAIN SPEED... ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AND I COULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR. ALL WHILE INCOMING TRAFFIC WAS COMING AT ME GOING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR I HAD TO GAIN COMPOSURE. PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND PULL OVER... IT WOULDN'T LET ME GO ABOVE 20 WHEN I PULLED OVER.... I WAS FREAKING SCARED ONCE I PULLED OVER I WAS SHAKING AND CRYING HAD TO GAIN COMPOSURE... I BELIEVE I CAUGHT THIS ON MY DASH CAM. I [XXX] HATE THIS KIA... IT BY GRACE MY KIDS WEREN'T IN THE CAR WITH ME AND THAT THE VAN BEHIND ME SWITCHED LANES AT THE LAST SECOND.... I HAVE TAKEN MY KIA 2 TIMES TO THE KIA REPAIR DEALERSHIP, THE FIRST ONE WAS FREE THE SECOND TIME I HAD TO PAY 145 JUST TO BE SEEN. MIND YOU I WENT TO THE KIA REPAIR DEALERSHIP IN BERWYN AND THEY SAY IT'S FINE.... IT'S NOT FINE THAT MY CAR COULDN'T GO ABOVE 30 MILES ON THE EXPRESS WAY, IT'S NOT FINE THAT I WAS ALMOST IN A COLLISION IT'S NOT FINE. KIA WILL NOT REPAIR THESE CARS UNTIL SOMEONE DIES.... I CAN'T TAKE THIS CHANCE WITH MY CHILDREN. I WILL BORROW MY MOM'S TOYOTA UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS RECTIFIED. I AM A SINGLE MOM MY KIDS ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME AND SUPPORT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE OFF FROM AN INJURY THAT MAY OCCUR OR LACK OF RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. I WILL HAVE TO SEE IF MY DASH CAM CAUGHT THE INCIDENT BEFORE MY CAR SHUT OFF... I WILL SEND IT LATER IF IT DID. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS HEADED TO WORK AND FOUND MY SELF FRUSTRATED BECAUSE IT TOOK SO MANY TIMES TO TRY TO TURN ON THE CAR. SO, I HAD TO FIND SOMEONE TO GIVE ME A BOOST TO GET THE CAR STARTED BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK STARTING THE CAR. I BROUGHT MY BATTERY TO GET CHECK, PERFECTLY FINE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO KIA AND THEY SAID PERFECTLY FINE. I'M STILL HAVING THIS PROBLEM WHERE MY CAR STARTS WHEN EVER THE CAR WANTS. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT SHUTS OFF WHEN IT WANTS, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. I NEED A SOLUTION

ON FEBRUARY 14, 2020 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY FROM AN APPOINTMENT AND NOTICED THAT MY GAS LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND THE GAUGE WAS WAY BELOW EMPTY. I HAD JUST STOPPED PRIOR TO MY APPOINTMENT AND PUT GAS IN IT. SO, I STOPPED AND PUT MORE IN IT. STILL DIDN'T MOVE THE GAUGE ONE BIT. I STOPPED AT ADVANCE AUTO AND ASK FOR A CODE READING AND IT CAME BACK AS OBD-II CODE P0463 HIGH PRESSURE FUEL SENSOR. CALLED KIA DEALERSHIP AND ASK IF IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RECENT RECALLS I HAD BROUGHT IN FOR MY OPTIMA 2013. AND THEY DIDN'T THINK OR KNOW UNTIL I NBRING IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. AT WHICH POINT WOULD BE$118 AN HOUR. SOMEWHERE I SEEN KIA WILL BE HAVING A RECALL ON KIA OPTIMA 2011-2014 PUT FOR LOW PRESSURE FUEL PIPE..

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THERE WAS A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE THEN STALLED WITH THE SERVICE ENGINE, EPS AND BATTERY WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY BY A BYSTANDER. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER NOR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 156,000.

I HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED AROUND 85000 MILES, AT DEALER WITH RECALL. NOW AT 140000 THE TRANSMISSION IS MAKING A BAD GRINDING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING AND SLOWING DOWN, NOISE STARTS ABOUT 15 MPH ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, THE SOUND GOES AWAY. AS I PUT CAR BACK IN DRIVE THE GRINDING NOISE REAPPEARS. THE NOISE DOES NOT CHANGE WHILE GEAR CHANGES, ONLY WHEN PUT IN NEUTRAL.

WHENEVER TRYING TO FUEL MY VEHICLE, THE PUMP WOULD CLICK OFF WITHIN SECONDS. I WOULD HAVE TO STAND HOLDING THE PUMP AND RECLICK THE PUMP OVER AND OVER. THIS PROCESS WOULD TAKE 10 TO 15 MINUTES TO FUEL THE VEHICLE. AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE KIA DEALER TRYING TO GET THIS FIXED. THEY EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE WHOLE FUEL SYSTEM. FROM TIME TO TIME, WHILE PUMPING GAS, I STILL HAVE TO STAND BY THE PUMP BECAUSE THE FUEL PUMP WILL CLICK UP AS IF MY TANK IS FULL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK CAR TO LOCAL O'REILLY AUTO PARTS FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. GAVE CODE P0091 WHICH YEILDED PART PR536 - FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. CALLED RICK CASE KIA, DULUTH, GA (ABSOLUTE TERRIBLE SERVICE/CUSTOMER SERVICE, NUMEROUS TIMES)...CAR ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY, WILL NOT COVER...IMMEDIATELY SAID O'REILLY'S WAS WRONG - IT'S THE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP - QUOTED $800 TO CHANGE. CALLED A SECOND TIME, SPOKE WITH SOMEONE DIFFERENT, SAID $600 TO CHANGE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. CAR ISN'T RUNNING ANY DIFFERENT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT $170K MILE MARK.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, AT NIGHT, MY FOG LIGHTS START GOING ON AND OFF. I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH THEY ACTUALLY HELP. CAR ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY SO KIA WILL NOT REPLACE. GOOGLE SEARCH SHOWS LOTS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. FOUND OUT IT COULD BE THE LCM - $80. FOR WHAT LOOKS LIKE A [XXX] PLUG IN. REALLY? COME ON KIA. ADDITIONALLY, I WAS INFORMED OF A HEADLIGHT RECALL. CALLED RICK CASE KIA, AGAIN, TERRIBLE SERVICE/CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY DISMISSED ME, JUST KEPT SAYING "THERE'S NO RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE." PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

HEARD ABOUT RECALL ON NEWS FOR 2013 KIA OPTIMA ON SATURDAY, 2.29.2020. FOR ENGINE FIRES. DEALERSHIPS WERE ALREADY CLOSED. CALLED RICK CASE KIA FIRST THING THIS MORNING, 3.1.2020. LARRY IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS VERY RUDE AND SAID HE WASN'T SURE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THEY DO NOT KNOW OF ANY RECALLS. VERY DISMISSIVE. I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW KIA KEEPS GETTING AWAY WITH THESE TYPES OF THINGS. YOU WANT ME TO KEEP MY FAMILY IN A DEATH TRAP? GTFOH. THIS IS THE 4TH OR 5TH MAJOR RECALL ON MY CAR. ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR RECALLS WAS FOR METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL. AFTER BULLDOG KIA, THEY WERE GREAT, REPLACED THE ENTIRE ENGINE, MY CAR STARTED EATING OIL LIKE CRAZY. I SWITCHED TO HIGH MILEAGE, FULL SYNTHETIC, 5W30 INSTEAD OF 5W20, OIL THINKING IT WOULD HELP SINCE IT HAS SO MANY MILES ON IT. IT DIDN'T. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET 5K MILES WITH FULL SYNTHETIC BEFORE ANOTHER OIL CHANGE, MY CAR IS COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL WITHIN 2K MILES. SO I'M ADDING OIL MYSELF BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. WHEN CONTACTING RICK CASE KIA, I WAS TOLD "JUST LET IT BLOW UP BECAUSE WE DO NOT COVER OIL CONSUMPTION". TO ME, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. I'VE SPENT MONEY ON THIS CAR. THIS IS MY FAMILY'S CAR, THIS IS HOW I GET TO AND FROM WORK TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS [XXX] CAR....AND I GET TOLD TO LET IT BLOW UP. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

ENGINE FAILURE DIE TO RECALLED MOTOR ISSUES BUT NO RECALL ON HYBRID. KIA REFUSING TO REPLACE MOTOR

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING WHEEL IS MAKING A CLACKING NOISE. THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE

MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID BEGAN SUDDENLY HAVING A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE MOTOR. HAD IT TOWED TO KIA AND WAS TOLD IT HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE THAT THE 2013 OPTIMA WERE HAVING THAT WERE COVERED BY A RECALL EXCEPT MINE WAS A HYBRID AND THE RECALL HAD NOT INCLUDED HYBRIDS

THE CAR ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND THEN COMPLETELY FAILED AT 114,000 MILES. I WAS GOING 35 MPH AND MY OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED REGULARLY.

POOR PAINT JOBS AND NOT CAR HAS LOTS OF PEELING AND CHIPPED PAINT SPOTS. SEEMS TO BE VERY POOR WORKMANSHIP AND NOW WE ARE STUCK WITH A PEELING CAR.

ONE WEEK AFTER AN OIL CHANGE, I WAS (30 MILES AWAY FROM HOME) DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 55MPH. I FELT A VIBRATION BEGIN. I TURNED OFF THE HEATER AND TURNED OFF THE STEREO. IMMEDIATELY I HEARD A HORRIFIC METALLIC BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR CEL ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE STALLED AS I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND I HAD TO TRY TO PULL IT SAFELY TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. I WAS ABOUT 20 FEET AWAY FROM THE ENTRANCE TO A BUSINESS, SO I TRIED TO START THE CAR TO GET IT SAFELY OFF THE ROADWAY. IT TRIED TO START, BUT MADE AN EXTREMELY LOUD "KA-THUNK" SOUND AND THEN STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I TURNED OFF THE FLASHERS, CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK AND A RIDE HOME. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC NEAR MY HOME AND CALLED FOR A RIDE FOR MYSELF. ONCE I ARRIVED HOME, I CALLED KIA CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT. THEY PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER AND STATED THAT I WOULD NOW NEED MY CAR TO BE TOWED TO A KIA DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE KIA DEALER DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A LOANER VEHICLES, SO I AM WAITING UNTIL MONDAY TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED IN HOPES I CAN ACQUIRE A VEHICLE AT THAT TIME UNTIL THEY ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF KIA IS GOING TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. IN THE INTERIM, MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DID A QUICK INSPECTION AND STATED THERE ARE METAL SHAVINGS IN MY OIL AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH MY ENGINE "BLEW A ROD." MY VIN DOESN'T MEET THE RECALL CRITERIA, BUT RATHER THE PI1803 BULLETIN. 2013 KIA OPTIMA SXL; I'M THE SECOND OWNER. IT'S BEEN BABIED, APPROPRIATE OIL CHANGES, 93K MILES.

THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLICKING SOUND WHEN YOU TURN IT WHILE STATIONARY AND DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES REALLY BAD AND MAKES A REALLY LOUD RATTLING SOUND.

HEADLIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING DIMMER, CAN ONLY SEE ABOUT 2 FEET IN FRONT OF THE CAR WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN, FOG AND AT NIGHT. I HAVE CHANGED THE BULBS SEVERAL TIMES THINKING THIS WAS THE PROBLEM BUT CLEARING IT IS NOT. THERE IS A PROBLEM AND I FEAR DRIVING AT NIGHT AND IN FOG AND RAIN FOR FEAR OF SAFETY. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED FOR THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVER AND THE PUBLIC. THIS ALL STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS MY VISION BUT MY HUSBAND AND SON BOTH AND A MECHANIC HAVE CONFIRMED THE SOMETHING IS CLEARLY WRONG THIS THE LIGHTING SYSTEM IN THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVIUNG APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND BLACK SMOKE STARTED TO EMERGE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE POLICE WAS PRESENT AND FIRE DEPARTMEN EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT AND THEN TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED A CODE NUMBER: P1326. THE CONTACT CALLED THE NATIONWIDE KIA DEALER, LOCATED AT 1600 YORK RD, LUTHERVILLE TIMONIUM, MD 21093, AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

CAR WAS LOSING POWER DRIVING FROM THE DEALERSHIP WHICH INDICATED TO BRING CAR BACK IN THE NEXT DAY DUE TO ENGINE KNOCKING NOSE. ON THE DRIVE BACK HOME I WAS AT A STATIONARY STOP LIGHT AND ALL THE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON THE CONSOLE AND THE CAR DIED. IMMEDIATELY WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON ALL SIDES OF THE CAR AND INSIDE THE CAR WITH A CHEMICAL BURNING SMELL. SMOKE CONTINUED FROM UNDER THE HOOD FOR A FEW MINUTES. JUMPTED OUT OF THE CAR AS THE ENGINE WOULD NO LONGER START AS IT HAS SEIZED. CALLED A TOW TRUCK, HAD THE CAR TOWED AND NOW IT WILL NOT START AS THE ENGINE IS LOCKED. DEALERSHIP WILL CHARGE $1500 TO DIAGNOSE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE ENGINE BUT WITH ALL THESE COMPLAINTS ON THIS VERY ISSUE THE POINT REMAINS THE KIA ENGINES SIEZE FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND NO RESOLUTION FROM THE KIA DEVELOPMERS/AUTO MAKERS. PLEASE RECALL THESE ENGINES SO THE CUSTOMERS CAN GET THEIR CARS FIXED AND FULLFILL CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE LOST MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND LOW OIL WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STARTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND IT WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V22400 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

CAR TURNED OFF ON FREEWAY I 20 AND SAN AGUSTIN 11 PM 01/25/20 DALLAS TX

THE STEREO SYSTEM MAKES BEEP SOUNDS WHEN YOU PUSH THE BUTTONS BUT THE MUSIC SOUNDS, RADIO, AND PHONE WON'T COME THROUGH SPEAKERS AT ALL. I DO KNOW THAT THE KIA SOUL HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND WAS RECALLED FOR IT OUR CAR HAS 95,000 MILES ON IT SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED

WAS DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL FOR THEATER PRACTICE ON A SUNDAY AND WITHIN LESS THAN 1 MINUTE OF PULLING OUT OF OUR DRIVE ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON IN MY CAR AND IT WAS TOTALLY SEIZED, IT DIED . WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS IN NASHVILLE ..AND WE HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CAR. WE WERE TERRIFIED WE WERE GOING TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. WE MADE A TURN AT THE LIGHT.. COASTING AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER BUSY ROAD .. WHERE WE BLOCKED A FAST FOOD DRIVE. THAT'S AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO. I TRIED TO START THE CAR BUT COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS ON OR OFF. PUSH BUTTON IGNITION WAS NOT WORKING .. THEN SMOKED STARTED ROLLING OUT. WE JUMPED OUT AND CALLED 911 AS IT'S MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION AND BEING A SINGLE PARENT CAN'T AFFORD FOR IT TO BURN UP. IT SMELLED LIKE BURNED PLASTIC OR WIRES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME BUT THE FIRE WAS OUT. THEY COULD SMELL WHERE IT HAD BURNED AND THEY HELPED ME PUSH IT INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT TO GET US OUT OF TURNING TRAFFIC. I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND ALL THE POWER WORKED BUT THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED.. OUT OF NO WHERE. HERE WE WERE STRANDED AND CRYING. SHE WAS CALLING SCHOOL AS TO NOT GET IN TROUBLE AND I WAS CALLING MY PARENTS FOR A RIDE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. AS THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO CALL FOR ASSISTANCE, SMOKE AND A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE HAD ENGULFED THE VEHICLE AND A MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED BY THE TIME POLICE AND FIRE ARRIVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE THE VEHICLE REMAINED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND WAS INFORMED THAT AN INVESTIGATOR WOULD BE SENT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO LINKED THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V907000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE) AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,549.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC VISITED RESIDENCE AND AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, INFORMED HIM THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

I WAS DRIVING THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR CUT OFF, I CANT GET IT TO CRANK. TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE THINK THE ENGINE HAS LOCKED UP FOR NO REASON

WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR STOP RUNNING WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS SPOUSE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATE 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT HAS REFERENCED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS. ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS. *DT KIA WOULD REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER FOR A RENTAL CAR AND THE TOW BILL.*JB

THE STARTER MELTED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A SUDDEN KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE AND THEN THE ENGINE SEIZED LOSING PRESSURE THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD HAD TO PUSH IT OFF TO SIDE WOULD NOT START BACK UP THIS HAPPENED 300 MILES AFTER LAST OIL CHANGE CAR DISABLED DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE.

ON 1/11/2020 MY 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING THE 2013 KIA OPTIMA WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE STALLED AND BURST INTO FLAMES. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD NO PRIOR MECHANICAL ISSUES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO WARNING LIGHTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE LOST MOTIVE POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHERE THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED . THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO YEARS LATER THE ENGINE CEASED AND WAS REPLACED BY THE SAME THE UNKNOWN DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE SECOND ENGINE REPLACEMENT, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE ABNORMALLY WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE UNKNOWN DEALER FOR A THIRD TIME TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT OF A MISFIRE ON CYLINDER NUMBER 1. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION COIL IN CYLINDER 1 WAS REPLACED, THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE WAS RESET AND THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IT GOT REALLY LOUD, LOST POWER AND LOW VOLTAGE WARNING POPPED UP. PULLED OVER AND THE KNOCKING GOT LOUDER. WHILE SHIFTING LANES WITH NO POWER I ALMOST GOT IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. GOT TO THE SHOULDER AND KNOCKING GOT WORSE. AS I WAS ON THE SHOULDER WITH HAZARDS ON THE WHOLE CAR DIED OUT INCLUDING HAZARDS. WAS OUT UNTIL 1130PM WITH NO HAZARDS WAITING FOR A TOW. GOT IT TO KOA THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID ENGINE WAS SEIZED, THEY WANT ME TO PAY $1300 JUST TO TAKE THE ENGINE APART TO SEE WHAT PART IS DAMAGED. ON TOP OF THAT THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $7000-9000 FOR NEW ENGINE. THEY NEED TO RECALL THESE HYBRID ENGINES.

STEERING WHEEL SLIPS WHILE TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT

EVERY TIME HI TURN THE CAR LEFT OR RIGHT IT MAKES A SEVERE CLUNKING SOUND NOW VIBRATES GOING DOWN THE ROAD MY MOTHER'S CAR SAME TYPE DOES THE SAME THING.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET ON 75 WITH 67 MILES TO EMPTY WHEN ALL SUDDEN THE CAR START SLOWING SPEED I LOOKED CRUISE CONTROL HAD SHUT OFF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE JUST WENT DEAD ON THE SIDE OF ROAD THE WILL TURN ON TURN OVER TO WANNA CRANK BUT WON'T CATCH TO CRANK I CALLED THE DEALER SHIP AND EXPLAINED HE SHE SAID SHE SURE IT'S FUEL PUMP BECAUSE THEY JUST INSTALLED 2 THIS WEEK ON THE SAME CAR

TOLD I NEED A NEW ENGINE BUT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. I CALLED KIA AND THEY SAID TO GET A SECOND OPINION. MY ENGINE IS GETTING WORSE IN THE MEANTIME AND IT CONCERNS ME TO DRIVE IT. FROM A QUART AFTER 800 MILES TO 2.5 QUARTS AFTER 950 MILES IN ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS. WAS TOLD PIL CONSUMPTION IS NOT PART OF THE CURRENT RECALL, THOUGH MANY MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME OTHERWISE. I HAVE LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT MY CAR SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS!

THERE IS A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WHEN STEERING OR HITTING BUMPS. THIS HAPPENS OVER TIME AND HAS SIGNIFICANTLY GOTTEN WORSE. IT SEEMS TO BE UNSAFE NOW AND MY VEHICLE IS EVEN BELOW 100K MILES SO THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE AT ALL.

ON 12/11/2019 , I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA SX TURBO WHEN SUDDENLY IT STARTED TO SPUTTER, AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OVER THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF/ SEIZED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.. I WAS FORCED TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND PUSH IT ONTO THE NEAREST SIDEWALK RAMP ONTO A STORAGE PARKING LOT.. AFTER THAT THE ENGINE WOULDNT TURN.. THE BATTERY WASNT DEAD BECAUSE THE RADIO, LIGHTS , DASHBOARD WOULD ALL TURN ON , BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER, IT WOULD NOT EVEN MAKE A SOUND AS IF IT WERE TRYING .. I TOWED IT TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEY SAID THE ENGINE FROZE/ SEIZED AND THEY FOUND METALLIC PARTICLES IN THE OIL... I DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIA OPTIMA ENGINES HAVE A CERTAIN RECALL FOR PREMATURE BEARING WEAR AND TEAR INSIDE OF THEM THAT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO SEIZE, THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO MY KIA ... THE MECHANIC ALSO ADVISED ME THAT THERE WAS A SHORTAGE THAT CAUSED MY COMPUTER TO BURN OUT... NOT SURE IF RELATED BUT THE ISSUE WITH MY ENGINE DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE A COMMON RECALL ISSUE WITH 2011-2014 KIA OPTIMAS ... I LOOKED UP MY VIN # NOTHING POPS UP BUT WHEN I SEARCH FOR GENERAL INFO ON KIA RECALLS , ENGINE SEIZING IS ONE OF THEM.. PLEASE ADVISE ON WHAT TO DO..

STERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IS GETTING STUCK WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT.STERING WHEEL HAS A SIZEABLE PLAY.IT SEEMS THAT IS GETTING WORST BOTH PROBLEMS.

OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES: I GOT AN OIL CHANGE ON 11/27/19 I EXPLAINED THAT I HAD TO PUT OIL IN IT SEVERAL TIMES IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THE PERSON AT KIA TOLD ME TO COME BACK IN 1000 FOR THEM TO CHECK IT (NOT TO ADD OIL) I CHECKED IT THE MORNING 12/8/19 AT 900 MILES - IT WAS UNDER THE LOW MARK AND I WAS 2 HOUR AWAY FROM HOME. I TOOK IT BACK TO KIA ON MONDAY EVENING 12/9/19 ALMOST 1200 MILES FROM THE LAST OIL CHANGE.). PERSON AT KIA STAID I WAS DOWN 2 LITERS (VERY LITTLE OIL ON THE END OF THE DIP STICK . THE OIL LIGHT DID NOT COME ON, BUT IT DID FLICKER A FEW LIGHT ON MY 2 HOUR DRIVE HOME ) ' KIA ADVISED I'M OVER MY 100,000 MILES AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THE ENGINE RECALL. I WENT HOME, CHECKED THE INTERNET AND THERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BLOG ABOUT OIL CONSUMPTION. 1 DAY AGO THERE WAS A NEW STORY, WHERE KIA DENIED A PERSON CLAIM AFTER THE ENGINE SEIZED. AN INSPECTION FOUND A HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE MECHANIC WROTE IN A REPORT THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY A LACK OF LUBRICATION; THEREFORE KIA DID NOT PAY. KIA IS AWARE OF THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES. MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP RECEIVED HUNDRED'S OF COMPLAINTS BUT I WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THAT ISSUE. IF YOU GET IT CHECKED IT'LL READ FOR A DIFFERENT ISSUE OTHER THAT THE CURRENT ENGINE RECALL; IT WILL MISS UP YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING A NEW ENGINE WHEN IT SEIZES UP.) I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AND KIA'S STILL PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH OUR LIVES.

I WAS LEAVING WORK AND MY CAR WOULDN'T CRANK, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY STARTER SO I REPLACED THE STARTER ONLY TO HEAR LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE WORK FROM FIRESTONE SO I TOOK MY CAR. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON A BUSY INTERSECTION MY CAR, A 2013 KIA OPTIMA JUST SHUT OFF COMPLETELY AFTER THE STARTER WAS REPLACED. I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT HAPPENED DURING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STARTER BUT AN ADJUSTER CAME OUT AND RULED THE STARTER WAS BRAND NEW AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ENGINE. AS I CONTINUE TO READ ONLINE REVIEWS I SEE IT CAN BE A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINES ON KIA. I HAVE A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WITH METAL FLAKES IN THE OIL.

MY BATTERY INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON HUDSON BRIDGE RD. AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THE CAR WOULD NOT TAKE OFF AFTER THE LIGHT CHANGE. I TRIED TO TURN THE CAR OFF TO RESTART, BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF OR MOVE. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SOMEONE HELPED ME PUSH OUT THE STREET AND THE NEXT THINK WE NOTICE ARE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS ON FIRE AND A WORKER AT A NEARBY SHOP USED AN ENTIRE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUT THE FLAMES CONTINUED UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO PUT OUT. THE FIRE BURNED THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND TIRES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AT EVERGREEN KIA (LOCATED AT 9205 S WESTERN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60643, (800) 211-3116). THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE IN JANUARY OF 2019. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE IGNITION, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AS SMOKE APPEARED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, OPENED THE HOOD, AND SAW FLAMES. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V907000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BERWYN KIA (LOCATED AT 7050 OGDEN AVE, BERWYN, IL 60402, (708) 797-0300) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE STARTER AND STARTER SYSTEM REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MOTOR STARTING VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER

WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREET, VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, ALL LIGHTS WOULD BLINK AND ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT SPUTTERED BUT DID NOT TURN ON.

DRIVING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING AND WOULD NOT START, ON A STATE ROAD

WHILE STEERING THE STEERING WHEEL MAKE A CLICKING SOUND ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING IS BROKEN. THIS STEERING ISSUE HAPPENS WHETHER STATIONARY OR MOVING. THE SOUND ONLY HAPPENS WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND MULTIPLE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS ILLUMINATED, BUT THE IGNITION WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT AND THEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CAME TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,404.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 70 MPH, PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THEN THE ENGINE ACCELERATED AND THEN DECELERATED BACK TO ACCELERATING. BY THAT TIME, THE CAR LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD TURN ON AND THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE THE CAR ANYMORE. THE CAR SLOWLY STARTED DECELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY, WHERE I MANAGED TO GET OFF OF THE HIGHWAY INTO A DIP ON A BIG STREET. HAD IT TOWED BECAUSE THE CAR'S ENGINE WOULD NOT START ANYMORE, BUT THE LIGHTS AND RADIO INSIDE WOULD TURN ON. I SAW OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM AND HOW THERE IS A RECALL ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, BUT WHEN I SEARCHED UP MY CAR'S VIN NUMBER, IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ON THE RECALL LIST.

PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT SENSOR R/F SEAT CUSHION THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION

ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISES AND DECREASED ACCELERATION THEN SOUNDED HORRIBLE AND SHUT DOWN. I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET THE CAR FIXED. I DON'T HAVE 3000 DOLLARS TO BUY A ENGINE I STILL OWE 16,000 ON THE CAR. YES THEY GOT ME.

I NOTICED WHEN I AM AT A RED LIGHT AND I TAKE OFF TO GO, THE CAR MISFIRES AND STALLS FOR A MINUTE. I THEN NOTICED MY CAR WAS NOT GIVING THE ACCELERATION AND KEPT STALLING, AND A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON WITH A CODE P0087 WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE FUEL PRESSURE. I FEEL THIS COULD BE A CONCERN AS MY CAR COULD STALL WHILE I'M DRIVING WHICH WOULD MAKE IT DANGEROUS AS IT COULD STALL WHILE IM ON THE INTERSTATE OR WHILE I'M GOING THROUGH A LIGHT.

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

I WAS DRIVING AWAY FROM MY HOUSE GOING TO MY MOMS HOUSE SHE LIVES APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES FROM ME 15 MINUTES INTO THE DRIVE I STOP THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TRUNT RED THE CAR BEGAN TO START ACTING LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO CUT OFF SO I PULLED OVER TO THE NEAREST STORE TO CALL FOR HELP BECAUSE I JUST KNEW I WASNT GO MAKE IT TO MY MOMS LOW AND BEHOLD WHEN I WENT TO CRANK IT BACK UP TO ATTEMPT TY O GO TO MY MOMS BEFORE HELP CAME IT WON'T STAY CRANK SO I WAITED IN MY CAR UNTIL MY MOM AND THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED NOW THE CAR IS JUST SITTING IN MY YARD UNTIL I FIND OUT WHAT'S REALLY WRONG WITH IT

2013 KIA OPTIMA SPORT WITH APPROXIMATELY 47,000 MILES LOSS OF TURBO. PULLED OUT OF MY GARAGE AND MY CAR SEEMED SLUGGISH. I NOTICED THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. AS I ACCELERATED MY TURBO DID NOT SEEM TO KICK IN AND MY CAR WOULD REV UP AND NOT ACCELERATE VERY WELL. CALLED KIA THEY SAID I HAVE 5 YEAR OR 50,000 MILE WARRANTY. I TOLD THEM I ALSO HAVE 10 YEAR 100 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. JUST RAN A RECALL CHECK AND NHTSA STATES RECALL ON LONG BLOCK ENGINE AND TURBO RECALL ON MY SPORT MODEL.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK-FREEWAY 65 WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR DROPPED POWER AND I COULD HAVE HAD SERIOUS INJURIES TO MYSELF AND OTHERS. I CONTACTED KIA AND THEY HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER-DEALER AND KIA 800# GIVE YOU THE RUN AROUND-THEY SAID THERE ENGINEERS TOLD THEM WE NEED TO DO OIL COMSUMPTION TEST AND TOLD ME TO PICK UP THIS DANGEROUS CAR AND DRIVE IT. I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO KIA AND THEY NEVER CALL BACK- I EVEN ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER IF HE HAS DRIVEN MY CAR AND HE SAID NO. THIS IS NOT TAKING CARE OF YOUR CONSUMERS/CUSTOMERS TO EVEN ASK ME TO PLACE MY LIFE IN DANGER TO KEEP DRIVING THIS CAR-THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF FIRES AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF DRIVING THIS CAR AND PUTTING OTHERS IN DANGER-MY CAR HAS SAT AT KIA -INDEPENDENCE, MO FOR 2 1/2 WEEKS AND I ALSO RECEIVED NO RECALL NOTICE EVER. MY CAR HAD 5 RECALLS AT THE TIME IT WAS TOWED THE MOST SERIOUS RECALL IS SC147 NHTSA 17V224 MY CAR HAD 65,000 MILES . THERE IS NO WAY I WILL DRIVE THAT CAR UNTIL KIA RESOLVES THE ISSUES, I ALSO HAD LARGE AMOUNT OF WHITE SMOKE- COMING FROM TAIL PIPE-DEALER SAID CAR BURNING OIL DON,T KNOW WHERE,WELL THAT ISN.T SO TRUE. DEALER AID MOTOR NEEDS REPLACED BUT IT IS OUT OF THERE HANDS BECAUSE ENGINEERS SAID OIL TEST NEEDS DONE.DRIVE IT COME IN EVERY WEEK SO THEY CAN SEE HOW MUCH OIL IT BURNS-I AM GLAD THEY THINK OUR TIME ISN.T IMPORTANT OR OUR SAFETY-THIS IS THERE MISTAKES AND THEY NEED TO RESOLVE IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND THE CHECK ENGINE OIL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND FILLED THE VEHICLE WITH OIL, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE RECENTLY HAD AN OIL CHANGE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE ROD AND IGNITION COIL WERE DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A TICKING SOUND, WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET, QUICKLY TOOK THE CAR TO A SHOP & WAS TOLD THAT THE PART THAT HAD TO GET FIXED HAS TO DO WITH THE CODE PO1326

MY KIA OPTIMA SUDDENLY STARTED TO HAVE ISSUES WITH NO STARTING THE CAR RIGHT AWAY. I CHANGED THE BATTERY, AND THE ISSUE IS STILL PRESENT. I RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND NO CODE WAS DETECTED. I STARTED TO READY ONLINE AND IT SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ISSUE SINCE MANY KIA OPTIMA OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS A MECHANIC SAID HE'S NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

KIA ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE ENGINE BURNING CYLINDERS CAUSING FOREIGN OBJECTS TO GET INTO THE OIL CYCLE, AND CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL OUT. SO MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR ALONG THE HIGHWAY GOING 70MPH AND THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED OUT AND COULD'VE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS WRECK, AND IF IT WOULD'VE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SUED. SO MY CAR WON'T RUN NOW, AND I GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER I SEE THIS RECALL ABOUT THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP TEST THE ENGINE AND TELL ME THE ENGINE IS FINE, BUT MY TURBO IS ACTUALLY BURNING METAL AND CAUSING FOREIGN OBJECTS TO GET INTO MY OIL CYCLE. SINCE IT'S NOT THE ENGINE THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX IT. THE SAME EXACT THING THE RECALL IS CALLING FOR IS WHAT IS GOING ON IN MY CAR BUT IN A DIFFERENT PART. THEY ARE REFUSING TO GO IT AND WANT ME TO PAY OVER $2,500 TO HAVE IT FIXED WHEN IT'S A SERIOUS MALFUNCTION ON THEIR PART. IF MY WIFE WOULD'VE WRECKED I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE BEGGING TO FIX IT SO THEY DIDN'T GET SUED! THIS IS NOT RIGHT WHAT IS GOING ON, AND I'M VERY UNHAPPY. IF IT WAS A CONSUMER PROBLEM IT WOULD BE NO BIG DEAL BUT THERE IS A RECALL GOING ON THAT IS HAPPENING TO MY VEHICLE THAT THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX BECAUSE THEY SAY THE ENGINE TEST OUT FINE! WELL THE FOREIGN OBJECT IS STILL GETTING INTO MY OIL CYCLE AND COULD'VE LEAD TO A SERIOUS WRECK!

RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE IT WILL CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING THE AND I AM UNABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES, JUST LAST NIGHT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT STALLED OUT AND STARTED GOING SLOWLY I COULD NOT APPLY BRAKES TO THE CAR AND IT STARTED SMOKING FROM THE DASH AND THE ENGINE WITH NO OTHER CURRENT CONDITIONS I HAD TO THROW THE CAR IN PARK WITH OUT BEING ABLE TO USE THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE I NOTICED FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH NO CURRENT SOLUTION OR PROBLEM THIS IS VERY WEIRD

THE STEERING IS MAKING A VIBRATING, CLICKING NOISE. IT DOES THIS WHILE DRIVING, TURNING EVEN IF THE VEHICLE IS OFF AND STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, ADVISING THE CONTACT TO DISCONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON IN ORDER FOR THE INDICATORS TO TURN OFF. IN ADDITION, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND HESITATED TO STOP APPROPRIATELY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ARCHER KIA (LOCATED AT 11614 SOUTHWEST FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77031, 888-879-5194) WHERE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE HYDRAULICS. THE SPECIFIC PARTS WERE NOT IDENTIFIED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO JOE MEYERS KIA (LOCATED AT 16484 NW FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77040, 713-587-9940) WHERE THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 13386178. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD AND THE CAR QUIT WORKING, ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH POPPED UP AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START ANYMORE AFTERWARDS

DURING A NORMAL DRIVE HOME THE ENTIRE CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT CUT OFF. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP BEFORE THINGS GOT ANY WORSE. IT APPEARED THAT THE ENGINE HAD LOCKED UP. I HAD TO GET A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT TO A REPAIR SHOP.

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. MAKING A CLICKING WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THE WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT'S SLIPPING

I HAVE OWNED MY VEHICLE FOR 3 YEARS. MY AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT HAS COME ON FIR I THE 2ND TIME. I SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY ARE SHOWING NO DESIRE TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM WITHOUT THE BEING A SIZABLE EXPENSE TO MYSELF. ALSO MY BACK UP CAMERA IS SHOWING SIGNS OF CONNECTION ISSUES. BOTH I FEEL ARE A SSFETY CONCERN OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE.

MY ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL BOX HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES. THE STEERING BECAME BUMPY WITH NOISE. IT HAPPENED WHEN SLIGHTLY TURNING THE WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION.

ON INTERSTATE 675 NORTH-GA CAR STALLED, LOST POWER TO THE ENGINE, EPS LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, OIL LIGHT CAME ON ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, NO POWER STEERING. I HAD TO CROSS TWO LANES OF INTERSTATE TRAFFIC TO TRY TO MAKE IT SAFELY TO THE SHOULDER. MY CAR WOULDN'T TURN OVER OR START. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR AN HOUR AND TRIED AGAIN TO START IT. I RECEIVED NO NOTICE OF ANY RECALLS FROM THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN ON THE INTERSTATE OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER.

MY CAR HAS BEEN MAKING A VERY LOUD CLICKING SOUND IN THE STEERING. I ALSO HAVE A HARD TIME STEERING AS IT PULLS AND IT SHAKES AND WILL STEERING.. IT VERY SCARY AND IT FEELS LIKE ITS GOING TO LOCK UP AT TIMES. THE CAR ONLY HAS 23,000 MILES ON IT.. GARAGE KEPT.

CLOCK SPRING IN STEERING WHEEL BROKE. HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR YEAR.

MY CAR KEEPS HAVING SOME KIND OF AN ELECTRICAL GLITCH WHERE IT SEEMS MY BATTERY IS DEAD COMPLETELY WIPES THE MEMORY FROM THE CAR THEN IT'LL START 1 MINUTE LATER, TIRES KEEP GETTING EATING FROM THE INSIDE JUST ABOVE THE RIM, MOTOR HAS BEEN MAKING A TICKING NOISE SINCE I GOT THE CAR IT WAS LOOKED AT AS ONE OF THE RECALLS AND SAID IT WAS FINE, I FEEL THIS CAR IS UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, THE HAS EVEN SHUT OFF AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ACTED LIKE IT WAS THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AND IT STARTED A COUPLE MINUTES LATER

MY CAR PUTS OUT EXHAUST AND LOSES POWER WHILE STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDDLE. OIL DISAPPEARS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. HAVE TO PUT OIL IN MY CAR ABOUT EVERY 2 WEEKS. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR WON'T GO. BEEN IN SHOP 4 TIMES BUT KIA WILL NOT FIX IT CORRECTLY BECAUSE THE ENGINE CODE THAT THEY NEED TO FIX THE ENGINE DOESN'T COME ON SO I NOW DON'T HAVE A CAR TO DRIVE BECAUSE THEY SAY THE ONLY FIX IS A NEW ENGINE BUT THEY WON'T FIX IT. ON GOING ISSUE FOR PAST 5 MONTHS. SAME THING EVERYTIME. THEY PUT A BANDAGE ON IT AND THEN IT LASTS FOR ABOUT 2 TO 5 WEEKS AND THEN DIES AGAIN. SAME ISSUE EVERY SINGLE TIME. THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND THEN WHEN IT LOSES POWER MY CAR JUST SLOWS DOWN VERY QUICKLY AND WON'T GO. DANGEROUS/SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY. THE CAR ALSO DOES THIS BUCKING WHERE IT FEELS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO GO BUT WON'T.

INTERMITTENT STALLING OF VEHICLE UPON SLOWING/STOPPING AT REDLIGHTS/STOP SIGNS IN WHICH ENGINE BEGINS LOSING POWER/GAS EITHER STALLS AS IF IT'S TRYING TO QUIT OR CAR STALLS & QUITS. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES, NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENTS & INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. I HAVE NOTICED MY MOTOR KNOCKING LOUDER & UPON VISUAL EXAM, THE ENTIRE MOTOR IS SHAKING WHICH CAN BE FELT WHILE DRIVING BUT MOST NOTICEABLE CAUSING CAR TO SHAKE WHEN AT AN IDOL. MOST RECENT, I'VE BEGAN TO SMELL A VERY STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE UPON STARTING THE CAR BUT WORSENS UPON ACCELERATING. THE CAR IS RUNNING RICH, AND SMELL OF GASOLINE IS SO STRONG, WE HAVE TO ROLL DOWN WINDOWS. THE FUMES ARE MORE PROMINENT TOWARDS REAR OF CAR CLOSE TO EXHAUST. I CANNOT SEE ANY LEAKAGE OF FUEL WHEN LOOKING HOWEVER I AM LOSING FUEL SOMEWHERE BECAUSE MY GAS MILEAGE HAS GREATLY GOTTEN WORSE & BURNING THROUGH IT AT A FAST PACE. I TOOK IT TO KIA DEALERSHIP IN SALISBURY NC TODAY IN WHICH THEY UPGRADED COMPUTER SOFTWARE RELATED TO RECALL ON 2.4L GDI ENGINE AS I HAVE A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. MECHANIC STATES THE ENGINE TEST DID PASS BUT FEELS IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AT SOME POINT?? MECHANIC SAID HE DIDN'T SMELL ANY GASOLINE BUT HE DID NOT TEST DRIVE THE CAR OR RUN DIAGNOSTIC TEST AS HE SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE $129 FEE......I DECLINED PAYING THE FEE AND REQUESTED IT BE DONE AS THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM BUT THAT WAS DENIED. I NEED THIS ADDRESSED AND REPAIRED. IT IS DANGEROUS, COSTING ME MORE MONEY FOR GAS & AFFECTING MY JOB. PLEASE ADVISE.......THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND SHOULD NOT PLACE FINANCIAL OR SAFETY BURDENS ON OWNERS AS WE ALREADY PAY ENOUGH FINANCING AS WELL AS REGULAR/NORMAL WEAR & TEAR EXPENSES!! I'M STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON MINE BUT BECOMING TOO DIFFICULT & DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ESP GETTING TO WORK SO I CAN SUPPORT MY FAMILY!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE, ALL POWER WAS LOST TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. THE CONTACT QUICKLY EVACUATED THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH HER DISABLED DAUGHTER. THERE WERE NO FLAMES PRESENT. A TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND NOTICED THE BURNING ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DUTCH MILLER KIA OF CHARLESTON (335 MACCORKLE AVE SW, CHARLESTON, WV 25303, (855) 739-5369). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER LAST NIGHT. THE DEALER CALLED THE CONTACT AND PROVIDED THEM WITH THE VEHICLE'S REPAIR HISTORY. THE ENGINE WAS REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST REGARDING AN UNKNOWN RECALL. IN MAY OF 2019, THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A KNOCKING NOISE THAT WAS GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER. THE MANUFACTURER DIRECTED THE DEALER TO INSTALL A DEVICE TO ELIMINATE THE KNOCKING NOISE. THE DEVICE WOULD ENABLE THE VEHICLE TO BE DRIVEN 35 MPH SHOULD THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION FOR AN UNKNOWN DISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

WHILE DRIVING OR AT AN IDLING POSITION WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS STRAIGHT AND YOU MOVE IT LEFT OR RIGHT ABOUT AN INCH THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE. IT ALSO DOES THIS WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 3WKS NOW. I CALLED THE RECALL CORPORATE OFFICE AND APPARENTLY THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR THIS HOWEVER, THERE ARE NOW 120 COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM... IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE DONE OR ARE WE WAITING FOR AN ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN??

MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA EX WITH A 2.4L...I WAS DRIVIN DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR WENT INTO A LEMP MODE. HAD CAR SCANED CODE IS P1326 SAME AS OTHER KIAS SAME YR LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF I HAD RECALLS ON MY CAR AND THERE IS NOT

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT IT STILL COMES ON

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CHECK OIL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING SOUND WAS DETECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT STALLED. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MOTOR SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

MY KIA HAS LESS THAN 40,000 MILES AND THE LINE BESIDE THE TURBO IS LEAKING OIL LIKE CRAZY

'GLOW RELAY RECALL' VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND REQUIRED ME TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS SCANNED FOR THE CODE AND CAME UP AS P1326 'GLOW RELAY STUCK ON'. I LOOKED IT UP AND SAW THAT IT CAN BE COMMON IN THE HYUNDAI SONATA WHICH IS HYUNDAI'S VERSION OF A KIA OPTIMA WITH THE SAME ENGINE AND HYUNDAI DOES HAVE A RECALL FOR THAT ISSUE.

VEHICLE CONTINUES TO RUN HOT AFTER REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS FROM A CERTIFIED KIA DEALER. ENGINE HAD BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT THE SAME BEHAVIORS AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS AT RESOLVING THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN FAILED TO SOUND. KIA OF IRVINE (LOCATED AT 45 OLDFIELD, IRVINE, CA 92618, 949-612-9514) WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE NOT COVERED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V363000 (AIR BAGS). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

I WAS DRIVING HOME A FEW GUYS I WORK WITH AND HAD NO PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE BEFORE, AND ON MY DRIVE HOME I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AS THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE LIGHT THEN TURNED GREEN AND I CASUALLY FOLLOWED THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC NO MORE THAN 150 FT BEFORE THE MOTOR STARTED SQUEALING AND KNOCKING, COME TO FIND OUT IT'S A RECALL THE REGULAR KIA OPTIMAS HAVE, IT'S SPUN A BEARING IN THE 3RD CYLINDER AND KIA REFUSES TO REPLACE IT SAYING THAT IT ISN'T COVERED BECAUSE IT'S THE HYBRID WITH THE SAME ISSUE. KIA NEEDS TO OWN UP TO IT. I USED THIS VEHICLE AS A WORK TRANSPORT AND HAS ALWAYS HAD ITS MAINTENANCE DONE. NOW I'M OUT A VEHICLE AND KIA IS IGNORING MY MESSAGES TO THEM. I'M VERY UNSATISFIED WITH THE WAY KIA HAS TREATED ME. NO ONE HAS REACHED OUT TO ME, JUST IGNORING ME AS A CUSTOMER. DISSATISFACTION, MAJOR DISSATISFACTION.

ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER AND WAS NOT INFORMED TO ME.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER EVEN THOUGH I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. ONCE HOME, AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE STILL ON. DRIVING THE NEXT MORNING WE PAID ATTENTION TO THE BRAKE LIGHT IN THE REAR WINDOW AND EVERY TIME THE CAR WOULD START TO SLOW DOWN OR SEEM TO LOSE POWER THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. IT IS ALMOST AS IF THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGING ON THEIR OWN. YOU COULD SEE THE LIGHT FLICKERING BUT IF YOU HOLD YOUR FOOT UNDER THE PEDAL TO KEEP IT FROM MOVING THERE WAS NO ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE RPMS DROPPED TO 0 AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED BRIEFLY AND THEN TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE UP TO 20 MPH BEFORE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND MULTIPLE UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NALLEY KIA (LOCATED AT 7849 MALL PKWY, LITHONIA, GA 30038, (678) 374-3820), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PEP BOYS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I OWN A 2013 KIA OPTIMA MY CAR WOULDN'T START. THEN AFTER A FEW TRIES IT STARTED UP. THEN IT DID IT AGAIN. MY CAR WOULDN'T START. MY CAR WOULD STALL OUT. THEN IT STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE NEXT DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. MY ODOMETER JUST HIT OVER 100,000 A FEW WEEKS BEFORE. I MADE AN APPT AT A KIA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. I'VE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 3 MONTHS. I JUST PURCHASED IT. NOW I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE KIA RECALL SC147 & NHTSA RECALL 17V224000 ON BEARINGS THAT LEAD TO ENGINE SEIZURE & THAT CAN LEAD TO METAL IN THE OIL. AND IT CAUSES A KNOCKING NOISE. I AM POSITIVE THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CAR. I HOPE THE KIA DEALERSHIP WILL FIX MY CAR NEXT WEEK THAT'S THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT THEY HAVE. I HOPE I CAN GET A CAR LOANER.