2013 KIA OPTIMA Complaints

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.

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.

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.