2015 KIA OPTIMA Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED. ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE I GOT TO A BUSY INTERSECTION. TOWED AND MECHANIC STATES I NEED A NEW ENGINE. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR LESS THAN 3 YEARS AND BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. FINANCED FOR 5 YEARS SO I'M REALLY IN A BIND.

PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF EVERY TIME CAR IS WASHED AND KIA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT

TAKATA RECALL: THE ENGINE ON MY KIA OPTIMA IS MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING AND TICKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE ALSO LOSES SLIGHT POWER WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM KIA OWNERS ABOUT THE ENGINE MAKING THE SAME NOISE AND THEY HAD TO HAVE THEIR ENGINES REPLACED. THE VEHICLE MAKES THE NOISE EITHER MOVING OR STANDING STILL.

TAKARA RECALL,I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 KIA OPTIMA GDI,WHEN SUDDENLY MY ENGINE SHUT OFF,AND THEN HAD A HARD TIME STARTING,THEN I CALLED TOWING AGENCY,THEY JUMPED IT,THEN MY ENGINE STARTED TO HAVE A LOUD KNOCK LIKE SOUND..THEN DIED OUT AGAIN..MY OIL IS ALWAYS CHANGED REGULARLY,AND WHEN THIS HAPPEN IT WAS SHOWING MY OIL LEVEL IS GOOD..LUCKILY NO ONE GOT INJURED WHEN MY VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY

THE CAR HAS BEEN MAKING A SPUTTERING/TICKING NOISE SINCE PURCHASE. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED AT KIA TWICE AND THEY SAY NO ISSUES FOUND. THE NOISE IS DEFINITELY NOT NORMAL, BUT NOBODY WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

TAKATA RECALL JUST PULLED INTO MY JOB CAR WAS IN PARKED. CAR WAS STILL RUNNING HAD ABOUT 45MINS TO SPARE BEFORE CLOCKING IN. NOTICE THE CAR BEGIN TO SMOKE AS I'M SITTING PREPARING MY SELF FOR WORK. NO WARNING SIGNS APPEARED TO NOTIFY ME THAT THE CAR WAS OVERHEATING. TURNED THE ENGINE OFF TO SEE IF CAR WILL COOL DOWN. SMOKE SEEMED TO GET HEAVIER. I GOT OUT THE CAR AND SEEN THERE WAS FIRE UNDERNEATH. IMMEDIATELY I NOTIFIED EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. GOOD SAMARITANS HELPED PUT OUT THE FIRE. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS ELECTRICAL THAT CAUSED IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, BUT IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ARAPAHOE KIA (9701 E ARAPAHOE RD, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112, (720) 262-9111) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A COMPUTER UPDATE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN 20 - 25MPH THE HYBRID WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH OVERHEAD VOICE STATING TO PULL OVER AND NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANY FURTHER. IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING OVER THE CAR PROCEEDED TO LOSE ALL POWER. ELECTRICAL WITHIN CAR (LIGHTS, RADIO, ETC.) REMAINED ON BUT CAR WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY OFF. THE CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS IS STILL UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, WE WERE RUNNING ON HYBRID POWER AT THE TIME. THIS, WITH THE HYBRID MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HYBRID SYSTEM.

CANNOT CONTROL STEERING. SEEMS TO WANT TO HOLD IN THE 'CENTER' POSITION. WHEN TRYING TO CORRECT THE STEERING, LEFT OR RIGHT, I GET A 'STICKY' OR 'DEAD SPOT' IN THE STEERING WHEEL. A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR, THE DEALER REPLACED THEW STEERING COLUMN BECAUSE IT WAS 'UNDRIVEABLE', NOW A FEW YEARS LATER, THE PROBLEM IS RECURRING. MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT 'STICKY' STEERING FOR KIA OPTIMAS.

NORMAL DRIVING OPERATION UNTIL KNOCKING HEARD DURING LOW SPEED. ENGINE KNOCKING GREW LOUDER UNDER ACCELERATION. VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO MECHANIC WHO STATED AN ENGINE ROD MAY BE BEND. TOLD KIA HAS RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. KIA STATED THE VEHICLE VIN IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. NO HEAVY ACCELERATION OR USE OF THE VEHICLE IN THE PAST. NO INDICATION OF ROD OR ENGINE FAILURE.