2013 KIA OPTIMA Complaints

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

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

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.

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

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