2015 KIA OPTIMA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT LEASED A 2015 KIA OPTIMA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK OPTIMO H724 TIRES, SIZE: 225/45R/18 (NA). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE OF A BUBBLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT PASSENGER AND REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FIVE STAR TIRES ON MERIDIAN ROAD IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ABNORMAL WITH THE TIRES AND THAT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ROAD DAMAGE. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,310.

MY CAR STARTED SMOKING ONE DAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING ABOUT 25-30MPH IT WAS SO BAD PEOPLE STARTED YELLING!!! GET OUT .. GET OUT ..YOUR CAR ON FIRE..I PULLED OVER SO EMBARRASSED.... AND I GOT OUT...THE SMOKE HAD THE BACK OF THE .CAR BLACK...FROM THE SMOKE OUT OF THE TAILPIPE.SO I WAITED 30-45 HAD CAR TOWED BACK HOME ...I STAY 35 MINS FROM KIA DEALERSHIP SO I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT DAY TO TAKE OVER THERE. AND SURPRISELY THEY TOLD ME SLUDGE OIL.AT THIS POINT IT WAS ONLY 32,000 MILES. I ASKED HOW CAN I FIX THE PROBLEM THEY SAID..THEY DONT FIX SLUDGE OIL... AND MADE IT VERY CLEAR THEY WAS VOIDING MY WARRANTY BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS FROM PREVIOUS OIL CHANGES. AND THIS COME FROM LACK OF MAINTENANCE... OK. SO I GOT OIL CHANGES EVERY 2,000 PROBLEM SLOWED DOWN.. NO SENSORS WAS ON OR NOTHING.... ONE DAY WENT TO STORE CAME HOME AND PARKED NEVER CRANKED...55K MILES TOWED TO ST.AUGUSTINE KIA DEALERSHIP SAID THE ENGINE IS SHOCKED...IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY NOISE COMING FROM ANYWHERE.. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A DEAD BATTERY OR STARTER..KIA SAID ENGINE I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND..

VEHICLE TENDS TO STEER ITSELF AND CAN AT TIME OF FREEWAY SPEEDS BE HARD TO KEEP VEHICLE IN A STARING LINE. VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL CAN GET STIFF AND WITH AND MOVEMENTS THE VEHICLE TENDS TO OVER CORRECT ITSELF. WHILE GOING DOWN A FREEWAY OR LONG STRAIGHT AWAY THE VEHICLE TENDS TO SWERVE BACK AND FORTH WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS BEING HELD TIGHT ON ONE PLACE.

THE OPTIMA HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON BOTH THE HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS. WHEN THE CAR STALLS EVERYTHING SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY AND IT'S IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER. MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HAS BEEN IN THE CAR DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC A COUPLE TIMES WHILE THIS HAS HAPPENED. I HAVE CALLED BOTH KIA CORPORATE AND THE KIA DEALERSHIP WHERE THE WAS PURCHASED AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THE CAR IS STALLING. AFTER 3-5 WEEKS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE KIA CORPORATE AND THE DEALERSHIP THEY HAVE FINALLY TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

ENGINE LOCKED UP DURRING ACCELERATION TO 40 MPH WHY MERGING INTO TRAFFIC FOUND OUT ENGINE HAS A BENT ROD. OIL AND COOLENT WHERE SUFFICINT BUT KIA WILL NOT FIX OR REPLACE. COULD OF CAUSED MY WIFE TO CRASH OR BE HIT BY TRAFFIC

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE OIL LIGHT. I STOPPED TO CHECK OIL. THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. I CHECKED FOR LEAKS. FOUND NONE. I ADDED 2 QUARTS. THE ENGINE WAS KNOCKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. MY CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. BUT WOULDN'T REPLACE IT. IT WOULD COST ME $7200. SO I TRIED TO DRIVE IT HOME, AND IT QUIT.THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. THIS WAS IN NOVEMBER 2016. AND IT IS STILL DOWN. THEN I HEARD KIA IS GETTING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM, FOR OIL FLOW ISSUES. I'M STILL PAYING ON THE CAR. I FINANCED THROUGH MY CREDIT UNION. SO THEY ALREADY GOT THERE MONEY. I THINK THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SCREWING ME OVER. TO BE CLEAR I HAD JUST LEFT THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT QUIT. IT NEVER MADE A SOUND, THE DEALERSHIP HAD IT 3 DAYS.

AFTER FUELING THE VEHICLE UP, AND STARTED TO HEAD DOWN A BUSY ROADWAY THE ENGINE OF MY VEHICLE SEIZED UP AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE ONLY REASON BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER ARE GIVING ME ITS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE BUT THE CAR WAS BOUGHT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON DECEMBER 16 2016, AND I WAS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS FUNCTIONING. THIS SAME PROBLEM IS CURRENTLY GOING ON WITH THE 2011-2014 VERSION OF THIS VEHICLE BUT THE COMPANY REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LATER VERSION MY HAVE THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK WHENEVER THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND A LOUD RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FOURTH PISTON FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SLUDGE IN THE OIL PAN CAUSED SLUDGE TO ENTER THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY DUE TO THE SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

WE PURCHASED OUR 2015 KIA OPTIMA NEW IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. AT ABOUT 11,000 MILES OUR PROBLEM STARTED. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL GETS REAL JERKY AND LOCKS UP. I HAVE TO JERK IT TO GET IT TO RELEASE AND THEN IT GOES THE OTHER DIRECTION. I HAVE TO KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL TO CONTROL IT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE IT COULD EASILY CAUSE A TERRIBLE HEAD ON ACCIDENT. OUR DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AFTER DRIVING IT A COUPLE MILES. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE, STRESSFUL, AND MAKES MY SHOULDERS HURT SEVERELY. WE ARE VERY UNHAPPY AND NEED THIS FIXED. IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SAFETY ISSUES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE DIES TO GET THEM FIXED.

TAKATA RECALL: DRIVING THE CAR DOWN A CITY STREET WHEN IT SUDDENLY CEASED TO ACCELERATE. THE POWER STEERING STOPPED AS IT COASTED INTO A SIDE STREET TO GET OFF THE BUSY ROAD. I COULD SMELL WIRES BURNING AS A ELECTRICAL FIRE.I IMMEDIATELY GOT MYSELF AND FAMILY OUT OF THE CAR AFRAID IT WAS ON FIRE. THE INSIDE OF THE CAR FILLED WITH ELECTRICAL SMELL AND SMOKE. I CALLED THE 360 KIA TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE I BOUGHT A "GOLD" WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THEY LITERALLY LOST MY CAR FOR SIX DAYS AND THEN CALLED ME WANTING MY SERVICE RECORDS STATING THE CAR HAD NO OIL IN THE MOTOR. THIS IS A OUTLANDISH LIE! MY CAR HAD PLENTY OF OIL IN IT ...I NEVER SAW A ENGINE LIGHT COME ON INDICATING THAT I HAD MOTOR PROBLEMS NOR DID I SMELL OIL . THIS WAS A "SUDDEN " MALFUNCTION. MY CAR NEVER RAN HOT NOR DID MY GAUGES EVER INDICATE A PROBLEM. I HAD THE CAR FOR RIGHT AT 40K MILES AND HAD A OIL CHANGE DUE AGAIN AT THE END OF APRIL.