2015 KIA OPTIMA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A RATTLING NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

THE VEHICLE STARTED IDLING ROUGHLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. STOPPED AT THE NEAREST AUTOMOBILE CENTER, THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INDICATED THAT THERE MAYBE A DEFECT TO THE ENGINE AND THAT MY ENGINE MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO MAINTENANCE RELATED ISSUES AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

ENGINE FAILURE WITH MY NEW 2015 KIA OPTIMA AT 42,000 MILES. KIA DENIED WARRANTY COVERAGE DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVE ALL OIL CHANGES. KIA ALSO DENIED KNOWING THERE WAS AN ENGINE DEFECT ON THIS 2.4L GDI ENGINE. TODAY I SEE AN ENGINE RECALL FINALLY FROM KIA, HOWEVER THEY STOPPED PREMATURE AT THE 2014 MODEL. I HAD TO PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE TO BE INSTALLED OUT OF MY OWN POCKET ON A BRAND NEW VEHICLE.

I HAVE TWO KIA, ONE 2013KIA SOUL, AND KIA OPTIMA 2015, FIRST THE KIA SOUL WON'T START, LOOKS LIKE NO BATTERY AT ALL, DEALER SAY IT WAS A BAD BATTERY, BUT THE PROBLEM START AGAIN, JUST THIS TIME LOOSE ALL POWER WHEN RUNNING, THEY TOWING BACK TO THE DEALER THIS TIME, THEY SAY THIS TIME WAS CRANK PISTON SENSOR, NO COST AT THIS TIME, THIS HAPPEN ON 08/01/2016, NOW THE KIA OPTIMA, SAME, I DRIVE ALL MORNING, THE DAY WAS HOT, AND I STOP AT THE STOREFOR WATER, DON'T TAKE MORE THEN 5MIN. WHEN I GET BACK TO MY CAR, CARS UNLOCK THE DOOR, BUT HAVE NO POWER AT ALL, I CHECK THE BATTERY WITH A FLUKE MULTIMETER, READS 12 VOLTS WHEN I DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE POST, AND 6 VOLTS WHEN I CONNECTED BACK TO THE BATTERY, THEN MY FRIEND STOP BY, AND JUMPSTART MY CAR, SAME THING, I DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE POST AND I TAKE CHASSIS GROUND FOR THE JUMPSTART, SAME THING, THEN I TOOK OF THE BATTERY FROM A CHEVY 2002 SILVERADO, MY FRIENDS TRUCK, AND I CONNECTED DIRECT TO MY CAR, SAME THING, I ENDED TO CALL ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE FOR KIA MOTOR, TO TAKE IT TO THE KIA DEALER, THE TOWING TRUCK DRIVER SAY, THEY PICKUP A LOT OF KIA'S CARS FOR THE SAME REASON, THIS TIME HAPPEN ON 04/05/2017, I DID CLAIM TO KIA MOTOR, THEY SAY WAS THE BATTERY, AND I JUST THINK THEY WANT SALE A 300 AND SOMETHING BATTERY, AND A HAVE TO BUY A NEW BATTERY EVERY TWO YEARS, WITH THE NEW KIA AND HYUNDAI RECALLS I THINK THEY SHOULD RECALL THIS TWO CARS!!

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY A BATTERY WARNING LIGHT FLASHED ACROSS MY DASHBOARD AND MY VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING POWER. I DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT WITHIN SPEEDING TRAFFIC TRYING TO REACH THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I DIDN'T MAKE AND MY VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EXIT OFF RAMP. ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS SWERVING AND COMING TO ABRUPT STOPS TO AVOID SLAMMING INTO THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND STOOD ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IN FEAR OF BEING KILLED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. A POLICE OFFICER PUT OUT FLARES AND THEN STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION EMERGENCY TOW, MOVED MY VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, OUT OF THE WAY OF SPEEDING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED BY KIA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE NEAREST KIA DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE DIAGNOSED MY VEHICLE WITH "SLUDGE" IN THE ENGINE AND BURNT OUT STARTER, REQUIRING A NEW ENGINE AND STARTER. I HAVE PROVIDED ALL SERVICE RECORDS OF OIL CHANGES CONDUCTED AS REQUIRED WHICH WERE ALL PROVIDED BY KIA. CAR IS BRAND NEW UNDER WARRANTY, TWO YEARS OLD, WITH 18,561 MILES AND NO HISTORY OF WARNING LIGHTS. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE 2-3 BUSINESS DAYS FOR A DECISION. IT'S BEEN 6 BUSINESS DAYS AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A LOANER/REPLACEMENT VEHICLE NOR APPROVAL FOR THE REPAIR.

WHILE DRIVING DURING THE DAY, ON THE HIGHWAY, I HEARD A LOUD BOOM, SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT. LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW BLACK STUFF FLYING OFF THE BACK END OF THE CAR INTO THE STREET. THEN HEARD WIND AND FELT WET, SO OPENED THE INTERIOR SHADE TO MY SUNROOF AND THERE ARE A HUGE OPEN HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SUNROOF.. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, NO OTHER CARS AROUND ME. IT WAS RAINING, BUT A LIGHT MIST TYPE RAIN. THE SOUND THAT I HEARD SOUNDED LIKE A EXPLOSION OR GUNSHOT AND THE ROOF'S GLASS WAS MISSING AND SOME CAME INTO THE CAR WHEN I OPENED THE SHADE. THE GLASS LOOKS AS IF IT BLEW OUT FROM INSIDE.. IT WAS MUSHROOMED NOT CAVED IN.

I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND THOUGHT THAT MY ENGINE WAS BURNING. I LOOKED DOWN TOWARD THE FLOOR AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. ALTHOUGH THE SEAT WARMER IS NOT ON, I ALSO NOTICED THE SEAT SEEMS TO BE HEATING. I NOTICED WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT AFTER HAVING DRIVEN ABOUT A MILE OR SO.

RECENTLY MY TRANSMISSION CASE CRACKED AS IT PASSED OVER A MANHOLE COVER ON A STREET BEING RESURFACED. MY DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THIS HAS HAPPENED A LOT. I WAITED NINE WEEKS FOR THE PART TO COME IN. I LOST $1,100.00ON CAR RENTALS. CAR'S TRANSMISSION CASE IS TOO LOW TO THE GROUND.