2012 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED WHILE PULLING INTO HER DRIVEWAY AND MADE AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING NOISE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DCH KIA OF TEMECULA (LOCATED AT 26799 YNEZ RD, TEMECULA, CA 92591, (951) 268-9198) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CONTAINED OIL SLUDGE AND NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR FEES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V363000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. IN ADDITION, A "DO NOT DRIVE "WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KIRBY KIA OF VENTURA (6424 AUTO CENTER DR, VENTURA, CA 93003, (805) 644-2241) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BEARING INSIDE THE ENGINE STARTED TO WEAR AND SHRED, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE "DO NOT DRIVE, PLACE VEHICLE IN PARK" WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO JIM ELLIS KIA OF KENNESAW (1221 AUTO PARK DR NW, KENNESAW, GA 30144, (404) 531-1868) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

VEHICLE HAS 130,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER WHEN IN CRUISE AND MOTION IS LOST. STEPPING ON THE GAS DOES NOT GET ANY ACCELERATION. THIS OCCURRED AGAIN ON A HIGHWAY AND DISPLAY GIVES ME THE HYBRID ERROR DO NOT DRIVE WARNING. THIS OCCURS WHEN CRUISE IS SET AND ALSO NOT IN CRUISE. I STEP ON THE GAS AND THERE IS NO ACCELERATION. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS THE CAR FUNCTIONS NORMALLY. I AM ALSO HAVING BACK UP CAMERA ISSUES WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS MAY BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. MY DISPLAY GIVES ME THE WARNING MESSAGE ABOUT OBJECTS BEHIND ME BUT THE IMAGE SOMETIMES DOES NOT SHOW. THE IMAGE SOMETIMES IS THERE WHEN I PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND SOMETIMES NOT. THESE PROBLEMS ALL STARTED AT THE SAME TIME. KIA WAS CONTACTED AS WE THOUGHT IT MAY JUST BE A COMPUTER UPGRADE. THEY TOLD THE DEALER THERE ARE NO UPGRADES. WE ALSO HAD A NON DEALER CHECK THE VEHICLE FOR ERROR CODES BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY. THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT FINE.

AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK YESTERDAY 8/7/2018, MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A WEIRD SOUND. I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR FROM A PRIVATE SELLER ON 5/29/18 WITH 80K MILES ON IT, AS OF YESTERDAY IT HAS 85K MILES ON IT. I TOOK THE CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE, JUST IN CASE, BUT WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS ONLY A PORTION OF A QUART LOW ON OIL, BUT THEY PROCEEDED WITH THE OIL CHANGE, AND TOLD ME THE SOUND WAS A ENGINE KNOCK AND ADVISED THAT I TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A ENGINE ROD KNOCK AND THAT THE ENGINE IS TOAST. I WAS TOLD THE REPAIRS (A NEW ENGINE) WOULD COST ROUGHLY $7000, AS I'M NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER SO THE 100K MILE WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO ME, AND I'M PASSED 60K MILES AS THE SECOND OWNER. THE TURBO ENGINES WERE RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE. THIS HAS TO BE RECALLED. IT IS UNSAFE

TAKARA RECALL, I HAD TO REPLACE THE CONTACT ASSEMBLY CLOCK AFTER AIR BAG SIGN WOULD NOT TURN OFF, CERTAIN CARS WERE RECALLED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM , I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO ADDITIONAL YEARS AS WELL SINCE THE PROBLEM IS STILL ON GOING

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY UPON ACCELERATION THE RPMS SPIKED AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE. AFTER RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE LIKE A BROKEN MUFFLER THEN THE CAR LOST POWER. PULLING TO THE SHOULDER THE CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE AND SHORTLY AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE FROM SOMEWHERE UNDER THE HOOD WHICH SPREAD TO THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHICH THEN BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES BEFORE A FIRE CREW COULD EXTINGUISH.

THE ELECTRIC MOTOR HYDRAULIC PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED I WAS TOLD IT WASNT A RECALL HOWEVER IM SEEING SEVERAL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON MESSAGE APPEARED TELLING ME TO STOP DO NOT DRIVE CANT DRIVE SAFELY. NOW MY VEHICLE IS MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE I HAVE NO ACCELERATION POWER AND I HAVE NO OIL LEAKS BUT MY CAR IS BURNING UP OIL.

TODAY I JUST GOT MY CAR BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY FOR THE BRAKES FAILING IN THE HYBRID SYSTEM THEY TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE BUT THE MECHANIC SAID TO ME THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CAR SO THEY LET ME LEAVE WITH IT I WAS IN LAKE WORTH TODAY DOING 45 MILES PER HOUR AND IT DID IT AGAIN AND SAID CHECK BRAKE CAR SHUT OFF MY BRAKES FAILED AND I RAN INTO A MEDIAN TO STOP MY CAR. KIA CORPORATION IS NOT DOING NOTHING ABOUT THIS THE DEALERSHIP DOES HE EVEN HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ME AND THAT IS GUNTHER KIA. I BELIEVE THAT I AM GOING TO DIE IF I DRIVE THIS CAR ANYMORE AND I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD CHILD THAT THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE KIA CORPORATION 5 TIMES ALREADY