2009 Kia Optima brakes problems

Filed Sep 3, 2020 · Brakes, Engine · 150,000 miles · PA

Last week, on aug 29th 2020, I tried to make a left u-turn on a residential street and the steering wheel locked up. I got scared and just drove forward to the next street and turned right onto that street. On aug the 17th, 2020 I had my car inspected. The mechanic said the brake fluid was leaking and had to fix that. Approx 2 weeks later, sept 2nd, the motor blew on my car while driving on a hwy. There was black smoke coming through the A/C vent right before it happened. The car is a total loss.

Filed Apr 4, 2019 · Brakes, Engine · MD · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2009 kia optima. The contact stated that the vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v114000 (service brakes, hydraulic, exterior lighting). The manufacturer had not sent notification of the vehicle being included in the recall from march 29, 2013. While driving highway speeds, the contact noticed smoke under the hood of the vehicle. While pulling the vehicle over, an off duty fire fighter flagged the contact to quickly pull over and exit the vehicle. The fire fighter remained at the scene as the fire department arrived and extinguished the flames. The driver was not injured. The insurance company towed the vehicle to a facility, inspected the collision damages, and claimed the vehicle as a total loss. The cause of the fire was not investigated. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Jan 18, 2017 · Brakes · 60,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 kia optima. While driving the vehicle at higher speeds and attempting to reduce the speed by depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle would reduce speed as normal til around 20 MPH. The vehicle would suddenly jerk forward. The failure occurred intermittently. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, but it was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.

Filed Apr 13, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · SC

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 kia optima. The contact stated that while driving and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle violently jerked. The contact mentioned that excessive force was required on the brake pedal in order for the vehicle to come to a stop. In addition, the contact stated while approaching a stop sign, the vehicle continued to accelerate while the brake pedal was depressed and failed to stop. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Dec 19, 2015 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 133,560 miles · FL

While I was not notified about a recall, until recently, the dealer advised my information was probably not passed on to the proper authorities from the previous owner. I went to the kia dealer in crystal river and they supposedly put a new brake light switch on my vehicle and when I left the dealership my ABS/ESC lights were illuminated on the dash and my car started doing all kinds of funny things like vibrating and shuttering under the gas pedal. You know you could feel the shuttering on the gas pedal. At that point I had no brakes and barely stopped. I thought it was only a temporary thing but now its doing it all the time and I can't feel safe driving the car at all. I still owe almost 9000.00 dollars and can't afford a costly repair from a recall.. I have spoke with some people and they advised that the recall has been causing the ecs to malfunction in many cases and caused the stability of the car and ABS to act up.

Filed Jun 24, 2015 · Brakes · 14,000 miles · OH

Approaching a stop sign or light, when I apply the brakes smoothly, the brakes will grab and the car will jerk to a stop, usually when the car is going less than 20 MPH. This is much worse is cold weather. After about 10 minutes of driving, it no longer occurs. We just bought the car in august 2014, so this is the first winter we've had the car, so I don't know if the prior owners tried to have it fixed or not.

Filed Mar 26, 2015 · Brakes, Engine · 50,000 miles · OH

Late last year (2014) in our kia optima 2009 got some transmission issue which is difficult to explain for. To me it looks like a manufacturing defect which kia must resolve. This is what I experienced: in 2014 october, I started feeling a heavy jolt/jerk whenever I used the car and the engine is cold. The jolt is so strong that every passenger noticed it. This happens only when I try to slow down the car and it gets near to 20 mphr. So the factors are: 1. Cold 2. Downshift 3. Speed 20 mphr on slippery roads it may be very dangerous which can lead to major injuries. Kia must accept this dangerous manufacturing defect before it start taking lives. It is very annoying issue too, it is always on my mind while driving which is causing distraction while driving. Kia must take an action instead of sitting quite. They must issue recall this to fix this dangerous issue. The federal safety agency also should support all the people with same problem so that people can believe their safety standards. I took my car 2-3 times there and explained the issue, but they could not fix it so far. If kia's own dealers cannot fix this problem then who will? Thanks for reading my complaint against kia!

Filed Mar 19, 2015 · Brakes · NC

I am a owner of the kia 2009 optima, and I brought it from lumberton kia of lumberton, nc the problem that I am having with my 2009 kia optima, is when I get ready to make a stop my car jerks really hard and I have told the lumberton, kia to please check it when I would get my oil changed every 3,000 miles but the technician would tell me that he check it and feel nothing but it does it in my car every day even my passengers feels it when they are in the car.I feel that I have a malfunction in my brakes but I never who I needed to talked with about my car until my friend told me about this web site.I have not had no accidents thus far with my car and I hope I don't in the near future.

Filed Dec 2, 2014 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 65,000 miles · IL

The ESC alarm came on and the car began shuddering. I tried to brake but it seemed to make the shuddering worse. It became difficult to steer so I coasted the vehicle.to the shoulder of the road and waited a few minutes. I turned the ignition again and the car came on first try but the ESC alarm was still illuminated and usually is although it turns off from time to time.

Filed Jul 17, 2014 · Brakes, Transmission · 54,835 miles · VA

While leaving for work in the am, as I decelerate at the stop sign, when speed nears 20-25 MPH the vehicle jerks hard like it's trying to downshift. Seems to disappear as the vehicle warms to running temp.