2009 Kia Optima electrical problems

Filed Jul 25, 2018 · Electrical, Lights · 122,000 miles · GA

Headlights replaced 6 times.

Filed Sep 12, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2009 kia optima. While driving 35 MPH, another motorist notified the contact that the undercarriage of the vehicle was on fire. The contact coasted to the side of the road and noticed smoke and flames under the hood of the vehicle. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Mar 4, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · GA

The light has been on since the middle of 2013 and the dealership when asked during each oil change is we will check it out. Ever since I have purchased this vehicle there has been problems with this vehicle.

Filed Oct 26, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 96,000 miles · WV

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 kia optima. The contact stated that while shifting the vehicle into the park position, the key remained stuck in the ignition switch while attempting to turn the vehicle off. The failure was persistent. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 96,000.

Filed Oct 6, 2014 · Electrical · 69,000 miles · SC

After a battery replacement, the battery sparked when the car first turned on, but the car immediately turned on. From that point forward we had the check engine light on, the brake light on and two other lights on the dash on constantly. We took it in and spent $4000+ on oil changes, front end replacement and several other items that took almost a month and a master mechanic from kia to find out that the problem was a wiring harness issue. We were told that we had been in an accident and that because of that it wasn't going to get replaced under warranty. The car was never in an accident, and the wiring harness still shows four lights on the dash. If a simple battery replacement can cause the wiring harness to fry there must be a problem, and I don't think it's the battery.

Filed Aug 20, 2014 · Electrical · 67,000 miles · FL

Kia optima ignition switch issues, steering wheel locked and couldn't turn car on and wheels locked. Had to have ignition switch replaced. I was told this is a safety feature of the ignition switch so someone can not steal the car. They also said if the ignition switch locked while I was driving the car the front wheels could have locked causing a possible accident. I went on the internet to see if this has happened to anyone else and to my surprise there were many that had the same problem with the ignition switch. I also looked to see if there was a recall on the ignition switch and I couldn't find any at the time.

Filed Aug 12, 2014 · Electrical, Steering · 50,250 miles · AL

My 2009 kia optima was parked. When I put the key in, it would not turn the car on. The steering wheel would move slightly. The ignition switch and tumblers were not reading that the car was in park. I had the ignition switch replaced. I contacted kia but they would not cover repairs because the car was 2 weeks out of warranty.

Filed Jul 27, 2014 · Electrical · 66,000 miles · MS

The key will not turn to start the vehicle consistently.

Filed Jan 10, 2014 · Airbags, Electrical · 70,100 miles · VA

The battery died in my 2009 kia optima and upon replacing battery the airbag light came on. It was taken to a kia dealership and was told that it was because we changed the battery. The airbag light was reset. About a week later it came on again and was taken back to the dealership and reset again. It came back on the next day and was again taken to the dealership at what time we were told that it was the b1382 & b1481 airbag problems and that it was going to cost over $1200.00 to fix. Why would changing the battery cause these problems? I had only purchased the car 18 months before this incident.

Filed Nov 23, 2013 · Brakes, Driver assistance · VA

Per the federal safety agency recall number 13v114 I took my 2009 kia optima to koons kia in woodbridge on 11/21/2013 to replace my vehicle's stop lamp switch. The next day I noticed that after applying the brakes for the first time the brake lights are continuously illuminated and remain illuminated after I have shut down the engine and the ignition switch is in the off position. Another problem is that the electronic stability control (ESC) light intermittently comes on. Both of the above problems arose after the 11/21/2013 stop lamp switch replacement.