After getting HECU recall done , it has caused issues with the HECU module to where the brake lights no longer work and the ESC light comes on the cluster panel. Up on reading the code C2130, it says Brake lamp relay error. Mind you that my car was in working order before this recall was even done. This a huge safety issue not having your brake lights work. I can get rear-ended and i have kids in the car. This has been a issue since July when i got the recall done and KIA has yet to find a fix for this matter.
2011 Kia Optima suspension problems
18 complaints (3% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 69,000. 2 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 18
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- typical mileage
- 69,000
- crashes
- 2
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Front1
At what mileage
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Kia Optima suspension problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 2011 Kia Optima owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Lo qu pasa esq el carro tira gasolina y lo emos arreglado 4 veses y tira toda la gasolina ya isimos un reclamo y nos nos quieren dar ninguna compensacin lo que ase es que se le tira la gasolina y tengo miedo que se yegue a quemar porque cada vez que le a pasado solo empieza a tirar gasolina no importa si est parado a conduciendo la ltima vez qu pas lo estbamos conduciendo y me percat y me regrese y lo tengo en mi casa y ya no lo eh vuelto a mover porque tengo miedo que se queme estoy enviando una foto de la manguera un video de que es lo q le pasa tengo un video de pero no lo pude enviar .
18v363 17220 it has made a loud clanking/knocking noise. It stalled then completly died once I got off the main highway and wouldnt crank again. It uses an awful lot of oil. Upon first oil change it had shards of metal in it. The place I got the vehicle from says they put new motor in it among other things but I havent seen in change in things other than it doesnt smoke under the hood while idling.
The kia optima 2011 motor no longer works and smoke keeps coming out when it's on and turned off after driving from the exhaust on the drivers side. The accelerator pedal gets stuck and doesn't seem to want to make the change in transmission. I took the car to two different mechanics and both of them come out with the same diagnose. Was told that the car is a recalled car because it is to soon for the motor to be shutting down since it only has 81,000 miles and it's not an old car. The suspension is also not in properly.
I have had to change lower control arm inner and outer tie rod and cv axle 2 time because parts are cheap and slightest amount of force such as hitting a curb causes massive suspension damage. Both times car was running unber 20 miles an hour and hit a curb and it destroyed suspension. Second time tie rod broke while driving down the road and lost control and ended up hitting guard rail and same thing destroyed suspension.
2011 kia optima. Consumer writes in regards to airbag control unit safety recall. *ld
My car cut off in the middle of the street causing a accident
Whinning in the front end, brakes are grabbing and and thumping in the front end when you hit a bump. Brakes grab and sometimes goes to the floor. And pulls to the left.
When driving on the highway 55mph or higher steering wheel has a loud knock and pulls left. It is very dangerous to drive because the steering wheel is uncontrollable. When in park and turning the wheel it makes the knocking noise also. Updated 10/07/15*lj updated 12/11/2017
We bought our car last year , 5 months after we got the car , when I was driving it the vehicle dynamic control (vdc) light turn on and the car shaking very bad and we can not handle the car right and the brake its not working well, its very very scary. The only thing that we can do we turn the vdc light off, its gonna be ok for couple days , and again it happens. After that I took the car to fairfax kia in virginia they didn't believe me and they said when they test drive the car it didn't happened to them, so it happens for me almost 7 times and every time they when I took it back to the service they said the same thing. I have no idea what should I do, somebody needs to fix this problem, if something happened to me what should I do? Kia motor in responsible for that.
Questions about the 2011 Kia Optima suspension
Does the 2011 Kia Optima have suspension problems?
Owners have filed 18 complaints about the suspension of the 2011 Kia Optima, 3% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 2011 Kia Optima suspension problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 69,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2011 Kia Optima suspension?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Kia Optima have bad suspension?
The Kia Optima model years with the most suspension complaints are 2001 (28 complaints), 2013 (26 complaints) and 2002 (21 complaints).
Other 2011 Kia Optima problems
Engine 262Steering 100Lights 88Electrical 63Brakes 47Airbags 31Fuel system 27Transmission 25Body 21Acceleration 19Visibility 11Driver assistance 9Wheels 9Tires 3Seat belts 2Seats 2
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