2011 Kia Optima: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Sep 18, 2020 · Engine · 80,000 miles · MA

I was driving on the highway travelling straight in traffic at about 50 MPH when my car stalled. I was able to restart it, then it stalled again. Then I restarted it one more time. Then it made a grinding clunking sound like something snapped and was getting whipped around by the moving parts. Then it had no throttle response and I was forced to pull over into the breakdown lane as the car no longer was running.

Filed Jun 4, 2019 · Airbags, Engine · 109,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia optima. While driving 80 MPH, the oil light illuminated and the contact heard a load clunking noise. The engine seized and the contact was able to pull the vehicle over to the side of the highway. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who stated that the vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 18v363000 (air bags) and 17v224000 (engine and engine cooling). The contact was the original owner and did not receive either recall letter from the manufacturer. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 109,000.

Filed Mar 5, 2018 · Steering · 99,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia optima. While stationary and driving various speeds, the steering wheel made a loud clunking noise when making left and right turns. Snail kia in greensburg, pa 156601 was made aware of the failure and scheduled the contact for a service appointment. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall or service bulletin for the failure. The failure mileage was 99,000.

Filed Apr 26, 2017 · Steering · 70,000 miles · AL

Loud clunk noise when turning steering wheel left or right

Filed Jul 25, 2016 · Steering · 62,000 miles · FL

My steering started making a clunking noise at 62,000 miles it was intermittent at that time while driving the car. I now have 83,000 miles and it is a constant clunking sound whenever the wheel is turned to any position when driving the care and also stationary and while the care is in park. It also clunks when I am driving on uneven surfaces.

Filed Oct 12, 2015 · Steering · 54,000 miles · NC

The steering wheel makes clunking noise that you feel in steering wheel, left to right play. The vehicle's steering column also rattles loudly over bumps in the road. It is worse in reverse.

Filed Oct 2, 2015 · Steering · MS

While driving on streets or highways at speeds from 10 MPH and up, a constant rattle is heard inside the steering column. A loud clunk/rattle is heard if driving over a bump. When turning the steering wheel while parked, there is a thud and a thud is also felt. When taken to dealership, they informed me the steering coupling ring needed to be replaced. The mileage on car when brought to dealer was 63,000(61,000) when apt was initially made. They told me it was a 2 dollar part but would cost 350 to replace it. The warranty for steering wheel parts expired at 60,000 miles. Part was not replaced at that time.

Filed Aug 10, 2015 · Steering · 99,902 miles · FL

The contact owns a 2011 kia optima. While driving at various speeds, the steering wheel makes clunking noise, left to right play. The vehicle's steering column also rattles loudly over bumps in the road. Vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer stated that the steering coupling ring needed to be replaced, $350 repair.

Filed Jun 27, 2012 · Transmission · 11,000 miles · GA

Sometime around june 4, on an expressway at 70 MPH, it felt like I had hit something. There was a violent slam in the front of the car. I pulled the car to the side of the expressway to see if I had hit something. After seeing that I had not hit anything, I got back in the car to get back on the expressway. I put the car in gear and tried to accelerate and the car would hardly move as though it were starting off in a high gear. I drove toward the next exit at 55 MPH at around 3500 RPM and it felt as though the vehicle never shifted gears. When I got off the next exit to return home, the vehicle did not shift into low, it stayed in a high gear. I drove home in one gear and got home to back into the garage, and when I shifted the car into reverse, it slammed into gear. I parked and went inside for the evening intent on getting the dealer to send a wrecker for the vehicle in the morning. I got up the next morning to see if the car was still acting the same way. I started the car up and it drove perfect, shifting through all of the gears as it was supposed to behave. We took it to the dealer and they supposedly found the problem and we left with our "repaired" vehicle. On june 26, while driving the car at 50 MPH on a surface street, the same "slam" happened in the front of the car, frightening my wife. She then pulled to the side of the road, stopped the car, and shut it off. She restarted the car and it shift as it was supposed to. She came back home, parked the car in the garage and called the dealer. She started the car on june 27 to go to the dealer, went down the road approximately 3 miles and the same event occurred. She pulled over, restarted the car and drove to the dealer. They now have the car and say they are going to replace the transmission at 12000 miles.