The body paint is delaminating and coming off so fast. Every auto body shop I go to says its a manufacturer error. This isn’t okay. I know many other kia optima cars doing that same for the same year. I have many pictures to provide. I shouldn’t have to pay for a new paint job when it was a manufacturing error.
2013 Kia Optima body complaints
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Paint on car is chipping away little by little . Has been ongoing for a while now & rust spots are starting to pop up around the car . I’ve had the car detailed waxed and sealed and still continues to get worse. Was told by a body shop that the paint was not done right from the beginning
All my paint on my WHITE Kia is coming off. So many white Kia’s are having This problem.
A year ago, the paint started falling off of the roof rails on my 2013 Kia Optima. It is continuing to peel away. The color I have is Snow White Pearl. I have contacted my dealership and have been told that there is only a 3 year, 36,000 mile warranty on the paint and since I am outside of those parameters, there is nothing they can do for me. I have also taken it to a body shop to find out about repainting the areas and get an estimate for having the work done.
Out of no where the paint began peeling in large flakes while going down the road. At first it was small pieces then progressively began to be larger pieces. When I washed it, even more came off on multiple locations on the vehicle. Noticed blistering all over after further review.
2013 KIA Optima Pearl White paint began chipping and flaking exposing bare metal to rust and corrosion.
I bought my pearl Kia Optima in 2013 and the paint started chipping in 2018 or so. It started on the side by the windows, then my hood, then it went with the top portion of the vehicle (now rusty) then it began in the trunk area. It gets worse when the weather changes to cold temperatures or rain.
The paint on my car is chipping off. It is a Snow White pearl and I read online that this is very common for Kia’s with this color of paint.
Paint is peeling off of the hood and side panels of the car. It is Kia Pearl White factory paint job. There have been no impacts or anything that should cause the paint to chip and peel.
I understand this will not sound like a safety issue, as I felt the same initially, but it is. My paint has been peeling off my Kia Optima for almost two years and sometimes the paint comes off in little pieces and other times it peels off in 6-12 inch sheets. Paint will come off during driving and while being washed. When driving the paint will fly to the back of my car and land of the ground, looks like snow is flying thru air. I have had safety issues to date. First tIme was on my way to work and a large section of paint came up from the bottom of the windshield area and stuck to my windshield. Not only did it scare me, but it blocked my vision.windshield wipers would not move it. I had to quickly pull over to remove it. Second time the same thing happened, but it landed on the windshield of the car behind me. I was unaware it happened until they pulled up next to me at the red light and got out of their vehicle to yell at me and removed the paint sheet. I understand this might not sound serious, but when something comes flying out of nowhere and lands on your windshield blocking your sight it is quite terrifying. I am not sure if this has happened to others with my same paint defect, but I know by researching my paint defect over the past two years, there are thousands of complaints on the internet about paint peeling off. When I contacted Kia in 2019 (corporate in Irvine, Ca), they informed me it was definitely a paint defect that originated during the painting process. Since there was not a recall isued, they were not going to pay for the car to be re-painted. At that time only the top of my car was affected, but now the majority of my car is losing paint. At this time I am wanting Kia to pay to have the car repainted, refund the cost of the vehicle or provide a credit to put towards a new car. At this point my vehicle is basically worthless because I can't sell it as is and trading it in results in me only getting approximately 30% of what the value is.
The paint on my car is peeling on the molding around the front windshield on the right and left side.
Around approximately 76,000 miles on the vehicle, I noticed paint (snow white pearl) started bubbling and coming off the hood. I assumed it was from a rock chip. The paint bubbling and chipping is now occurring all over the vehicle. I've spoken with two different KIA dealers (in Charlotte, NC and Salisbury, NC) and they've both said there are no recalls from KIA and there's nothing they can do but offer to repaint the car for THOUSANDS of dollars. I'm finding new spots every month. There are now 93,000 miles on the car, and I do NOT feel like the paint should be failing like this at all. I will attach pictures if allowed. I doubt I can upload all of the places on my car that have chips at this point.
I own a 2013 Kia Optima. The paint in chipping and peeling on various parts of the car.
The Snow White Pearl paint is peeling off of the hood and roof of the car (delamination).
Pealing paint on hood and along windshield area
The factory paint job is delaminating and chipping. Its chipping in different parts. This is a problem because Kia didn’t let the primer sit well or because they didn’t even put primer. You can tell by the way the paint is delaminating.
2013 KIA Optima Pearl White Paint peeling and chipping off all around the windshield. May now cause rust and future instability to vehicle frame which could make it dangerous.
The paint on my 2013 optima has bubbles in it that are cracking open with paint peeling away. There is one section on the passenger side front door with one patch that is at least 3" long and 2" wide where the paint flacked off. The paint around the windshield has also flaked off in places that are now causing rust spots. There has been nothing to cause the issue with the paint. The car has the original pearl white paint. This started with minor spots and has gradually increased to more places on the car with paint missing. This has been been an on-going issue the entire time I have owned the car.
My white pearl paint started off as a little chip and now I have blotches of paint chips on my trunk lid
Paint is chipping off of the pillars on both sides of the windshield. Started approximately 1 month ago. First noticed while parked under carport. No accidents or paint work done. This is original manufacturer paint job.
Paint (pearl white) began peeling off in june 2019 on the front t and back of the roof trim. On march 12, 2021 the paint has now started peeling from the passenger left side door. Also, the vehicle has major electrical problems- the power windows ( all but the driver's window) quit operating on january 27, 2021. The vehicle is a 2013 with only 43k miles on it. Unacceptable
I own a 2013 kia optima with the snow-white pearl paint and it is definitely peeling at a rapid rate. It is peeling off on the sides of my trunk, near the windshield, on the hood, and also on the edges of the doors. I bought it used, but have only owned it for 3 years and the paint was in perfect condition when I bought it. I have never done anything to make the paint chip or peel. It looks horrible!! Kia needs to fix this immediately. We pay a lot of money for new cars and should expect that they hold up. My parents own cars that are 20+ years old and their paint is still in good shape! Kia needs to step up and remedy this!!
The paint is chipping on the cars hood, roof rails and trunk lid to no fault of mine. Paint is also bubbling on the doors and is starting to chip.
Paint is peeling. It's not caused by any friction. It's de-laminating.
Alittle over 2 years ago I started noticing paint peeling off the pillars on the sides of my windshield, it started with a small spot and continued to get worse. I have always gotten my car serviced at a kia dealership and had warranties on my car so I mentioned it numerous times and everytime I was told that paint wasn't covered and that "they had never seen paint peeling like that " on any other snow pearl white kias. The paint continued to peel off, the wind would blow huge pieces off. Now it has started on my hood, the passenger side of my car and the trunk! Its already showing signs of rust. The worst part is I brought my car in again and asked what the hell was going on?! The technician assured me they had never seen that, and while I was sitting there 2 other snow white pearl kias pull in and they have paint peeling in the same spots! Thats when I decided to do some research and saw that this is happening all over the country mainly to kias with the snow white pearl color. All I want is for kia to repaint my car. I paid alot of money for it and I absolutely love my car but it looks like it is 20 years old with the paint flying off of it and its starting to rust!!! This is my 2nd kia I have purchased and I love them, but I am extremly pissed off and disappointed that I have been fighting for over 2 years about this and nothing has been done. Obviously there was some sort of manufacturing defect when these cars were painted in the factory because there is no other explanation for why there are thousands of snow pearl white kias with the paint peeling off in the same exact spots. I also bought my car new so I know that it has been taken care of the entire time. I just want my car painted before its all rusted especially since I paid $30,000 for the car.
All the paint on the outside of my 2013 kia optima is bubbling and peeling off the chrome on my wheels is chipping and coming off
Paint is flaking and exposing bare metal on hood and along windshield uprights
The paint is peeling in several areas on the hood, around the front window and above the doors.
The pearl white paint began peeling off in large sheets and is not related to a rock chip.
We were traveling at around 55-60 miles an hour and were t-bones by a chevy avalanche on the passenger side of the vehicle. I was in the front passenger seat and my husband swerved so the truck luckily started at my door and completely ripped and smashed in the back passenger door and back/ trunk of our optima. Back wheel is completely turned out. Hit so hard it completely turned us in 2 circles and busted my front license plate and it hit absolutely nothing. I busted my head open and received 3 staples and knee shoved in dash but not 1 air bag in this vehicle deployed!! I have always owned a kia!! I will no longer purchase a kia because I do not feel safe!!
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