The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated while parking the vehicle and attempting to turn off the vehicle, the message “Shift to Park” was displayed. The contact restarted the vehicle, shifted the vehicle into drive and then shifted back to park and the contact was able to shut off the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed. On another occasion, the contact stated while pulling out the driveway the brakes applied unintendedly with the brake light remaining illuminated. The traction control warning light, the ABS warning light, the auto lock warning light illuminated and the code “EPB auto hold” was displayed. The contact shut off the vehicle, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 155,000.
2013 Kia Optima transmission complaints
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Hello, I had my vehicle's engine replaced by a dealership (Reason - recall on engine and failure on freeway that has me traumatized!!!) and due to the labor done at Kia Tullahoma, TN my transmission has failed causing a near mishap crash on the freeway due to transmission slip. Noticed transmission fluid leaking. After taking it to another dealership (Kia Anderson, SC) they inspected and said that the labor performed by previous dealership had caused the malfunction. Today (7-24-23) Kia Tullahoma, TN refuses to cover the new transmission that now I have to replace due to their negligence. Due to separation of the transmission to engine the output seals started leaking and causing the incident. May I add that the engine might be at risk due to this also. Please post or let Kia corporate. I will also make claim. Thank you!!
I purchased a Kia 2013 from a used car lot driving it home it cut out on me numerous times and then all the sudden it lost power I was almost struck by a truck luckily I got off and out of the way as I drove all the way home it did the same thing it cut out and lose power I called the dealership where I bought it and he won't return my calls can you help me
Our engine has been replaced twice. Engine stalled while driving 65mph. Transmission pulled hard almost causing accident. Twice. First engine was @ 60,000. Second @ 90,000. Now they want us to pay our $250 deductible again, to add transmission fluid because it’s completely almost empty. We told them that it has been pulling hard from the first replacement of engine. They did nothing. Engine has been heating up all other components like radiator causing it to over heat. We paid to replace it before it cause a fire. Fuel line. We payed to get it fixed before it cause a fire. Now they want us to pay again, to add fluid to transmission before it causes a pull and we crash. Please help us. They have had the car for 2 months at Garden Grove Kia in California.
The contact owned a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving at 20 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed, however, the vehicle accelerated to a speed which caused the vehicle to go over a medium and crash into a tree. The air bags did deploy. No warning lights illuminated on the vehicle. The contact was the only person in the vehicle, and sustain injuries to their chest and lower back. There was medical treatment at the scene however the contact did not go to the hospital for further evaluation. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an auto body shop where it was deemed a total loss. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 31,000.
The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the TPMS warning light illuminated. The accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle failed to respond. The vehicle then lost motive power and stalled. The contact slowly pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and attempted to restart the vehicle however, the vehicle failed to restart. The contact had the vehicle towed to her residence. Several days later the vehicle was towed to the local dealer to be diagnosed. Due to the dealer being short staffed, the vehicle was not yet diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,581.
Car smells like it is constantly leaking oil. The smell is very noticeable. I will be taking it in on 1/8/2021
Excessive engine oil consumption. The engine uses 1 full quart of oil each 500 miles. It is a pollution issue as well as an engine issues. Car only has 113,000 miles. I called kia and the dealer repair dept. Said the recalls for engine failure only covers bearing wear and not excessive oil consumption. Please help me.
I was driving my vehicle on the street when I began to see white smoke clouds coming from my exhaust. I immediately took the car home, was nearly hit on the way home (low power to vehicle) and made an appointment at kia. I had approximately 120000 miles on the car. Had engine and turbo charger replaced at 74000 miles. Took car to kia claims the turbo charger is out again. This year has a lot of problems as it is. I do not recommend kia...
I stopped in a parking space and shifted into park and turned off the car. When I stepped out of the car it started rolling. I jumped back on the car and stepped on the brake. The lever was in park but the transmission was in drive or neutral. I could have been run over. The linkage that connects the shift lever to the transmission broke. The car has less than 64,000 miles on it. This could be dangerous if a child was behind the parked car. I had the car towed to the kia dealer. The part was less than a dollar but the labor was almost $300.
My car is getting a p2562 code which is for the turbocharger boost control position sensor. I'm having a significant decrease in engine power and fuel economy.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kia optima. The contact stated while driving at 65 MPH with the accelerator pedal depressed, the vehicle started losing motive power without warning. The contact immediately activated the hazard lights and pulled off to the side of the highway. The contact waited a few minutes before resuming normal driving. The contact called moritz kia hurst (110 ne loop 820, hurst, tx 76053) where she was informed to bring the vehicle in for inspection. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was 175,592.
9/5/2020 roughly 10:00 am entering the onramp to get on i10 west. Car lost acceleration, never reached 40 MPH, this has happened multiple times before, took foot off gas, attempted to accelerate, car lost all power and turned off. I was able to pull onto right shoulder and park vehicle. Car was towed to my home. I called all star kia in san bernadino ca, unable to assess vehicle for 7 - 10 days. Called palm springs kia multiple times on extended hold. When we connected, I was informed that my vehicle wouldnt be looked at until 9/18/2020.
I noticed the problem while driving roughly 65 MPH. My vehicle pretty much went into limp mode. I was only able to travel at a certain top speed. Over heating then became a very drastic issue. I looked on the nhsta website for any known recalls there were some for my year and model but mine wasn't listed? I called a family mechanic and described in more greater detail about my issue from start to finish, he advised me not to drive the vehicle that it was displaying the exact qualities as the listed recall and I should call kia motor company to have the look into my class of vehicles further. Long story short I was basically left homeless in a city and state pretty much beat on the whole idea of every getting my car back at the time of the incident it dropped below 28 degrees outside. I was approximately 200 miles from home. Because of this corporations negligence. I lost more than a good night sleep I had to start back over again and I'm unfortunately an only child with no parents so it was very mind boggling.. I made repeated attempts to come to some sort of agreement with kia to no avail. Some one went so far as to steal a safe out of my vehicle. Which I had professionally installed and vandalized the inside of my car beyond repair. Thanks kia, for victimizing me to make your millions.
I was driving then the car shutoff almost causing an accident. It stated hybrid system warning do not drive. The car will not start and gets a few gauge lights.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kia optima. Contact stated that while driving at 70 MPH, there was an abnormal grinding sound coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to cable dahmer of kansas city located at (555 w 103rd st, kansas city, mo 64114 (816) 284-7240) where, the contact was informed that the transmission was defective. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the turbo oil feeder line was fractured and needed to be replaced. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 20v100000 (fuel system, gasoline) as a possible solution to the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted or notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000.
I had the engine replaced around 85000 miles, at dealer with recall. Now at 140000 the transmission is making a bad grinding noise when accelerating and slowing down, noise starts about 15 MPH all the way to highway speeds. At highway speeds if I put the car in neutral, the sound goes away. As I put car back in drive the grinding noise reappears. The noise does not change while gear changes, only when put in neutral.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kia optima. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle independently decelerated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed a code number: p1326. The contact called the nationwide kia dealer, located at 1600 york rd, lutherville timonium, md 21093, and scheduled an appointment. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.
Driving and check engine light came on then car just stopped running and would not start, on a state road
2013 kia optima sport with approximately 47,000 miles loss of turbo. Pulled out of my garage and my car seemed sluggish. I noticed the engine light was on. As I accelerated my turbo did not seem to kick in and my car would rev up and not accelerate very well. Called kia they said I have 5 year or 50,000 mile warranty. I told them I also have 10 year 100 mile powertrain warranty. Just ran a recall check and the federal safety agency states recall on long block engine and turbo recall on my sport model.
Kia issued a recall for the engine burning cylinders causing foreign objects to get into the oil cycle, and causing the car to stall out. So my wife was driving the car along the highway going 70mph and the car completely stalled out and could've resulted in a serious wreck, and if it would've they would have been sued. So my car won't run now, and I get it towed to the dealership after I see this recall about the engine. The dealership test the engine and tell me the engine is fine, but my turbo is actually burning metal and causing foreign objects to get into my oil cycle. Since it's not the engine they are refusing to fix it. The same exact thing the recall is calling for is what is going on in my car but in a different part. They are refusing to go it and want me to pay over $2,500 to have it fixed when it's a serious malfunction on their part. If my wife would've wrecked I'm sure they would be begging to fix it so they didn't get sued! This is not right what is going on, and I'm very unhappy. If it was a consumer problem it would be no big deal but there is a recall going on that is happening to my vehicle that they are refusing to fix because they say the engine test out fine! Well the foreign object is still getting into my oil cycle and could've lead to a serious wreck!
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kia optima. While driving 60 MPH, the check oil warning indicator illuminated and an abnormal knocking sound was detected. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road where it stalled. The contact noticed smoke coming from the front of the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the motor seized and the vehicle could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 114,000.
Vehicle continues to run hot after regular maintenance and repairs from a certified kia dealer. Engine had been replaced once and continues to exhibit the same behaviors after multiple attempts at resolving the issue.
This concerns kia recall sc147. I have a 2013 kia optima ex that I purchased used with 98,000 miles on it in february 2019. The car drove perfect without any problems. I recently had the oil changed in june. A couple of weeks later the motor started knocking slightly for no reason after a recent trip to memphis, tennessee. The engine stalled in traffic so I put it in neutral and I was able to crank it back up. The next morning it was really knocking loudly so I took it to a mechanic who stated the engine was trying to throw a rod.
Vehicle stalls out and loses power while driving. At times engine light may flicker. Sometimes on start up engine will putter likes its not firing on all cylinders. After retstart several times the RPM gage will not move while driving. Dealer drove vehicle but could not fund any codes appearing and problem did not occur while in shop. Problem has been going on for about 3 weeks off and on. On one occasion I was nearly rear ended on the freeway when vehicle stalled out at approximately 65 MPH.
Im driving in the city streets the car has had a code that came up 1 month after the it is a core to replace tube to the sxl turbo this work was performed at the time of the second engine repair due to recall I have contacted kia and told them of the issue now currently as I wait for my appointment the service department is so backed up I now have a issue where I can not reverse the car wants to shut off as I accelerate and it feels like there is a parking brake on I told kia the car jerks going into 1st gear and then accelerates with a jerking motion took it to a local mechanic verified only code that shows up is for the turbo it has a flutter that needs to be adjusted or line replacement but I have proof that that work was already done I do not know if the car will make the appointment time now that it is 5 days out very dangerous due to car is not able to accelerate at a safe speed going into any intersection
Takara recall: my engine had been knocking/shaking for a good minute now. When I have it running and hood open it's just vibrating extremely hard and constantly.I've noticed it wants to stall or no shift correctly after a dead stop and something going into 3rd gear. Even while just idling I can feel the engine shaking the whole car from inside.
Engine recall. Dealership first received vehicle repair march 4, 2019 for complete engine replacement due to recall and car become completely immobile while on freeways. And towed to dealership. Dealership informed me first engine failed and reordered a new engine. Received vehicle back from 2nd attempt of engine repair may 16, 2019. Vehicle check engine light illuminated may 31,2019. Returned vheicle back to dealership. Repair to harness and noc sensor. Received vehicle back for repair june 8th. On june 10th vehicle became immobile again while driving out of parking lot and towed to dealership for repair. Waiting on dealership for details of car problems.
Took vehicle in for service a month ago for airbag recall as was told would not inflate in crash. Called kia corp. To ask status as I have heard nothing more after calling each week and was told my car was ready as of that moment. Picked up car and transmission (light came on and died) in middle of 4 lane hwy 5o'clock traffic as I was in motion approaching traffic light at within a mile of leaving regal kia and was then told that the airbag was still not working as the extra fix was outside of the recall and I would be responsible for. I could have been in a major accident during stall as I went in for a airbag recall and left with a dead transmission and airbag was not fixed, putting my life in danger within minutes of leaving the same dealership that earlier months cleared my car as perfect except for tune-up because of another previous recall. I was not placed in requested loaner to match my vehicle size as needed due to my family size for 4 weeks. This is not acceptable by any means as a customer.
My car is parked in the driveway at my job. It had been parked there since 2:50 pm. At 11 pm I went outside after clocking out and it would not crank. However, all my lights in the inside and on my dashboard remained working. Upon trying to turn over my key, my car would make a clicking sound. After ab 10 minutes other things began to fade out such as my lights. I also could not use my remote key anymore to lock or unlock my doors. I only had this car a month, and it is still in the condition it was bought in. I'm not sure what the problem is or what could have caused this problem.
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