When decelerating/braking, the car jerks harshly forward at 52,42, 32 MPH. On wet highways a when it jerks the rear of the car fishtails. Kia knows the fault is because of the dual clutch transmission downshift timing and has no solution. I been to the dealership 3 times on this. Fishtailing on wet highways has a serious risk of an accident. They just say live with it even though they have numerous similar complaints and felt the problem with me on a test drive in my car and other cars of same model in the new car lot. It is time they face this serious hazard, as braking is suppose to the the #1 safety issue in a car, not create a safety issue. I have stated a date below, but that date is when I first went to the dealership with the problem, it happens everyday, and every time at those speeds.
2016 Kia Optima transmission complaints
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This vehicle suffers from a hesitation during take off. According to kia this hesitation come from a 7 speed dual clutch transmission(dct). Which causes the vehicle the driver to feel a shudder sensation. This vehicle has a double clutch. I have taken my 2016 kia optima dealers for repair to this problem without any solution. Runs rough.
From a dead stop driving around, releasing the brake petal from a stop and getting ready to get going, the car shutters a bit and/or both the engine feels like it's gonna stall. Hesitation to get going.. Does it in all 3 drive modes. Dealers says npf.. Of course and said maybe quality of gas, I use top tier gas only.
When starting from a dead stop, the car hesitates up to 6 or 7 seconds. I think it has stalled, then it starts again by its self. This is extremely dangerous when pulling out into an intersection. It does this constantly.
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