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2014 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1206271
Internal NHTSA #	10745882
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA HYBRID
Model Year	2014
File date	08/07/15
Component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	While parking into a parking space that faces a supermarket building, with my foot on the brake, the car suddendly accelerates at an unkown speed , while i am stepping harder on the brake , and the car is not responding crashing into a parking barrier pole finally making the car stop inches from the wall where people go in and out of the supermarket, i was screaming the whole time while being pushed rapidly at an unkown speed feeling helpless and scared, the car side aribags deployed on the right side of the vehicle making the vehicle all full of smoke inside. This is a complaint of a concerned victim for a fault that the kia optima hybrid has, so it can be addressed before people are hurt, or killed out there needlesly.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	38581
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	HIALEAH, FL
VIN pattern	KNAGM4ADXE5XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2014 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2014 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

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