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2010 KIA OPTIMA Visibility Windshield Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1154039
Internal NHTSA #	10680355
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2010
File date	01/02/15
Component	VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I live in iowa and we got 6 inches of snow.... Went to clean the snow off my car with the brush part of snow brush and while doing that was also warming up my car and as i was cleaning off the back windshield i noticed a hole in the window..... My back window not only had a hole in it but shattered!! How does this happen?!?! I did nothing wrong!!! Nothing i haven't done a million times before and why am i responsible for paying for this?!?!?
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	82000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SIOUX CITY , IA
VIN pattern	KNAGG4A89A5XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
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
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	0
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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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2010 KIA OPTIMA Visibility Windshield Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2010 KIA OPTIMA Visibility Windshield Problems, Complaints and Defects

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