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2011 KIA OPTIMA Electronic Stability Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	961345
Internal NHTSA #	10494746
Manufacurer	KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2011
File date	15/06/12
Component	ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	We bought our car last year , 5 months after we got the car , when i was driving it the vehicle dynamic control (vdc) light turn on and the car shaking very bad and we can not handle the car right and the brake its not working well, its very very scary. The only thing that we can do we turn the vdc light off, its gonna be ok for couple days , and again it happens. After that i took the car to fairfax kia in virginia they didn't believe me and they said when they test drive the car it didn't happened to them, so it happens for me almost 7 times and every time they when i took it back to the service they said the same thing. I have no idea what should i do, somebody needs to fix this problem, if something happened to me what should i do? Kia motor in responsible for that.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	9000
Number of Occurences	7
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WHITE PLAINS , MD
VIN pattern	KNAGR4A62B5XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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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
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Vehicle speed	35
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2011 KIA OPTIMA Electronic Stability Control Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 KIA OPTIMA Electronic Stability Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

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