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2011 KIA OPTIMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	847638
Internal NHTSA #	10386636
Manufacurer	KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2011
File date	25/02/11
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	It's happening on my brand new 2011 kia optima. I drive an hour to work both ways, so any problem with a vehicle can easily present itself. On my first day of work, i realized the car pulled left. I thought it could have been in my head or simply the crown of the road. After a few days of ignorantly thinking it was just me, i noticed that when i let go of the steering wheel, it holds slightly left. Thus, the car pulls left. It does this about 85 percent of the time. I took it into the dealership and waited three hours. They adjusted the alignment and rotated the tires but to no avail. The car still pulled left. I took it in five days later. They gave me a loaner car for two days while they tried to figure out the problem. They call me and said it was fixed because they readjusted the steering wheel and replaced a tire (and realigned it again). I go and pick it up, take it on the highway, and the problem still exists. I take it back to the dealer and their head technician rides with me because they thought i was crazy (they never took it on the highway). He sees the problem and couldn't believe the car pulled like that. He said something was definitely wrong. The service manager then tells me to take the car home for the weekend and we'd set something up. I refused to drive it unless it was fixed so i am still with the loaner car five days later. I am still waiting to hear back. I've almost been in one wreck already because of the heavy left pull. It's extremely dangerous considering the types of roads i must drive on everyday.
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Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ST. CHARLES, MO
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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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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2011 KIA OPTIMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 KIA OPTIMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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