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2013 KIA OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1218635
Internal NHTSA #	10762994
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2013
File date	09/09/15
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I leased the kia optima (2013) for 3 years. With 4 months left on the lease & 35,000 miles later, everything was perfect, no issues whatsoever, up until yesterday morning while driving to work. I was approaching a 4-way stop when i heard what sounded like the screech or a short blast of a hairdryer. Directly after 'the sound' i approached the stop sign, but even as i was slowing i felt that the car was sluggish. I came to a stop. When i tried to go again i realized the engine had stopped. I tried a few times to start the engine but it was completely dead. I had to go to work, so i called a friend who is a mechanic to come look at the car. He said he would take the battery to pep boys to have it checked, which he did, they said the battery was good. He advised me to call the car pros kia of carson where i leased the car from as it was covered under the "100,000 mile/10 year warranty". When i got to the service department they told me they needed to do a diagnostic which would cost $119 and would "probably be covered by the warranty but you need to sign this form just in case it's not" of course, when they came back, they said i was not coverered under their warrenty because the engine was "bad' and had completely blown due to "black sludge'' in the oil compartment (this is a complete lie as my mechanic friend checked the oil that morning and it was good!!!) and they needed receipts for all of the services to my car going back one year as they needed to know who had been tampering with my car! For the record, i have all of the receipts from pep-boys and my mechanic who have done all of my oil changes religiously. Now i come to find out via research on the internet that there are law suits happening between consumers who are being blamed for not doing oil changes and causing chronic engine failure because kia don't want to honor their warrenty!!!!
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	35800
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LOS ANGELES, CA
VIN pattern	5XXGM4A75DGXXXXXX
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
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Vehicle speed	15
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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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2013 KIA OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 KIA OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

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