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2013 KIA OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1393640
Internal NHTSA #	11006660
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2013
File date	15/07/17
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I was sitting in the yard at my aunts yard and the rpm's dropped while in park. I sat there for a few minutes to see if it would do it again, it didn't, so i left and headed home and got 5-7 miles down the road, and the car completely stalled and shut down, while i was going about 45-50 mph, and i had no control over the car. The brakes got hard, the steering was hard, and i was barely able to get out of the middle of a busy road with vehicles behind me. It wouldn't crank back up. I sat there waiting for someone to come to me to check it out, and i tried to start it back up and it did, so i went on home. I called kia and they said bring it in, i paid $100 to have it towed to the local kia dealership in lake city, fl. They checked it out and said it was nothing wrong gn with it. But i received a notice about a recall on the motor stating it would do what happened to me. Also, i checked online and typed my vin number in and there was in fact an open recall for the motor i have for the issue i had. They refused to fix the recall. Advised me to wait for it to happen again, and i asked them, so you are telling me to drive this vehicle with this issue and wait for it to happen again and risk getting into an accident the answer i got was basically yes.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	113949
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	MAYO, FL
VIN pattern	5XXGM4A71DGXXXXXX
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
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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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Vehicle speed	45
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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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