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2013 KIA OPTIMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1091837
Internal NHTSA #	10616578
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2013
File date	26/06/14
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I purchased a 2013 kia optima from a local dealer who was selling it second-hand. The car has 13,500 miles on it at purchase. When test driving the vehicle i went in a small circle that included only very minimal highway driving. On june 26,2014 my family left for a 5 hour trip to charleston, sc. It was on this trip i started noticing very early on that i was having to constantly correct the steering to the left and then back to the right, over and over and over again... All the way down to charleston. Since noticing this problem has been an issue every single time i've driven the car on the highway, and it has resulted several times in me veering into the lane beside whether to the left or right. I literally have to continuously micro-steer the car just to keep it within the lane it's supposed to be in. There is absolutely no play in the steering whatsoever. You cannot look in your side view or rear view mirror without the car drifting to the right or left. There is a serious problem with the steering in the 2013 optimas. I know for a fact that there have been many complaints about this to kia, and kia does nothing about it because they say it's within specs. There will be many head on crashes where cars cross the center lane because of this steering, and im sure many fatalities will result. I can promise you this will happen if it already hasn't. There are certain 2013 kia/hyundai models that have had this same problem reported. 2013 was the first year kia/hyundai utilized electronic steering. 2014 and newer models also have electronic steering but they have three steering modes on them to adjust the steering. This problem is specific only to 2013 models. There absolutely needs to be a recall and something done about this before someone is killed. It will happen, and i will be keeping this correspondence for my own future legal protection.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	13500
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	GRAHAM, NC
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
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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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	70
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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 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 KIA OPTIMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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