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2013 KIA OPTIMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1151759
Internal NHTSA #	10678660
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2013
File date	23/01/15
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	This is the most recent of a large number of times my car has wondered into another lane of travel by itself. Today my son and i were going out to eat. There was a cold rain falling, so the windows started to fog up a bit. I looked down just long enough to turn the defrost on and when i look back up my vehicle is about 3/4 into the other lane of travel and my hand did not move at all!!! Had there been another car coming in the opposite lane of travel there would have been a head on crash and there probably would have been fatalities too, all because kia will not fix this issue they know they have with the 2013 optima. The car wonders constantly so you are not able to look in your rear view or side view mirrors, not can you look down long enough to turn the heat or ac on without the possibility of the car wondering to the left or right into other lanes of travel, potentially causing accidents. On and trip of length, in order to prevent this wondering from happening you have to 100% of the time correct to the left and then back to the right and then back to the left and back to the right, all the way to your destination, and all without turning the steering wheel no more than 1 inch to the right or 1 inch to the left, so in essence i am having to constantly steer the wheel back and forth within a 2 inch range of motion. There is no centering of the vehicle and holding the steering wheel straight and the car stay straight. There is always a constant back and forth to keep the vehicle in the lane of travel. That is how sensitive the eps is. It is not an alignment issue. Now there are several post on the internet of kia dealers being able to adjust the sensitivity of the steering through the computer, and these people also say that initially kia tells them nothing can be done about it. It appears kia is deceiving their 2013 optima owners.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	19900
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	GRAHAM, NC
VIN pattern	5XXGM4A73DGXXXXXX
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
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	45
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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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2013 KIA OPTIMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 KIA OPTIMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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