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2013 KIA OPTIMA Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1566404
Internal NHTSA #	11209163
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2013
File date	19/05/19
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Driving home on the highway on a sunday evening on may 19, 2019 in oakland, california, my sunroof (specifically, the middle panel of the three glass roof panels on the kia optima sx 2013) suddenly and without any warning cracked, letting off an ear-piercing pop. I drove to a safe place with my hazard lights on, hearing pieces of glass fall off of my car into the lane behind me. The sunroof was closed at the time of the incident, and fortunately, the fabric sun shade underneath was closed, so i was spared from the shower of glass and injury other car owners have experienced during this explosion of glass. There were no other vehicles around me at the time of the incident and no debris, and i was driving straight on a smoothly paved road. When i inspected the sunroof, there was a huge hole in the center of the glass panel and the broken glass around the hole was pointing upward into the sky. The entire glass panel was shattered but still in place. There was no debris or a rock inside the sun shade underneath that could explain the hole. It was altogether eerie and very frightening and traumatizing, and i was grateful i wasn't killed by any potential accident that could have been caused by this unsafe sunroof explosion. I am in process of getting it repaired at the dealership where i bought the car used, and i have made a claim with both my car insurance company (geico, who has not been very helpful in acknowledging this as a manufacturing defect), and with kia consumer affairs. Kia also has not acknowledged that this is a defect, and none of the kia dealership service representatives or managers i've spoken with (six of them) have heard of this before.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	51276
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BERKELEY, CA
VIN pattern	5XXGR4A63DGXXXXXX
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	58
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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 Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 KIA OPTIMA Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

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