Frame And Members problems of the 2001 Kia Motor Optima

The contact owns 2001 kia Optima. The contact stated that NHTSA campaign id number: 09v183000, suspension: front was related to the corrosion on the front sub frame of his vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who sprayed an under coating on the bottom to cover the rust, corrosion and replaced the sub frame. After routine maintenance, he found the entire bottom of the vehicle including the fuel well covered with rust again. The vehicle was not taken back to the dealer. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 113,400.

Kmc's recall campaign no. Sc075 the sub frame on our kia Optima 2001 has rusted through this caused the lower control arm and strut to collapse inward pinning the wheel at 45 degree angle and damaging the tire. The car is undrivable. Kia says they will only honor the damages in a northern state. . . . That uses road salt but we live on the gulf coast that is also a slat hazard area.

While driving my 2001 kia Optima on north interstate 65 to indiana, in four lane traffic my kia right front wheel nearly came off due to corrosion of the sub-frame and lower wheel control arm causing separation. My husband and I could have both been kill along with many other people. I loved my car and I praise the kia, now they don't care about me or other people in kentucky. They want fix my car but most of the states around my state is doing so, they are thousands of recalls on all other car's I am sending a letter to the president of the u. S. A. I will not stop until ky or kia is not allowing vehicle in ky not be in the recalls. Tells me people in ky just don't matter to kia or ky , we are people to, and this car would have last me a life time I am sure if this had not happen. Just because my VIN number. Was not in the system , even though 2001 - 2004 kia Optima has been recall ky lags behind and does not care about me. My car is just junk now and I can not buy another. I will continue to spread the word about how they are treating me I will never give up.

While driving my 2001 kia Optima on north interstate 65 to indiana, in four lane traffic my kia right front wheel nearly came off due to corrosion of the sub-frame and lower wheel control arm causing separation. My husband and I could have both been kill along with many other people. I loved my car and I praise the kia, now they don't care about me or other people in kentucky. They want fix my car but most of the states around my state is doing so, they are thousands of recalls on all other car's I am sending a letter to the president of the u. S. A. I will not stop until ky or kia is allowing vehicle in ky not be in the recalls. Tells me people in ky just don't matter to kia or ky , we are people to, and this car would have last me a life time I am sure if this had not happen. Just because my VIN number was not in the system , even though 2001 - 2004 kia Optima has been recall ky lags behind and does not care about me. My car is just junk now and I can not buy another. I will continue to spread the word about how they are treating me I will never give up.

The contact owns a 2001 kia Optima. While driving approximately 25 mph, the contact drove over a small pothole and the vehicle lurched. He noticed that the steering wheel appeared crooked. He went to a repair shop and the mechanic stated that the subframe was rotted and needed to be replaced at the cost of approximately $2,500. The dealer stated that they could not assist unless prompted by the manufacturer. The manufacturer stated that they could not assist unless the dealer chose to assist. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were approximately 94,000.

Front subframe has completely rusted out causing the car to be undrivable. This occurred just as the car was pulled into the driveway. Otherwise it could have been a complete disaster.

I have a 2001 kia Optima which has had a very bad vibration for a long time. Taken to multiple shops and problem could not be found at any of them. Just recently steering wheel of car became off center and the more I drove it the worse it got. Finally it was taken to a shop to find that the front subframe has broken where the lower control arm mounts to it. Car is now marked as unsafe to drive. Called kia customer service to find out that the car is out only by time not mileage of its corrosion warranty. Kia customer service of no help. Car is very unsafe to drive. L/f wheel is completely loose at lower half and r/f is cracked badly.

The contact owns a 2001 kia Optima. While the contact was replacing the timing belt on the vehicle, an automotive technician entered the shop and asked if he experienced a corroding subframe. He performed a visual inspection, but it yielded no results. The technician then performed a physical inspection and discovered that the subframe was corroded. The manufacturer advised him to take pictures of the vehicle and submit them for inspection. The dealer stated that they were not liable for the repairs. The VIN was unknown. The current mileage was 123,105 and failure mileage was 123,000.

The contact owns a 2001 kia Optima. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact felt the vehicle pulling to the right. She drove to a repair shop and the mechanic stated that the front passenger side wheel and subframe were corroded and cracking. The vehicle has not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were 99,000.

Car hesitated once or twice upon acceleration, could not recreate problem. 1 week ago, while trying to pull out of the garage, car would not go into gear. When car finally went into gear car would not move unless accelerator pedal was pushed to the floor, and even then barely any movement. Took car to kia dealership, three days later dealership called, the transmission needs to be replaced. Dealership said it had to "fight" with the factory rep to have the transmission covered under the warranty, even though I provided proof of maintenance. Dealership ordered new transmission, when prepping car for the new transmission a "hole was found in the subframe", that is not covered under warranty and the transmission cannot be put in the car with the hole in the subframe at a cost of $1,800. 00. Dealership cannot explain how a garage kept 7 year old car has a hole in the subframe.