general problems of the 2011 Kia Motor Optima - part 2

I was on my way to work when I heard a big pop and realized my sunroof busted open. It was closed at the time it was not hot outside and no other vehicles around me.

On 5-4-14 I was driving from wisconsin when we decided to stop at wal-mart, while we were waiting for a person to move out of its parking spot, my Optima start to accelerate even when I had my foot in the brake, my first reaction was to move the gear shift to neutral and then the engine start racing up the rpm were very fast (was in neutral), at the moment a lady and her small kid were crossing in front of my car, god knows what it would happened if I wouldn't move the gear to neutral. This is the third time last year it did the same thing in July when I was at the stop sign , the second time was this year in January when I came back home from work then I was parking when the car starting accelerating but I was holding up with concrete bar on the ground that is in my parking lot, at that time I shut the engine off, but it was not much of concern because I was not driving the car in the street. Next day (5-5-14) took the car to the dealer, and they contacted kia to report this issue, on may 7 at 4:20 pm a gentleman from kia his name was bruce called me to get some information about this sudden acceleration and told him everything that happened and gave a case #2706364, then on 5-7-14 another gentleman from kia corporation called me, his name sam, and told me that he is in charge of my case now and will call me to let me know about the outcome of this, well he didn't call so I called him back on 5-15-14, (10 days later), he told me he was waiting for the dealership to call him, I went to the dealer and I was informed by ed the service manager that they were doing some tests, he called me later saying that he talked to sam in kia corporation and he gave 11 point of inspection to do. Situation should be investigated by NHTSA to avoid any future incidents that could cause some serious injuries or fatalities.

I have a 2011 kia Optima lx, one night while driving home from work aloud boom sound with a jerk of the car and all power was gone at once. There was nothing,lights out, in and out and no acceleration, then after about 10 seconds all power returned, before and after this there was no warning of any kind, it has happened a total of three times so far. 2nd time at an intersection and the 3rd time in heavy traffic, the only way I got out of traffic the car coasted, all the while steering was very hard , had to be towed to the dearlership because power did not return. While they were about to check, once again the power returned all on its own in front of them, they run dianostics, still not showing anything, so they keep giving me no answers, and putting me back into fear. 4 other repairs was made before these last 3 recurring incidents ;vehicle would not shut off with removal of the key; horns quit working; brake light switch, becuase could not get car into gear; fuse to the phone charger. Back to the shut downs the service techs. Said they don't know what to fix! and the kia corp. Stand behind the same answer. They know how to make these cars whats wrong with fixing these problems especially electrical issues like this! I suggest to anyone who's reading this don't buy a kia of anykind!.

First noticed abnormal tire ware on the outside edge of the front right tire, took to dealership. Was told that the vehicle was out of the adjustment period. So I had to pay for an alignment. Received the spec sheets after. The alignment was out . 15 degrees rf, . 01 degrees lf, . 19 degrees lr, . 13 degrees rr. Vehicle was set back to factory settings, and dealership blamed the mis alignment on michigan roads. Car was set to have the alignment checked 1500 miles later or 30 days. 2nd time in the shop for alignment check and was out . 09 degrees lf, . 11 degrees rf, . 02 degrees lr, . 04 degrees rr. Dealership set the alignment back to factory specs. Car again was set 30 days later or 1500 miles for another alignment check and was out once again. . 21 degrees lf, . 13 degrees rf, . 26 degrees lr, . 02 degrees rr. At this time the mileage was 22300. After the 3rd time to the dealer and taking their advice to give them the chance to fix the problem. In the end , the dealer said that there was nothing wrong with the car, yet every time it was there the alignment had to be adjusted and put back to factory settings. As you can see by the number of degree changes, more than . 05 degrees is astronomical when it comes to toe settings on any car. This car has a 100,000 mile warranty, yet kia, nor the dealership is standing behind the product, they manufacture or sell!.

Defective key fobs. They cannot be reprogrammed and you become stranded with no way of starting the auto. Dealership has tried four times to reprogram the key fob without success. There is no way to start or operate the car with the mechanical key. Can become a dangerous situation if you are in an isolated area!.

Car pulls to left 100% of the time. Car has been inspected by kia service and meets all factory specs. This appears to be a design flaw. Kia requires all 2011 Optima's to be realigned prior to being sold. Customer service rep. Said that one of her tec. Reps. Drives a 2011 Optima and it also pulls left.