Two problems related to other fuel system tank assembly have been reported for the 2011 Kia Motor Optima. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Kia Motor Optima based on all problems reported for the 2011 Optima.
When I go to fill up with fuel it won't allow me to pump but very little fuel before it spills out. I have to put very little in at a time before the pump clicks off. I haven't been able to completely fill up my tank since may without it taking 45 mins or so and it spilling out. I was parked at the gas station when this happened, with the car off.
Takata recall I was driving about 65mph on I-95 south back home to FL from visiting my family in SC when I started to smell gasoline fumes in my moving vehicle. I woke my girlfriend up and asked if she smelt it as well. She stated �yeah, I can smell gas a little bit. � then I rolled the window down and the smell became extremely strong. I started to feel light headed and took the immediate exit (exit 33). I pulled into an exxon station and parked my vehicle. I opened the hood of my 2011 kia Optima ex and noticed gas spraying all over the engine bay from the bottom of the high-pressure fuel line where the bolt connects. I immediately shut my car off. I filled my gas tank to full before leaving my brothers apartment and my fuel was now at half a tank. I drove 57. 5 miles, so I should have only used about 2. 3 gallons of gas not approximately 9. 25 gallons. Therefore, this means I lost approximately 6. 95 gallons in the hot engine bay. I am extremely lucky that my vehicle did not catch on fire because it's likely that my girlfriend and myself would not be alive. I was forced to replace this part on my own due to it being before the high pressure fuel line recall (18v907). I took my vehicle into kia once the 18v907 recall came out and they didn't even replace the (fuel line) work I did. They said it passed the "test. " I know I did not perform the repair by the proper procedure and I'm shocked that they are okay with that and stating the recall as completed. I feel like I am at a very high risk of another fuel leak and terrified when I drive my car now. Especially with all of the kia fires that have been occurring.
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