general problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Optima

I was driving on the road at 40mph when the engine just stopped. There was no noise and the vehicle lost control. I was able to avoid any serious body damage. All the electrical accessories would turn on but the engine stayed dead when I turned the car on. After leaving it over night parked on a residential street the next day same situation all electrical devices turned on but the engine wouldnt turn on. I had to get it towed to the dealer I bought it from in order for them to take a look at what could of gone wrong.

Most recently while driving my car with vehicle in motion on city street (a straight road) it all of a sudden drops power and I am unable to get the car to accelerate without push down very hard on the pedal until it finally decides to speed up, once this occurs the traction control light appears on the dash and does not disappear and will not disappear until the car is shut off and restarted and the loss of power continues to happen until the car is powered off. After realizing this issue I turned off the car and let it sit a few minutes and when I powered back on and drove again the same issue occurred and the traction light reappeared on my dash. I am concerned this could be a faulty programming issue that is telling the car the traction is needed when it is in fact not. This is a safety hazard as there is no way to predict when this power loss will happen and does so in the middle of driving which slows the car way down and could cause an accident and also having to continuously keep the accelerator down until it decides to regain power is dangerous because it will suddenly ramp up the rpm and take off. This is a major concern and could be happening to other consumers.

Vehicle's abs brake activate randomly illuminating the abs brake signal on dashboard,while in motion and without touching the brakes. This causes the vehicle to decelerate and has made the vehicle come to a near complete stop. Even if the gas pedal is pressed to accelerate the vehicle will not increase speed, only decrease. The issue happens 8/10 times while making turns and approx 5/10 while driving straight on freeway . This happened on 11/08/2019 in the evening, I immediately took my vehicle back to kia and they claimed to have driven my car for 20 miles and didn't see or experience any issues. My car is a 2012 and only has 58, 388 miles. I demanded they keep looking but they caught an attitude like I made the scenario up and any stated that I should drive the car with their mechanic as they "cannot replicate my driving", like I'm driving in the damn indy 500. Since it is now Sunday, and the dealer is closed it will be sitting in their service center Monday morning!.

Idk who is going to read this but hopefully someone can tell me a little something about my kia op. Hybrid! about 2 months ago, a truck hit my car and my abs light came on. My car was taken to hubcity hagerstown MD they fixed the body repairs, then they took it to kia hagerstown MD to get the abs system fixed (which my warranty company had to pay for it). About a week ago I took it to kia letting one of the service managers know it's having some push back when I'm driving that it wasn't having before he accident such as on the highway it will feel like it doesn't want to go. I'll be going a certain speed for a while, it'll give push back rev all the way up to 5rpm acts like it doesn't want to keep going then it goes back down to a lower number and acts fine. Then a few times now I'll be at a stop light or stop sign I'll press on the gas it didn't go I'll let go of the gas it revs up, jerks and goes by itself!!!!!! almost making me hit the vehicles in front of me. He drove my car felt how it was driving and said certain things could have been from the car accident and to bring it back ASAP. I was driving on the highway on the 14th of this month I was driving about 65 70 it was actin a little jerky and wasn't going anymore then the dashboard light came on again and said hybrid system warning do not drive and the car literally wouldn't let's me go anymore. I got stuck middle of the highway and fredrick MD highway patrol had to assist me. Out of all the troubles I had almost hitting a few cars in front of me (which wouldn't of been my fault each time it's happened) and my car just turning off in the middle of the highway has been the worst since I've had it. Mind you this is all within a 2-3 month time frame and my car wasn't like this before. June 14th was the day my car got hit since then has been hell with this car.

Brake light switch malfunctioning. Brake light on all the time rendering cruise control and electronic stability control inoperable. Loss of power in engine as it thinks brakes are applied making it dangerous to drive. Root cause is brake pedal stopper (kia part 32876-36000) developing a puncture hole over time making the brake switch believe brakes are applied. Known issue on other kia models. Believe the sorento already have a recall for something very similar.

Radio paneling and charging do not work.

Steering wheel shakes while in motion ( 60-80 mph ). Ride is smooth until tires roll over imperfection in road. Steering wheel and front-end begins to shake violently. Shaking stops when turning right or left and begins again once vehicle has straightened out.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 kia Optima. The contact stated while his wife was starting the vehicle, when warning message "hybrid system warning safety stop and do not drive" showed on the dashboard. The contact stated when depressing the accelerator pedal the vehicle made an abnormal noise and would not accurate more then 10 mph. The vehicle was taken to local dealer san francisco Honda new & used sales located at 1595 van ness Ave, san francisco, CA 94109, (415) 687-0174, where unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle has not been repaired as of yet. The manufacturer has not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was 89,979. Dp.

Electrical rack and pinions recall. Steering wheel feels loose. Steering wheel starts shaking at approximately 65-70 mph.

Today was the 2nd time I was driving my vehicle and the electrical system failed and my car system shut down. I had no ability to steer, brake, smoke started coming out of the vents all the lights started flashing. Hero came to assist, opened the hood smelled melting plastic/rubber. Started sparking, car turned back on its own. Car is not at ed voyles kia in marietta georgia. Kia has replaced my engine twice. Unfortunately I am at 120k miles out of warranty.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 kia Optima. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph the vehicle stalled and the whole dashboard illuminated. The vehicle was unable to restart. The vehicle was towed to an dealership, however was not diagnosed yet. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that they were aware of that failure and that a recall was coming out. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 17v224000 (engine). The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.

The vehicle steering seems tight which is fine, but when accelerating between 30-45 mph the vehicle veers off to the left. I am reading that this is not normal for this vehicle. This is an issue and I believe needs to be fixed.