Body problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima - part 2

The paint is chipping off and looks horrible.

Paint is peeling off of the hood and side panels of the car. It is kia pearl white factory paint job. There have been no impacts or anything that should cause the paint to chip and peel.

I have a white 2013 kia Optima the paint is chipping, coming off in chunks. After it falls off seeing the panel below is smooth and does not appear to have been roughed up prior to painting to allow the paint to properly adhere. I know of thousands of other kia owners to have paint issues exactly like this.

My car paint as been chipping off. I see a lot of cars like mine in the street with the same isssue , specially perales white kias . They look like junk cars . Paint was not good.

The paint on my car is peeling on the molding around the front windshield on the right and left side.

Pealing paint on hood and along windshield area.

I understand this will not sound like a safety issue, as I felt the same initially, but it is. My paint has been peeling off my kia Optima for almost two years and sometimes the paint comes off in little pieces and other times it peels off in 6-12 inch sheets. Paint will come off during driving and while being washed. When driving the paint will fly to the back of my car and land of the ground, looks like snow is flying thru air. I have had safety issues to date. First time was on my way to work and a large section of paint came up from the bottom of the windshield area and stuck to my windshield. Not only did it scare me, but it blocked my vision. Windshield wipers would not move it. I had to quickly pull over to remove it. Second time the same thing happened, but it landed on the windshield of the car behind me. I was unaware it happened until they pulled up next to me at the red light and got out of their vehicle to yell at me and removed the paint sheet. I understand this might not sound serious, but when something comes flying out of nowhere and lands on your windshield blocking your sight it is quite terrifying. I am not sure if this has happened to others with my same paint defect, but I know by researching my paint defect over the past two years, there are thousands of complaints on the internet about paint peeling off. When I contacted kia in 2019 (corporate in irvine, CA), they informed me it was definitely a paint defect that originated during the painting process. Since there was not a recall isued, they were not going to pay for the car to be re-painted. At that time only the top of my car was affected, but now the majority of my car is losing paint. At this time I am wanting kia to pay to have the car repainted, refund the cost of the vehicle or provide a credit to put towards a new car. At this point my vehicle is basically worthless because I can't sell it as is and trading it in results in me only getting approximately 30% of what the value is.

The body paint is delaminating and coming off so fast. Every auto body shop I go to says its a manufacturer error. This isn’t okay. I know many other kia Optima cars doing that same for the same year. I have many pictures to provide. I shouldn’t have to pay for a new paint job when it was a manufacturing error.

2013 kia Optima pearl white paint peeling and chipping off all around the windshield. May now cause rust and future instability to vehicle frame which could make it dangerous.

The factory paint job is delaminating and chipping. Its chipping in different parts. This is a problem because kia didn’t let the primer sit well or because they didn’t even put primer. You can tell by the way the paint is delaminating.

The paint on my car is peeling off in sheets it is not adhering to the body. There is no way that I believe I can have it repainted because they would have to take all the existing paint off because even if they paint it over it it's not stuck to the body. There is no recall and I really think there should be. My paint is the white pearl paint like everyone else's who's peeling off.

Large areas of paint are coming off of the vehicle. The system will not allow the 2mb jpg pictures to be added.

Pearl white color paint chipping, and breaking due to water and air. Bad batch of primer and coating has caused the paint to chip and peel across the body of the car.

The snow white pearl paint is peeling off of the hood and roof of the car (delamination).

My paint is peeling all over my car. I’ve stored it in a garage and kept very good care of it, but it keeps getting worse.

A year ago, the paint started falling off of the roof rails on my 2013 kia Optima. It is continuing to peel away. The color I have is snow white pearl. I have contacted my dealership and have been told that there is only a 3 year, 36,000 mile warranty on the paint and since I am outside of those parameters, there is nothing they can do for me. I have also taken it to a body shop to find out about repainting the areas and get an estimate for having the work done.

Paint on car is chipping away little by little . Has been ongoing for a while now & rust spots are starting to pop up around the car . I’ve had the car detailed waxed and sealed and still continues to get worse. Was told by a body shop that the paint was not done right from the beginning.

We were traveling at around 55-60 miles an hour and were t-bones by a chevy avalanche on the passenger side of the vehicle. I was in the front passenger seat and my husband swerved so the truck luckily started at my door and completely ripped and smashed in the back passenger door and back/ trunk of our Optima. Back wheel is completely turned out. Hit so hard it completely turned us in 2 circles and busted my front license plate and it hit absolutely nothing. I busted my head open and received 3 staples and knee shoved in dash but not 1 air bag in this vehicle deployed!! I have always owned a kia!! I will no longer purchase a kia because I do not feel safe!!.

Paint delaminating and chipping, started on the front driver and passenger pillar. Also spots on the front hood near the bumper.

My paint is pealing in a number of locations on my car. Trunk, hood rails and hood. Car has been very we’ll maintained. I am aware of many others having this same issue.

I have been the owner of my 2013 white kia Optima since 2020 and have had my paint peeling from the front, both sides and rear of my car.

Paint peeling off all over vehicle.

Paint is flaking and exposing bare metal on hood and along windshield uprights.

In the late morning of Monday, April 6th 2020, my husband was driving our 2013 kia Optima sxl home from the store when the car began filling with smoke. Luckily, he was able to pull the car over and jump out before flames began to engulf the front of the car. He called 911 and the fire company was dispatched. Their response time was short, but it took under a minute for the car to go up in flames (see pictures attached). There was zero warning that this horrific event was about to occur. No engine light, no funny noises, no problems whatsoever. In fact, I had just brought the car into our local dealership for routine service less than a month before on March 9. They gave me no indication that there was anything wrong with the car that would cause it to catch on fire. We filed a claim with our insurance company, who confirmed the car was totaled and listed a recent, but as yet unannounced, recall on my exact year, make and model of the car. After some research, I found that according to a February 27, 2020 article in us news and world report, kia would shortly be recalling nearly 142,000 2013 and 2014 kia Optima�s. Furthermore, �kia says a fuel hose can deteriorate and crack due to engine heat. The hoses can leak and cause fires. A fix is still being developed. The recall is expected to start April 16. � although at the time of the article no fires had yet been reported, given the sudden nature of our car fire, it is obvious to us what has happened.

Moved my vehicle from California to new york and when the temperature reached around 30 degree's I noticed that that paint would begin to bubble and flake off. Since I have owned the vehicle the vehicle has not been in a location where temperatures reach below 55 degree's. Since I relocated to NY for the past 2 years I have had consistent issues with paint flaking and chipping off my vehicle once temperatures go below 30 degree's.

On 1/11/2020 my 16 year old son was driving the 2013 kia Optima when the vehicle lost engine power. He was able to get the vehicle off the roadway at which time the vehicle stalled and burst into flames. The vehicle has had no prior mechanical issues. There have been no warning lights.

Car is available. I have a 2013 kia Optima sxl that has paint that is randomly chipping. Took it to service department and this is a common problem for this car and paint color. I have repair estimate totaling 2501. 55 not including windshield that he says would need to replaced if it cracks during repair due to it having to be removed.

All my paint on my white kia is coming off. So many white kia’s are having this problem.

Paint is chipping everywhere. Snow white pearl.

The headlights on this vehicle is extremely dim. I have changed the bulbs and you can not see out of this vehicle at night. I have checked to see if there is a recall or something. A lot of people have issue with this year make and model of this vehicle. The other problem I am having is the paint peeling with the snow white color of my vehicle. Large spots of paint is coming off and missing. This vehicle is kept under the carport. Yet, large spots of paint comes off.

My paint has been peeling off over the years and it just really got bad to the point I could not take it any more. So I finally look to see if the was other vehicles within that year make and model had the same problems and this is why I am doing this.

Around approximately 76,000 miles on the vehicle, I noticed paint (snow white pearl) started bubbling and coming off the hood. I assumed it was from a rock chip. The paint bubbling and chipping is now occurring all over the vehicle. I've spoken with two different kia dealers (in charlotte, nc and salisbury, nc) and they've both said there are no recalls from kia and there's nothing they can do but offer to repaint the car for thousands of dollars. I'm finding new spots every month. There are now 93,000 miles on the car, and I do not feel like the paint should be failing like this at all. I will attach pictures if allowed. I doubt I can upload all of the places on my car that have chips at this point.

Pearl white paint chipping all over.

Waiting on a red light, the kia Optima stalled and then smoke started coming into the cabin. Within seconds the front of the car caught fire and my wife and two children had a very limited time to get out from the burning car into safety. The burning car was eventually extinguished by the fire department. Local police cordoned off the lane to provide safety for my family and others motorists on the road. The weather was clear and the time of the fire was around 12:30pm.

I was driving from woburn MA on new boston road headed to wilmington MA and my car seemed to shut down I was able to pull over off the street next to a curb location 147 new boston rd. I tried to start my car pressing the push button start only lights came on on the oil has engine battery. . . While still sitting in the car I was trying to make some calls I smelled a burning smell I noticed smoke coming from the front of the car. The smoke increased rapidly I exited the car called 911. While waiting for help to arrive I grabbed some items from the glove box and back seat the front of the car at that point flames were coming from under the hood the flames escalated to pop the hood a large fire had ignighted from the engine area the fire department put out the fire. A tow truck towed the car away.