Engine Failure problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima

While driving on the highway at approximately 65 mph encountered engine failure and my car completely broke down. Had to have it towed 97 miles.

While my husband was driving the vehicle the engine shut off and locked up. Luckily he wasnt on a major highway with lots of vehicles. He was on a straight road but had trouble pulling the vehicle off the road because everything was locked up. This is a known recall on kia vehicles and the dealership is denying to fix it. There is an open class action lawsuit against kia for engine failure that we will be signing.

The contact owns a 2013 kia Optima. The contact stated that while her boyfriend was driving 10 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where they were informed that shards of metal were found in the engine causing the engine failure. The independent mechanic changed the oil however, the vehicle failure recurred. The vehicle was then towed the contact's residence and was not repaired. There were three recalls with NHTSA campaign numbers: 17v224000 (engine and engine cooling), 20v519000 (service brakes, hydraulic), and 20v100000 (fuel system, gasoline) associated with the VIN. The contact contacted an unknown dealer and the manufacturer however, no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 135,000.

2013 kia Optima 5xxgn4a73dg149896 was towed to southern kia lynnhaven of virgina beach. Virginia for a engine failure recall sc147 , upon inspection kia dealer refuses to replace engine starter as subsequent failure saying that starter is not oem part but aftermarket which contradicts service bulletin sc147 and warranty bulletin SC 147 where on page 7 states any subsequent damage particularly starter should be covered under warranty or goodwill.

Engine failure die to recalled motor issues but no recall on hybrid. Kia refusing to replace motor.

While driving there was a sudden knocking in the engine and then the engine seized losing pressure the middle of the road had to push it off to side would not start back up this happened 300 miles after last oil change car disabled due to engine failure.

2013 kia Optima. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle engine compartment fire. The consumer stated the vehicle's engine failure occurred after having the recall number 5c141 repair completed. Manufacturer was notified of the failure. Js.

There is an open engine recall currently, I scheduled an appointment for the recall for 10/9. On Friday of 10/5 I was driving down I-95 south and my car started to shake and the engine and oil light came on, I placed the car in neutral in the lane and I was able to place the car in neutral and role to the shoulder due to engine failure. I had it towed to the dealership Tuesday 10/9 to the laurel kia located at 14921 baltimore avenue laurel, MD. Jeremy was the service leader that I spoke with and he supposedly serviced my car. After getting my car serviced on 10/9 I had to immediately return the dealership again because I had engine failure again and my car stalled while driving home. I went back and jeremy said that nothing was wrong to let the car run then drive home. I made it home that day but on Wednesday 10/10 my care broke down due to engine failure again while driving on the highway, the car began to shake the engine stalled and the engine began knocking extremely loud. I almost got into a accident because of this. The car was towed on 10/11 back to the dealership so that the engine can get checked. I have gone to the laurel kia dealership three times to have this recall repaired and I am still unable to drive my car effectively and safely on the road due to the manufacturers error. And the dealership of service is unwilling to correct this recall error.

Takata inflators read on webiste;however, got in a wreck on 4/11/18 car totalled got hit in front end and no airbags deployed in the entire car, I hit steering wheel and had to go to the er. Also, in August of last year the car had internal engine failure and put new engine in my car. Had nothing but complaints on this car. I emailed kia on the air bags and no one has got back in touch with me.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 kia Optima. While driving various speeds, the oil pressure and check engine warning indicators illuminated. The dealer was not called. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the oil needed to be refilled to avoid an engine failure. The failure recurred on a weekly basis. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.

Engine fail locked up 82,000.

I leased the kia Optima (2013) for 3 years. With 4 months left on the lease & 35,000 miles later, everything was perfect, no issues whatsoever, up until yesterday morning while driving to work. I was approaching a 4-way stop when I heard what sounded like the screech or a short blast of a hairdryer. Directly after 'the sound' I approached the stop sign, but even as I was slowing I felt that the car was sluggish. I came to a stop. When I tried to go again I realized the engine had stopped. I tried a few times to start the engine but it was completely dead. I had to go to work, so I called a friend who is a mechanic to come look at the car. He said he would take the battery to pep boys to have it checked, which he did, they said the battery was good. He advised me to call the car pros kia of carson where I leased the car from as it was covered under the "100,000 mile/10 year warranty". When I got to the service department they told me they needed to do a diagnostic which would cost $119 and would "probably be covered by the warranty but you need to sign this form just in case it's not" of course, when they came back, they said I was not coverered under their warrenty because the engine was "bad' and had completely blown due to "black sludge'' in the oil compartment (this is a complete lie as my mechanic friend checked the oil that morning and it was good!!!) and they needed receipts for all of the services to my car going back one year as they needed to know who had been tampering with my car! for the record, I have all of the receipts from pep-boys and my mechanic who have done all of my oil changes religiously. Now I come to find out via research on the internet that there are law suits happening between consumers who are being blamed for not doing oil changes and causing chronic engine failure because kia don't want to honor their warrenty!!!!.

The evening of 8/12/15 I was driving down a 4 lane city road, 2 lanes each direction. The engine completely shut off leaving me with no power and in a very dangerous situation with sudden deceleration and vehicles coming up from behind. Fortunately, no one hit me and I was able to move the car out of traffic. No engine maintenance/warning lights came on prior to the engine failure. We have been informed the engine is locked up and will need completely replace with a new engine. Routine maintenance, including kia's 22,500 mile recommended maintenance was performed only 16 days prior on 7/27/15. Dave green, kia arapahoe service manager, informed today (8/17/15) that they have seen several instances of this in the past week. They believe there is a connection to the hot weather. What ever the cause this has a very high potential to cause death or extreme injury.