Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima

Two problems related to manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe have been reported for the 2013 Kia Motor Optima. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima based on all problems reported for the 2013 Optima.

1 Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problem

Failure Date: 01/25/2021

January 25th my engine smoked a quit running. Mechanic inspected tryed to turn engine over by hand was seized and had no codes. Towed to dealer . Jan 29th dealer confirms engine is seized . Jan 31 call engine turns over and has throttle body code and also has to many miles to perform saftey recall . I watched mechanic try to turn engine over with a wrench at crankshaft and it wouldnt budge and mechanic scanned car and it had no codes stored . Dealer now want me to pay money for diagnosis I said no called kia corporate. I explained to corporate saftey recall has no mileage limit and they still deny repair I explain to corporate that I had car diagnosed and I believe they were attempting to charge me a fee by changing diagnosis. 10 mintues after call to corporate I get a text from dealer my car is completed and ready for pickup no charge . I have car towed back to other shop they scan for codes and try to turn engine over by hand again and no codes and engine still seized . 2 weeks later corporate calls and says they were wrong about recall and they will buy car back. I asked if they could fix it and she said yes we will replace engine . 3 days later dealer calls ans says computers down nationwide and cant order engine . 3weeks later dealer calls and says they have to do tests on engine before they order new . I CA'll corporate and Feb 26th she emails me back that the engine was ordered 2 week later dealer calls and says they have to do a compression intake manifold leak and oil pressure regulator tests . I ask corporate why they said engine was orderd and they replied thats what the dealer told them. 2 months kia has had my car and not done rhe saftey recall it seems they are stalling and trying to find a way out of doing it.

2 Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problem

Failure Date: 10/28/2019

I was driving to work-freeway 65 when check engine light and oil light came on. The car dropped power and I could have had serious injuries to myself and others. I contacted kia and they had it towed to dealer-dealer and kia 800# give you the run around-they said there engineers told them we need to do oil comsumption test and told me to pick up this dangerous car and drive it. I have made numerous calls to kia and they never call back- I even asked the service manager if he has driven my car and he said no. This is not taking care of your consumers/customers to even ask me to place my life in danger to keep driving this car-they are well aware of fires and the seriousness of driving this car and putting others in danger-my car has sat at kia -independence, mo for 2 1/2 weeks and I also received no recall notice ever. My car had 5 recalls at the time it was towed the most serious recall is sc147 NHTSA 17v224 my car had 65,000 miles . There is no way I will drive that car until kia resolves the issues, I also had large amount of white smoke- coming from tail pipe-dealer said car burning oil don,t know where,well that isn. T so true. Dealer aid motor needs replaced but it is out of there hands because engineers said oil test needs done. Drive it come in every week so they can see how much oil it burns-I am glad they think our time isn. T important or our safety-this is there mistakes and they need to resolve it.




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