Paint problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima

Same story over and over 2013 white pearl paint garage kept, no accidents and paint is literally chipping away side of the car door roof absolutely appalling. Kia the fact that kia has thousands of this color on the road is embarrassing for all the loyal customers that have to drive them. Kia knows that all of them were painted with no primer. Cheap paint sprayed on bare metal and has left all of us stranded. This clearly is a company with no integrity or care for customers let alone our lives . This needs class action law suit.

Paint is chipping all over the car hood, trunk side of window, etc. Estimate have bee sent and pictures. Had problem april2021. And had hood painted now it is doing it again.

Paint (pearl white) began peeling off in June 2019 on the front t and back of the roof trim. On March 12, 2021 the paint has now started peeling from the passenger left side door. Also, the vehicle has major electrical problems- the power windows ( all but the driver's window) quit operating on January 27, 2021. The vehicle is a 2013 with only 43k miles on it. Unacceptable.

Paint is chipping off of the pillars on both sides of the windshield. Started approximately 1 month ago. First noticed while parked under carport. No accidents or paint work done. This is original manufacturer paint job.

Paint is peeling. It's not caused by any friction. It's DE-laminating.

The pearl white paint began peeling off in large sheets and is not related to a rock chip.

Car smelled like gas when air was on and even with air off. Fixed March 2019 and I believe I see a recall for it now. We paid a pretty penny to get fixed. My paint on my car is coming off everywhere like bad nail polish. It is peeling off and continues to happen in new parts of the car. I'm trying to get this fixed now with kia. This started happening around windshield first about a year and half ago and then the trunk last fall and now my door and other areas in the last few months.

Ii have paint peeling and falling off at a rapid rate and the car only has 77000 miles it is garage kept and detailed twice a year I feel it need attention from kia as this is not normal they will not cover it and it appears this is an ongoing problem for this year kia.

I have a 2013 kia Optima with pearl white paint. Consistent with widespread reports of rapid paint peeling and delamination of this particular paint color, I too am experiencing the same. Also consistent with widespread reporting, the primary areas are along the pillars around the windshield (long vertical strips peeled down to the primer), and bubbling and peeling on the engine hood, the front grill and the front bumper. This has happened very quickly, and is rapidly worsening. I first noticed the peeling around the windshield on 5/28/20, and the engine hood and bumper on 8/2/20. I have approximately 62,900 miles on the car and it is typically garaged. My understanding is that this will continue to worsen, and that the entire vehicle will need to be repainted. I firmly believe this is a defect, as reported by others, we are all experiencing the same issues in the same manner and locations on the vehicle. This should be recalled and repaired by kia at no cost to me. Thank you.

Poor paint jobs and not car has lots of peeling and chipped paint spots. Seems to be very poor workmanship and now we are stuck with a peeling car.

I own a 2013 kia Optima with the snow-white pearl paint and it is definitely peeling at a rapid rate. It is peeling off on the sides of my trunk, near the windshield, on the hood, and also on the edges of the doors. I bought it used, but have only owned it for 3 years and the paint was in perfect condition when I bought it. I have never done anything to make the paint chip or peel. It looks horrible!! kia needs to fix this immediately. We pay a lot of money for new cars and should expect that they hold up. My parents own cars that are 20+ years old and their paint is still in good shape! kia needs to step up and remedy this!!.

The paint is peeling in several areas on the hood, around the front window and above the doors.

Before I paid off my car in 12-1-18, my 2013�kia Optima's paint started chipping off. It has chipped off first on the hood and then on the door jams on both front doors. I find this suspicious in that when I bought the car new, they were pushing an extra paint protection program- - for a mear $2000 plus extra! it's as if they knew the paint would fail in less than five years.

The paint is peeling off of my car while the car is stationary.

Alittle over 2 years ago I started noticing paint peeling off the pillars on the sides of my windshield, it started with a small spot and continued to get worse. I have always gotten my car serviced at a kia dealership and had warranties on my car so I mentioned it numerous times and everytime I was told that paint wasn't covered and that "they had never seen paint peeling like that " on any other snow pearl white kias. The paint continued to peel off, the wind would blow huge pieces off. Now it has started on my hood, the passenger side of my car and the trunk! its already showing signs of rust. The worst part is I brought my car in again and asked what the hell was going on?! the technician assured me they had never seen that, and while I was sitting there 2 other snow white pearl kias pull in and they have paint peeling in the same spots! thats when I decided to do some research and saw that this is happening all over the country mainly to kias with the snow white pearl color. All I want is for kia to repaint my car. I paid alot of money for it and I absolutely love my car but it looks like it is 20 years old with the paint flying off of it and its starting to rust!!! this is my 2nd kia I have purchased and I love them, but I am extremly pissed off and disappointed that I have been fighting for over 2 years about this and nothing has been done. Obviously there was some sort of manufacturing defect when these cars were painted in the factory because there is no other explanation for why there are thousands of snow pearl white kias with the paint peeling off in the same exact spots. I also bought my car new so I know that it has been taken care of the entire time. I just want my car painted before its all rusted especially since I paid $30,000 for the car.

The paint pilling off the car took it to kia they told me they can't do nothing the pain pills so bad this a five year car in it look like 15 year old car cost me 2800 to get the car painted I know that this was a defect on the pait in kia don't want to admit it I think this is something that it needs to be checked kia need to fix this problem.

The paint on my 2013 Optima has bubbles in it that are cracking open with paint peeling away. There is one section on the passenger side front door with one patch that is at least 3" long and 2" wide where the paint flacked off. The paint around the windshield has also flaked off in places that are now causing rust spots. There has been nothing to cause the issue with the paint. The car has the original pearl white paint. This started with minor spots and has gradually increased to more places on the car with paint missing. This has been been an on-going issue the entire time I have owned the car.

Paint chipping!!!! (photos attached) I have encountered many of kia manufactured vehicles with the same issue. The paint bubbles and then peels off, leaving a visible grey (primed) area. I am located in north carolina. The weather is not harsh and I cannot think of any other reason this would be occurring. When attempting to get the paint repaired / vehicle painted, I was informed of a recall and/or class action associated with this situation. I would like clarification and resolution of this matter.