Steering Is Loose problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima

Two problems related to steering is loose 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 Steering Is Loose problem

Failure Date: 12/17/2019

When driving the vehicle the steering wheel is making a clacking noise. The steering wheel is loose.

2 Steering Is Loose problem

Failure Date: 12/29/2016

My steering has been loose since 65k miles and continued to drift. However this bieng my 4th car I let it slide and was waiting for time to do a wheel alignment. However at 73k miles the eps sensor went off and now is hard to drive. The eps on all my vehicles never had issues up till its death way over 250k miles. The eps sensor came on after a stop sign. Then I heard a snap then the car went into manual steering mode. Now the eps sensor is off and the car is working fine.




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