Steering Is Tight problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima

I was sitting in the yard at my aunts yard and the rpm's dropped while in park. I sat there for a few minutes to see if it would do it again, it didn't, so I left and headed home and got 5-7 miles down the road, and the car completely stalled and shut down, while I was going about 45-50 mph, and I had no control over the car. The brakes got hard, the steering was hard, and I was barely able to get out of the middle of a busy road with vehicles behind me. It wouldn't crank back up. I sat there waiting for someone to come to me to check it out, and I tried to start it back up and it did, so I went on home. I called kia and they said bring it in, I paid $100 to have it towed to the local kia dealership in lake city, FL. They checked it out and said it was nothing wrong gn with it. But I received a notice about a recall on the motor stating it would do what happened to me. Also, I checked online and typed my VIN number in and there was in fact an open recall for the motor I have for the issue I had. They refused to fix the recall. Advised me to wait for it to happen again, and I asked them, so you are telling me to drive this vehicle with this issue and wait for it to happen again and risk getting into an accident the answer I got was basically yes.

I purchased my 2013 kia Optima on 9/29/2013. I drove it less than a month and the steering started sticking. I had to jerk the wheel to get it loose. Took car in for service and was told , " this is what it should do". I am not dumb. I knew their was something wrong. Took to another dealer and had to call kia consumer to get it diagnosed. Found out some type electric motor was gone. Got the car back and upon driving the steering started spining around like a merry go round. Took back to kia service per the consumer office. I have gotten car back and was told, "_it's better than it was by the service department"". Now the steering is very tight and stiff to drive. The car pulls to the left and right and I feel like I am fighting to keep it in a straight line. Very exhausting to drive. Now eben making turns I'm s curve to the left can sometimes hear a list clicking noise. These cars with steering problems need to be recalled and repaired. Something has to be done before s fatal accident. All these actions to place while driving the vehicle. It happens on streets and on the highway.

My steering used to be great, with no issues. A few days ago my steering wheel started to fight me while I was driving home from work. Straight, turning left, turning right, it seemed to fight me no matter the situation. All of a sudden, any tiny bumps in the road that the car comes into contact with throws the steering wheel a different direction. Also, the car veers right when the steering wheel is perfectly straight. My normal drive before this incident was phenomenal, with no complaints. . . The car took tiny bumps in the road but it was not felt in the steering wheel. I took the car to a dealership and they "fixed" the problem by aligning my tires and updating the electrical power steering settings. I was excited to get back into my car with the problem fixed but all I noticed afterwards was that the steering wheel is tighter with the same problems. The tightness of the wheel does not make the problems as noticeable, but the car still directs right when the steering wheel is straight, the steering wheel is jumping with even the slightest bumps in the road, and driving the vehicle is stressful and uncomfortable as I always have to be on high alert - this is not pleasant when I drive long distances everyday for work. Needs to be fixed!.

Problem is ongoing. Vehicle wanders at highway speeds. Constant steering correction necessary. You cannot drive the car in a straight line. This happens on perfectly flat roads with no wind. The vehicle drifts independently if the steering wheel was not held tightly. I constantly have to nudge the steering wheel slightly left or slightly right to keep the vehicle somewhere in the middle of the lane. It becomes a strain on my arms and my wrists ache after a long drive. There are so many complaints about this problem. Why isn't kia adressing this issue? I don't trust going to the dealer because, from all the revews, it seems like nothing is or can be done. I had a Hyundai sonata for years and loved it. I went with the kia due to the new look, paying good money for a quality car. Something needs to be done bot this problem!!!.

The contact owns a 2013 kia Optima. The contact stated that the vehicle would drift independently if the steering wheel was not held tightly. The contact spoke with the dealer and was advised that the manufacturer had issued a new setting option for the steering wheel and that they would need to inspect the vehicle to apply the new setting. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The current mileage was 1,530. The failure mileage was not available.