Engine Failure problems of the 2016 Kia Motor Optima

Was on highway, engine seized, flashing engine light and knlocking noise, car went into limp mode, took to dealership code p1326 was thrown which is engine failure, I have had the knock sensor installed thru kia prior which put me in lifetime warranty for the engine, kia dealership did a diagnostic bct, which is a 4 to 5 hour job at the most, kia called me in less than 2 hours and told me is passed the bct ! there is no way they did the testing in less than 2 hours, and no way it passed with engine light blinking and knocking, that's what the sensor detects is engine failure, they are refusing to honor my warranty for the new engine , picked up my car from. Dealership, soon as I hit the end of the parking lot engine seized and loud knocking noise, was barely drivable but yet the lied on the paperwork and said it drives as designed and was fine, put in a new knock sensor which they already did a month ago! went right back in to dealership and they told me because it supposedly passed there was nothing they could do! r u kidding me!? they were rude and not wanting to help or honor my engine replacement, so here I am with a seized engine and they tell me nothing they can do till it fails the bct! the dam car is in engine failure! in the last 3 months I have put 3k in this car! what is it gonna take for them to honor the new engine? gonna take me, my kids, or someone else getting hurt before they do what they said they would do? I have been in contact with corporate as well and they have yet to get a return phone call from the dealership, they have left several messages and called bullshit as well, and believed I was treated poorly because I'm a female. . . . . Little do they know, my father was a mechanic, he has passed on but I grew up around cars and know what's safe and what's not and know how long it takes to do a bcu test! basically kia told me to drive it till the engine blows completely! I just want them to honor the warranty of the engine .

I started having problems with the oil disappearing not long after I got the new car kia Optima year about February 2017 I keep pouring everyday more and more oil as I drive but it disappears. On or about August 28,2020, I received an email for a kia engine class action settlement federal court that advises suffer from a defect that can cause engine seizure, stalling engine failure and fire etc. And that the engine can be dangerous kia have been found liable for these claims. They said they gave me extra warranty but if it catches on fire or explodes then they would not help me and by then it is too late!! I told them that I am scared since I am a girl and keep adding oil and you never know what the engine machine malfunction can do. I could check the oil before going some where but you never know when the oil will all of a sudden disappear completely it is unpredictable. I have called kia manufacture phone at 1-855-951-0807 and they are giving me the round around I am afraid to drive the car that one day it may do something and catch on fire. Please I would appreciate another car that will not catch on fire and be dangerous. See attached kia engine settlement class action.

Engine failed on highway and car stopped accelerating.

Around the first week of February this year. They did a recall on the engine adjustment and the following weekend the engine failed. I was able to get the car into kia napleton carmel/indianapolis this was February 11th I believe. Within ten minutes the operations person came back and said they had a rental coming to pick me up. They had to replace the engine do to whatever they did to the car in the recall. I thought about this for awhile, I was going to purchase the car at the end of the lease. The large warranty is just about up in time, and should anything occur outside of the power train, it is on me. That mean if it takes months or weeks to fix the car, I need to lease a car and wait for the part. I became very irritated on the 15th day of waiting. That was now all most a month ago. Kia napleton has now had the car for a total of five weeks and not engine in sight. Enterprise told me my rental was extended to April 14th which Kia Motors if paying. I have complained from the dealership to kia lease, to Kia Motors and back to the dealership. A lot of run-around. Finally, they have issued a letter to permit me to pay $19,040 to buy out the lease or around $11,000 to find a new lease or just $3,000 for my troubles and keep the car. My worry is if something else goes wrong, what if I am waiting for five weeks or longer for a part to arrive from asia, and what if it happens on the open road. I want kia to take me out of the lease without damages to me. I am not pleased to have had kia destroy their own engine and now make it my problem. Kia has continually referred me between departments and one individual told me to contact my own insurance agent. They cannot guarantee me that the car will fail in some form for the remainder of the lease which is just around 16 months out. I took the letter from kia over to napleton k.