Engine Clicking And Tapping Noises Problems of Kia Motor Optima - part 2

It started as a metal to metal clicking sound. I was able to drive home safely. The following morning when I tried to start it the car rattled and shut off on it's own.

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My car is parked in the driveway at my job. It had been parked there since 2:50 pm. At 11 pm I went outside after clocking out and it would not crank. However, all my lights in the inside and on my dashboard remained working. Upon trying to turn over my key, my car would make a clicking sound. After ab 10 minutes other things began to fade out such as my lights. I also could not use my remote key anymore to lock or unlock my doors. I only had this car a month, and it is still in the condition it was bought in. I'm not sure what the problem is or what could have caused this problem.

Tl the contact owned a 2013 kia Optima. While driving approximately 60 mph and attempting to slow down, smoke appeared underneath the hood. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road. The contact heard a popping sound and the vehicle immediately burst into flames. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard and deemed destroyed. The dealer was not called. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the matter would be investigated. The contact was not called back. The failure mileage was approximately 124,000.

The contact owns a 2012 kia Optima. While driving 30 mph, the contact heard a knocking and clicking noise coming from the engine. The engine warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to coast the vehicle to a safe area. The vehicle was not diagnosed by a dealer or certified mechanic. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 120,600.

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While driving on the road, the engine started making noise and all of a sudden it stopped. Tried restarting it but it would shut down again with a clunking sound like metal to metal grinding. Had to push the car off the road. Checked the oil and it was at the right level as I had recently changed the oil a few weeks ago. I tried restarting it a couple more times but it just shuts down and the engine really sounded bad with a screeching sound. I had it towed home and currently sitting in my garage for a month now since I don't have any funds to get it fix.

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My car mileage is at 65000 I had the car last year March I do regular oil changes a month and half ago I did another oil change and when it was time to get another oil change there is a ticking sound in engine brought it to pep boys and mechanics and they are saying its a oil defect and rod bearing ticking whenever I accelerate car won't move.

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 kia Optima. The contact stated that they were driving about 45 mph when the engine seized on it's own. The engine makes a abnormal clicking sound and never started again. The check engine light did illuminate. The vehicle was towed to the contacts home and is now sitting in the contacts gaurage. The vehicle was not repaired and the vehicle was not diagnossed. The manufacturer was not informed. The recall is related to the failure and the VIN was included in the manufacturers recall. Nhtsa campaign number 17v-224000. The failure mileage was unknown jw.

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I was driving on the street and with no warning my car stalled and shut off. I turned my car back on and it was okay, no lights or noises. The next day I was going to drive my car I heard a tapping noise coming from the right passenger side near the engine, but car still was functional. A few hours later the check engine light came on, the noise is still there.

We bought this car brand new in 2012. It is 6 years old. We were notified of an engine related recall in 2017. We took the car in to get the recall (s) looked at (there were 3 other recalls too) in October 2017. They notified us that our engine was fine and did not need replaced. In may 2018 I was driving in a 70 mph area of the interstate, tried to accelerate, heard a loud clicking sound, all of the warning lights come on and the engine turned off. I turned on the hazard lights and was able to coast to the shoulder, luckily the traffic around me was light and two young children were not in the car with me. The car is right outside of the warranty period. I no longer have a vehicle, even though I just bought a brand new car that is only 6 years old. I am extremely disappointed in kia and will never recommend buying a kia.

Tl the contact owns a 2015 kia Optima. While driving 65 mph, the contact heard a clanking sound as the vehicle accelerated. The vehicle stalled and thick, black smoke emerged from the engine. There were no warning indicators illuminated during the failure. Kia roadside assistance towed the vehicle to hudson kia (36 water st, jersey city, NJ 07305) where it was diagnosed that the engine failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 30,000.

Tl the contact owns a 2014 kia Optima. While driving 35 mph, a clicking noise was heard coming from the engine compartment. The engine warning indicator illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road. The contact powered off and restarted the engine, but the noise grew louder. The vehicle was towed to rodeo kia (10685 papago fwy, avondale, az 85323, (623) 298-1200), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 17v224000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer informed the contact to take the vehicle to rodeo kia for the repair. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.

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While driving home my car completely shut off. No warning lights no nothing. I had a tow company try to jump start the car. Nothing. Had the car towed to a local shop. Checked starter, fine. Mechanic told me my engine was making a loud clanking noise, never heard before. He strongly suggested I do not drive the car. Had all oil changes done at dealership. Warranty expired. No help from dealership or kia. I do not have $5200 to replace an engine. No car for 3 months.

When I cut my car off after driving or sometimes while driving I have a ticking noise that sort of sounds like a bomb. Also, when I put my car in reverse there is some sort of grinding noise. The car also doesnt take off/drive the way it use to.

One day while driving my car, it began having some clicking sounds in the engine. After a few minutes it completely turned off and would not start. I got it towed to a mechanic who said there was metal pieces in the oil which clogged oil flow and needed to replace the engine.

Vehicle in motion on florida I-10e doing about 70 mph. Car started making a ticking sound and gas peddle started pulsating. Tried to make it to nearest exit 112 but noise kept getting louder and louder and then there was a loud bang. White smoke appeared, engine and oil lights came on, and car completely shut down. Was able to move to side of road and called for tow.

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I bought my car 6 months ago, I have performed all required maintenance for the vehicle and at 17,000 miles there was a ticking sound while I was driving on a busy road with my handicapped mother. There was a loud noise and I thought I blew a tire, the engine seized up and I was in the middle of the road, I had to call emergency road service to get my mother and I safely home. After getting the vehicle towed to the kia dealership I am told the engine is needing to be replaced because a rod was thrown threw the motor. We were very lucky that neither one of us was injured with this incident however others may not be so lucky.

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The contact owns a 2013 kia Optima. While driving 55 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning, lost power completely, and all the warning indicators on the instrument panel illuminated. On another occasion, the engine exploded in the vehicle. The contact stated that there was a loud popping noise and smoke emitted from under the hood. The contact stated that the failure occurred numerous times over the past three months. Kia in alhambra, California replaced the engine two times prior to the failure, but the issue recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

The contact owns a 2013 kia Optima. While driving approximately 50 mph, the vehicle began to make a strange clinking noise from the engine. The vehicle also hesitated to accelerate. The contact took the vehicle off the highway and began to drive on residential roads. While driving approximately 15 mph, the failure recurred and the vehicle suddenly stalled in the middle of an intersection. As a result, another vehicle crashed into the passenger side of the contact's vehicle. The air bags deployed. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed. The vehicle sustained damage to the roof, passenger side, rear, and front ends. The vehicle was repaired at the lux auto body shop. The contact received bruising to the knee, shoulders, and hands. Medical attention was not required. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 17v224000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the vehicle never received the recall repair. The manufacturer opened case number: 1241495. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.

Engine started making loud clicking noise lost power while driving home on busy highway took car to nearest auto shop owner states sounds like internal engine problem advised to have car towed to kia dealership had car towed on 04/22/2017 to dealership. Have not received any notice of a recall . Car has been sitting at dealership for over a month they called and stated that car had internal engine problems but still have not started on repairing the car has been at dealership for over a month.

Tl the contact owns a 2014 kia Optima. The contact heard an abnormal ticking noise coming from the vehicle. The failure occurred without warning. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v224000 (engine and engine cooling). The parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Turnsviller kia (2900 NJ-42, sicerville, NJ) was contacted and stated that they could not replace the engine prior to a failure per kia policy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 52,783. Parts distribution disconnect.

The vehicle was in motion and had an oil change the previous day. The vehicle lost power and an audible clicking or tapping noise came on while driving on the highway. My wife had just enough time to pull off into a local business and parked the car. I took it to kia and they advised there was "sludge" in the engine and we had not been maintaing the vehicle properly. Offered to produce records but they advised they still would not cover it.

I bought my 2012 kia Optima used with 68k miles on it in March 2016. I have had the car for about 8 months and it now has 80k miles. The car consumes a lot of oil. I have given the car 4 oil changes since purcgase and have not seen where it may be leaking oil underneath the car. When accelerating, there are times when they car will stall from a lack of power and I will hear a ticking sound when it stalls. After doing some research, I have found where this is a common complaint with this, and other kia models', motor. This is my only transportation to and from work. I have had the car for 8 months and had to finance the entire cost. If my car's symptoms are synonymous with the other complaints, I suspect my motor will be done with in the near future and I absolutely cannot afford to repair or replace a new motor!.

There's a ticking in my motor when first starting up n last about 5-10 mins afterwards and also a clanking and popping sounds in steering even worse when hitting a hole or going across intersections or railroad crossings steering slips some going down the road at various speeds.

I bought my new/used 2013 kia Optima at the end of June 2016 with no idea that this particular make, model and year had such issues. The car seemed to run nicely. I am a very conservative driver so I rarely took the rpms up past 2. 5 when taking off. One day, not even 90 days into owning my kia, I hoped on the highway. In order to safely merge into traffic I had to accelerate up to 3. 5 rpms to reach speed of 65mph. When I did I heard a strange almost clicking noise from the engine and gray smoke pouring from the back end of my car. I pulled over immediately. Just back off the exist next to my gym was a garage. I carefully managed to get my car there where they told me the devastating news (that I've learned now so many kia Optima owners have faced). . . A blown engine. Kia has issued an extended warranty on this problem, but with such limitations that they rarely actually cover the actual repair. I've taken my kia to the dealer (per kia customer affairs request) for them to tell me the same thing and now, because kia won't warranty it due to exemptions on their "extended" warranty, I have to pay the dealer $300. I have a note on this car for 72 months. I've only made 3 payments! no one can help me and I'm not the only kia owner facing this delimma. The rod that is defective is causing issues with the oil which is allowing metal flakes to enter the engine. Thus cause seizures in the motor and engine failure. At high rates of speed the engine completely dies creating unsafe driving conditions. Please help!.

My vehicle started using a lot of oil and was losing power upon acceleration. I had read online that there were problems with the engine and I kept hoping for a recall. However, the recall hasn't happened and I am almost at 100,000 miles. My car started making a ticking noise when I would accelerate and I had just had the oil changed 3 weeks before. I checked the oil and it was already very low. I took it to the dealer and the dealer says that the engine needs to be replaced and if I can give them at least 13 receipts they'll replace it under the warranty that I purchased. I drive all over town for work and I have my oil changed wherever I may be. I went to the two places that I have gone most frequently but, one of them switched their computer systems 3 months ago and only has records for the last three months and the other place changed ownership a year ago and only has 2 receipts for this year. They're saying that I have to pay for it out of pocket.

Vehicle was accelerating at 60 mph on the highway when the engine shut off, no power. The vehicle had enough momentum to drift across the slow lane to the shoulder. Car did restart. A child was in the vehicle and thankfully they were not rear-ended. This incident happened a second time while accelerating and prompted with clicking noises under the dash. The vehicle was brought to our local mechanic who stated that the engine failure at 120,400 miles.

Heading up steep incline hwy 680 as I began to accelerate engine began to make clanking sound. Attempted to pull to the far right lane as I was in the far left lane. As I crossed five lanes of traffic car died. Many semis coming up on me. Had to have car towed 50 miles back home at 1am. Upon inspection. Engine seized. My car has had all regular maintenance and there were no warning lights that ever came on and car was running fine until that moment. Kia said out of warranty, too bad. New motor is needed on a 2013 car. Car is now sitting in my garage torn apart because I can't afford to replace the motor.

As I was driving my 2015 Optima to the store my check engine light came on. The next day I started my car and heard a rattling or ticking sound, this was on labor day, so I turned my car off and called the dealership. Due to holiday the service dept was not open. I called them again on Tuesday sept 6th and was advised they would have it towed. I received a phone call on Tuesday evening stating my motor has sludge and needs to be replaced.

I was driving down the highway at 65 mph and I heard a loud noise, my car started slowing down and I could hear a clanging noise, I stopped and parked and it was knocking loudly. Still can't drive it.

I was driving home on memorial day weekend from a nice visit with my family and when I was almost home I could hear clicking/tapping sound and the engine stalled on a major interstate. I was able to quickly restart and get to the shoulder. Started up again and took off but when I tried to accelerate to the flow of traffic, the car would not accelerate and was losing power. I was close to a kia dealership and was able to milk it to the service garage. Upon inspection, they found metal shavings paired with a ton of copper on the valve timing solenoid. Crankshaft bearings are shot, causing low oil pressure, stalling and erratic behavior. . Read more...

Light tapping sound was heard for approximately 3 days. On the fourth day, when accelerating to merge onto a highway, the car shut off completely and smoke came from engine compartment. Car was towed to mechanic and diagnosed with seized engine. Complete replacement of engine was only recourse. The car was regularly serviced with oil changes and no warning lights were lit.

In March of 2016 my 2013 kia Optima died at an intersection in town. There was no prior warning of any malfunction, (no lights, no abnormal behaviors), but the oil light did come on very briefly right before the engine died. I put gas and 1 quart of oil in then jumped the battery and drove the car to the nearest kia dealership. Kia informed me that I needed a new battery and that my oil was too thick, dirty, and viscous and that I needed to have an oil change and have a special treatment put in the car, (seafoam), to help clean the engine out. We were instructed to bring the car back in 500 to 1000 miles (against manufacturers recommendations), to flush the treatment out of the engine and change the oil again. We returned with the car a little over 500 miles later and kia informed us that it needed another special treatment because the oil reremained dirty so they put another treatment in the car and then instructed us to bring it back again in 500 to 1000 miles but after 4 days the car started making a very loud tapping noise coming from the engine and soon after the engine was ruined all together due to a faulty connecting rod bearing in the crankshaft. When we drained the oil 4 days after kia changed it , it was black, thin like water and full of dirt and sediment. After the loud engine noises began I brought the car back to kia who then informs me it would cost another $350 to diagnose what was wrong with the engine. Feeling like they had treated the engine improperly already I had the car towed to a private mechanic and declined any more of their services. I had completed my oil changes on time despite not having my record at the time of my service however kia refused to honor my expensive extended warranty stating that I could not have possibly done the oil changes at regular intervals due to the high amount of sludge in the engine.

The first thing would have to be the steering wheel like it has been noted before when you sit still it has a clicking sound. And all driving the highway at 75 miles an hour it sticks and you have to jerk it back witch is no safe I have had it aligned many times but does not fix the problem. My car has 112,113 miles on I take care of replace thing that need to done and oil changes every 3,000 well after I hit the 100,000 mark my car sounds like it has no oil . . Are I have seen on the internet that it sounds like your rpms are really high but there not . . . It starts when I'm going 20 mph another thing that is weird when I'm turning left the noise goes away.

Purchased a used 2013 Optima with 24,952 miles on 3/13/14. Completed scheduled 7500 mile oil changes with some one other than the dealership. At 56337 miles, the car started to make a clattering noise during acceleration. Soon after the engine light came on. Immediatly brought the car into dealship as it was still under warranty. After 4 hours of waiting, service tech took me to the back and said I had sludge in my oil and needed a new engine and warranty would not cover because it looked like the oil had not been changed on schedule. I argued the point knowing I had all changes done. He gave me other reasons . . . Cheap oil, wrong oil, etc. Did some research. . . Ther are quite a few of the same complaints!.

The car has been making a sputtering/ticking noise since purchase. I have had it checked at kia twice and they say no issues found. The noise is definitely not normal, but nobody will do anything about it.