Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe Problems of Kia Motor Optima

January 25th my engine smoked a quit running. Mechanic inspected tryed to turn engine over by hand was seized and had no codes. Towed to dealer . Jan 29th dealer confirms engine is seized . Jan 31 call engine turns over and has throttle body code and also has to many miles to perform saftey recall . I watched mechanic try to turn engine over with a wrench at crankshaft and it wouldnt budge and mechanic scanned car and it had no codes stored . Dealer now want me to pay money for diagnosis I said no called kia corporate. I explained to corporate saftey recall has no mileage limit and they still deny repair I explain to corporate that I had car diagnosed and I believe they were attempting to charge me a fee by changing diagnosis. 10 mintues after call to corporate I get a text from dealer my car is completed and ready for pickup no charge . I have car towed back to other shop they scan for codes and try to turn engine over by hand again and no codes and engine still seized . 2 weeks later corporate calls and says they were wrong about recall and they will buy car back. I asked if they could fix it and she said yes we will replace engine . 3 days later dealer calls ans says computers down nationwide and cant order engine . 3weeks later dealer calls and says they have to do tests on engine before they order new . I CA'll corporate and Feb 26th she emails me back that the engine was ordered 2 week later dealer calls and says they have to do a compression intake manifold leak and oil pressure regulator tests . I ask corporate why they said engine was orderd and they replied thats what the dealer told them. 2 months kia has had my car and not done rhe saftey recall it seems they are stalling and trying to find a way out of doing it.

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I currently own 2014 kia Optima just hit 104600 miles. I have never had an issue except my brake lights repeatly burning out. I recently checked my oil which was a little low I bought 2 quarts and put them in my car. A few weeks later my oil light flashed than went off I checked my oil again and there was nothing on my dipstick. From there I I drove 2 blocks to my the oil change place down the street from my home. The mechanic notified me that my engine was burning to hot , and I had less than a quart of oil left in my car. I told him that was strange since ive never had any leaks. He notified me that this was a known issue with this car and to take it straight to the kia dealership because the engine is failing . From there I did an oil change and drove to kia. I dropped it there to be check and was notified that the couldnt see an issue to drive it 1000 mile and bring it back. I picked it up and continued to drive about 10-14 days later I was driving and accelerated to get on the freeway and my car blew a bunch of white smoke from the tail pipe and lost power for a moment and engine light came on. I checked my oil and it was very low again . I called kia back and had my car towed back to kia dealership. After they looked over they notified me that my oil valves inside the engine were bad and that it was burning the oil ho. They said would contact kma to see if it would fall under the recall. I was later notified that I would have to repair it myself as there is no knock code - or complete engine seizing, im currenly unable to drive my car / and owe thousands on the car still. This is just unfair for consumers who buy there products. ## #vpic# 1 - check digit (9th position) does not calculate properly; 3 - VIN corrected, error in one position (assuming check digit is correct); 14 - unable to provide information for all the characters in the VIN. #vpic#.

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I was driving and out of nowhere the car started to bog down and the check engine light came on. It continued to do it every few seconds and was getting worse the whole way to the shop, which was the closest one I could find as soon as it started doing it. The shop ran the error code and got a knock sensor error. I had kia come pick it up and take it to the shop. The shop performed a bearing clearance check and the vehicle did not pass so they replaced the engine and intake manifold due to "catastrophic failure". While replacing the engine they found the turbo had play and so they installed a new turbo assembly. After engine replacement they found the starter seized, they replaced the starter. After engine replacement they performed the ecu update and reset adaptive values, then performed wiring signal interference check which started ok. Immediately after getting the vehicle back from the shop I noticed a loud noise coming from front driver wheel area. Shop ended up replacing caliper and wheel bearings along with needing an alignment. All happened around 58k miles. Luckily still under warranty. Shop said it was just a bad engine. Nothing I could of done could of caused it.

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My kia started out making a strange squealing noise, then it started loosing power. When I stop at a light or stop sign I push the gas peddle and it takes awhile to get up to even 35 mph. I was told the turbo manifold was bad so I had one put on. The next day it started making a cha cha cha noise. I took it back and had to get another turbo, once again same thing. Kia dealers said turbo again. So I'm out labor and turbo cost once again. I have to work I need my car, I need it fixed now. I love the car but I am so sick of stressing over expenses, and loosing my job not able to get there. I just want it fixed correctly, or money to get a dependable vehicle. I've never had problems with my GMC,chevy and pontiac vehicles. I do love my kia but I will go back to the most reliable car. No power is dangerous when you need to take off but the car bogs down. So I you will I really need to find a mechanic that can tell me what exactly is wrong and fix it. Five mechanics apparently don't know either. I don't need my car to catch on fire. So please tell me some good news that I will have a dependable car soon.

Had my oil changed when supposed to they advised my car was almost on empty, after changed I hadn't drove it about 1,000 miles and I noticed it white smoke when I started it coming out of tail pipe, checked my oil and it was below the low level. I'm having to put oil in every few days and its supposed to be 2000 more miles til time to change it again. This has been happening about a month now, its not leaking oil, just burning it. Now while driving my car if I try to give it gas to accelerate my car starts losing power and a lot of white smoke comes out the pipe. Its still drivable as of now but this is obviously a huge issue with these make/models for the 2015's. I'm taking to a dealership next week to diagnose the problem.

I was driving to work-freeway 65 when check engine light and oil light came on. The car dropped power and I could have had serious injuries to myself and others. I contacted kia and they had it towed to dealer-dealer and kia 800# give you the run around-they said there engineers told them we need to do oil comsumption test and told me to pick up this dangerous car and drive it. I have made numerous calls to kia and they never call back- I even asked the service manager if he has driven my car and he said no. This is not taking care of your consumers/customers to even ask me to place my life in danger to keep driving this car-they are well aware of fires and the seriousness of driving this car and putting others in danger-my car has sat at kia -independence, mo for 2 1/2 weeks and I also received no recall notice ever. My car had 5 recalls at the time it was towed the most serious recall is sc147 NHTSA 17v224 my car had 65,000 miles . There is no way I will drive that car until kia resolves the issues, I also had large amount of white smoke- coming from tail pipe-dealer said car burning oil don,t know where,well that isn. T so true. Dealer aid motor needs replaced but it is out of there hands because engineers said oil test needs done. Drive it come in every week so they can see how much oil it burns-I am glad they think our time isn. T important or our safety-this is there mistakes and they need to resolve it.

During my last visit to the kia dealer for an oil change and tire rotation, they informed my that I had no oil indicating on the dip stick. No leaks detected so must be burning oil. Every time I drive, I can smell burning oil and tail pipe are completely black.

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Tl the contact owns a 2011 kia Optima. While driving 40 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact opened the hood and flames appeared underneath the intake manifold. The local fire department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the wiring harness was burnt. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 89,000.

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The contact owns a 2015 kia Optima. While driving 40 mph, smoke appeared from the rear exhaust pipe. The contact also noticed an odor of oil burning. In addition, while at a stop light or stop sign, white smoke appeared from the exhaust pipe when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle also stalled and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The contact was able to coast the vehicle to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and opened case number: kia12818043. The approximate failure mileage was 30,168.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Optima. The contact took the vehicle to airport kia naples (3325 westview dr, naples, FL 34104) for routine maintenance and a recall repair for the engine. The contact stated that the dealer informed her that the engine was operable and did not need to be replaced. While leaving the dealer, the contact heard a knocking noise. The contact called airport kia naples at (239) 732-8910 and was instructed to bring the vehicle back. While driving back to the dealer, the engine stalled and lost power. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the vehicle was ready for pick up after four days. While leaving the dealer, the contact noticed that the air conditioner started to blow heat, smoke appeared from the rear of the vehicle out of the exhaust, and the knocking noise recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the intake manifold was replaced, which caused the smoke. The dealer repaired the air conditioner as a courtesy. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The manufacturer was notified, opened an investigation, and provided case number: 12451212. The failure mileage was 101,958.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 kia Optima. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact noticed black smoke coming from the tail pipe. The vehicle was taken to value kia (6915 essington Ave, philadelphia, PA 19153, 215-937-1000) where it was diagnosed that the cooling and electrical systems failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 55,630.

20k miles- 2015 kia Optima- white smoke coming out of tail pipe- vehicle cutting out /almost stalling when accelerating. No indicator light illuminated regarding oil or engine issue. Took to dealership- diagnosed with "sludge" and told need new engine -quote $6500-$8000 and was told my options were a. ) fix it or b. ) don't fix it- provided oil change receipt had on hand- have to dig & research to obtain past service- warranty claim denied- kia- unwilling to assist- bad business-.

Tl the contact owned a 2014 kia Optima. The contact stated that while driving at 15 mph, and stopped at a stop sign, the contact noticed thick black smoke from the tail pipe. The check engine and oil warning lights illuminated. The contact also heard a knocking sound coming from the engine compartment. The contact drove the vehicle to the residence. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who advised the contact's husband to have the vehicle taken to an authorized dealer. The vehicle was taken to an unknown kia dealer, located in baton rouge, la where it was diagnosed and the contact informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact later received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v224000 (engine and engine cooling) however, the contact no longer owned the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.

One morning I turned the car on and saw bunch of white light blue smoke coming out of the tail pipe after running the engine for few minutes smoke went away drove it around nothing drove good so Monday I called west covina kia told about the smoke and said it was a bad batch of gas so they said put ejector cleaner in the tank and that should help it out so I did ran good for a while and the smoke started up again but now the engine made a rattling sound so called kia of west covina and said bring it in so left it there they did a diagnostic test and said I had sludge in my engine and that the engine was starving for oil so the bad news is no receipt no warranty it wouldn't be covered so this has to come out of my pocket and I need a new engine which it's going to cost me $6500 I did my oil changes but can't show proof of it so I'm stuck with the bill I don't think it's right they know they have defective engines . I'm not the only one with this issue, many people are having the same problem and I only have 19. 000 miles on it have it for 2 years there shouldn't be problems on this new cars but this guy's found a loop hole and now they are screwing with consumers they should man up about their faulty engines they should recall the engines.