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2012 Kia OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1707094
Internal NHTSA #	11376716
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2012
File date	08/09/19
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The car started to stall and wouldn't go it began smoking and caught fire luckily i was driving right past purrfect auto and turned around and pulled inside the service area before the car was able to catch full fire. I thought maybe the car got hot and that's what i told purrefct auto because i was not sure so i thought that the car was running hot and that maybe it just got a little bit too hot and decided to catch on fire but the car was stalling before the fire and didn't want to go i took it to kia to have it repaired and they told me that i would have to pay out of pocket they said that the car needed a new engine after perfect auto basically took the whole engine out of the car to try to see why the car wasn't working right and they still couldn't figure it out i paid them $3,000 almost $4,000 and the car still wasn't working correctly so i when i took it to kia they denied me because they said my car was not in warranty and that i needed to buy a new engine.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	115000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LAS VEGAS, NV
VIN pattern	5XXGM4A7XCGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	35
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Kia OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Kia OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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