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2014 Kia OPTIMA Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1173023
Internal NHTSA #	10703965
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2014
File date	01/04/15
Component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The problem is sporadic but happens frequently. If i press the gas pedal to increase my speed, whether from a stopped position, or to pull into a busy roadway, or to increase my speed to pass another vehicle, the car will start to go then choke, so that no matter how hard i press the gas pedal, the rpm stay the same and the vehicle loses power and will not speed up. If kia doesn't figure out what is causing this - because i have seen other people with different optima vehicle years complain about this - someone is going to get killed. I have had numerous near misses because of this problem. I also see many people saying kia is telling them this is the way the vehicle is supposed to behave - really??? My car is currently at the dealer to hopefully have the problem diagnosed and fixed. They gave me a loaner car, which is a 2013 kia optima, and guess what? Pulling out of the dealership in the loaner i was almost rear ended because the loaner also has this problem, but 10 times worse than my car. It happened at least 30 times between the dealer and where i work - about a 30 minute drive. Always when speed needs to be increased by way of the gears needing to upshift. Please please please someone pay attention to this - i hope kia isn't waiting for someone to get killed before they look into this failure that is happening that their dealerships are writing off as normal function! Just as i was ready to submit this complaint, my dealership called me back and surprise: "we are unable to duplicate the problem" and "no problem codes were detected." please kia, take notice of this problem before someone gets killed!!!
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	10000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	OAK RIDGE, NJ
VIN pattern	5XXGN4A72EGXXXXXX
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
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	5
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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.
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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.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2014 Kia OPTIMA Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2014 Kia OPTIMA Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

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