2001 Kia Optima

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 KIA OPTIMA ON NORTH INTERSTATE 65 TO INDIANA, IN FOUR LANE TRAFFIC MY KIA RIGHT FRONT WHEEL NEARLY CAME OFF DUE TO CORROSION OF THE SUB-FRAME AND LOWER WHEEL CONTROL ARM CAUSING SEPARATION. MY HUSBAND AND I COULD HAVE BOTH BEEN KILL ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE. I LOVED MY CAR AND I PRAISE THE KIA, NOW THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ME OR OTHER PEOPLE IN KENTUCKY. THEY WANT FIX MY CAR BUT MOST OF THE STATES AROUND MY STATE IS DOING SO, THEY ARE THOUSANDS OF RECALLS ON ALL OTHER CAR'S I AM SENDING A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL KY OR KIA IS NOT ALLOWING VEHICLE IN KY NOT BE IN THE RECALLS. TELLS ME PEOPLE IN KY JUST DON'T MATTER TO KIA OR KY , WE ARE PEOPLE TO, AND THIS CAR WOULD HAVE LAST ME A LIFE TIME I AM SURE IF THIS HAD NOT HAPPEN. JUST BECAUSE MY VIN NUMBER. WAS NOT IN THE SYSTEM , EVEN THOUGH 2001 - 2004 KIA OPTIMA HAS BEEN RECALL KY LAGS BEHIND AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ME. MY CAR IS JUST JUNK NOW AND I CAN NOT BUY ANOTHER. I WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT HOW THEY ARE TREATING ME I WILL NEVER GIVE UP. *TR

WE HAVE A 2001 KIA OPTIMA AND OUR WHEELS CAVED IN BECAUSE THE SUB FRAME RUSTED OUT COST US 2,500.00. THEY REFUSED TO WARRANTY IT. WE SUBMITTED REQUEST FOR COMPENSATION FEELING IT SHOULD BE COVERED ESPECIALLY ON A CAR WITH ONLY 49,000 MILES. THEY REFUSED. NOW A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AND YET THEY ARE DRAGGING THERE FEET. IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER 6 MONTHS NOW AND STILL NOTHING. I FEEL WE SHOULD ALL BAND TOGETHER AND FILE A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST KIA FOR ISSUES AND THERE POOR HANDLING OF THERE CAR OWNERS. *TR

I NOTICED MY 2001 KIA OPTIMA PULLING TO THE LEFT SO I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE TECHNICIAN STATED HE COULD NOT PERFORM THE ALIGNMENT BECAUSE THE SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED AND HAD A FIST SIZE HOLE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE SUBFRAME. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A KIA DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE SUBFRAME NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. HE ORDERED THE SUBFRAME, BUT A WEEK LATER SAID HE IS UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE JOB SINCE MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT MATCH ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE RECALL. I'M WAITING TO HERE FROM KIA CORP. TO DETERMINE IF THE VEHICLE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CAR IS SAID TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE RIGHT TIRE HAS BUCKLED IN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A SMALL POTHOLE AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED. HE NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL APPEARED CROOKED. HE WENT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS ROTTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF APPROXIMATELY $2,500. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST UNLESS PROMPTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST UNLESS THE DEALER CHOSE TO ASSIST. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 94,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE ON THE VEHICLE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTING. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO SEE IF THEY COULD REPAIR IT UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT IT IS UNSAFE FOR RUST TO FORM ON A VEHICLE THAT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2001. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 83,000.

I HAVE A 2001 KIA OPTIMA WITH ONLY 62,000 MILES. CAR WAS PULLING TO RIGHT THOUGHT I NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. WHEN CAR WENT UP ON LIFT MECHANICS WERE SURPRISED THAT CAR WAS STILL DRIVABLE AND THAT WE WERE SAFE. FRAME/SUBFRAME UNDER PASS. SEAT WAS RUSTED THROUGH, ABOUT THE SIZE OF SOFTBALL. MAKES ME SICK TO THINK THAT I HAD MY MEDICALLY INVALID DAUGHTER IN THIS CAR. WHEN DOING RESEARCH ON CAR I SEE A LOT OF RUST ISSUES IN FRAME, SUBFRAME OR ROCKER ARM AREA. THERE MUST BE SOME THING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A ONE PROBLEM (RUST IN FRAME AREA) BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES IN THE FRAME /TIRE/UNDER ENGINE AREA. STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM DEALER REGARDING REPAIR COST-- I WILL FIGHT NOT TO PAY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THERE SHOULD BE RECALLS. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 KIA OPTIMA WHICH HAS HAD A VERY BAD VIBRATION FOR A LONG TIME. TAKEN TO MULTIPLE SHOPS AND PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND AT ANY OF THEM. JUST RECENTLY STEERING WHEEL OF CAR BECAME OFF CENTER AND THE MORE I DROVE IT THE WORSE IT GOT. FINALLY IT WAS TAKEN TO A SHOP TO FIND THAT THE FRONT SUBFRAME HAS BROKEN WHERE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNTS TO IT. CAR IS NOW MARKED AS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CALLED KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE TO FIND OUT THAT THE CAR IS OUT ONLY BY TIME NOT MILEAGE OF ITS CORROSION WARRANTY. KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE OF NO HELP. CAR IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. L/F WHEEL IS COMPLETELY LOOSE AT LOWER HALF AND R/F IS CRACKED BADLY. *TR