10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
23,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace my lemon (1 reports)
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problem #1

Jun 062014

Optima Hybrid LX 2.4L

  • CVT transmission
  • 23,000 miles

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I HAVE THREE VIDEOS SHOWING VARIOUS CRAZY ELECTRONICS OCCURRING, SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING AND OTHERS, THANK GOD, WHILE NOT MOVING. THE LAST STRAW HAPPENED TODAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME AND I LOST MY BRAKE PRESSURE AGAIN! (THIRD TIME) HOWEVER, THE DEALER KEEPS STATING NOTHING IS WRONG AND WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT MY VIDEO(S). OTHER TIMES THE CAR WON'T START BECAUSE NO BRAKE PRESSURE, THUS CAR THINKS BRAKES AREN'T BEING PUSHED, CAR DOESN'T START, I GOT FIRED FROM WORK SINCE THIS OCCURRED MORE THAN 10 TIMES.

YET, LUPIENT KIA, WON'T TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YET, EVERY TIME I HAVE SERVICE DONE ON IT, I RECEIVE A CALL FROM A LAWYER AND NOW I KNOW WHY AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BE CONTACTED TOMORROW AS THE DEALER SAID, OK I REALIZE THAT THIS CAR HAS ISSUES AND THEY OBVIOUSLY KNEW I PAID $26K, AND OFFERED ME A $9K TRADE-IN VALUE!!!!! IF ANYTHING IT SHOULD BE $30K BECAUSE HAD I NOT DROVEN INTO THE GRASS AND PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL, IT WOULD BE COSTING THEM A LIFE!!!!

- Haas S., Minneapolis, MN, US