10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
750 miles

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problem #2

Jul 292014

Optima Hybrid

  • 735 miles
While trying to park the car in the parking lot structure, the car accelerated beyond control on it's own and hit the wall head on. I was already in my parking spot and only few feet away when the car accelerated. The passenger air bag was deployed and body damage occurred. Everything happened so suddenly, I am not sure about the speed at the time of impact. Note: This complaint is a duplicate of 10620789. The following additional information is being provided to indicate a trend of similar sudden acceleration safety issues with the Kia hybrid optima. This is a request to initiate a safety investigation as there have been similar reports with Kia Optima hybrid and Kia optima. The following complaints are similar in nature: 10608382 for Kia Optima hybrid 2013, 10615352 for Kia Optima hybrid 2012, 10552403 for Kia Optima hybrid 2012, 10608739 for Kia optima 2014 and 10588733 for Kia optima 2013.

- Irvine, CA, USA

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problem #1

Jul 292014

Optima Hybrid

  • 765 miles
While trying to park the car in the parking lot structure, the car accelerated beyond control on it's own and hit the wall head on. I was already in my parking spot and only few feet away when the car accelerated. The passenger air bag was deployed and body damage occurred. Everything happened so suddenly, I am not sure about the speed at the time of impact.

- Sunyvale, CA, USA

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