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i buy kia 2015 optima lx the problem is driver side has light D1 WITH day light but passer side has H7 no day light now i but this single beam on the passer side i connect works but driver side total different ??

We have a little over 700 miles on our 2019 Kia Optima LX with the 2.4 engine. Has Kia figured out why the engines were failing? Anyone with a 2019 have engine problems? Only issue we had was the horn started honking when my wife opened the door to get out to do some shopping. A lady came by and...

Hello everyone, new Optima owner here. Bought the car at 44 miles in December and currently have 7500 miles on it. I took it for its second oil change a week ago and decided to look under the hood later that night. I found a loose engine cover(can push on it and move it around with my fingers)...

Good afternoon everyone from southeast Missouri, so 2004 Optima 2.4 auto got a code for input speed sensor had a pretty good jolt when shifting into second and third once in a great while. After replacing input and output sensors it throws it into limp mode shifts really hard now in first and...

Greetings Kia Optima Fourms, I've had my Kia Optima SX since 2013 when it came out and I have loved the car. Now after about six years with it; it is at 110,000 miles mark and it is having a running problem that I can't quite figure out. At first it had a check engine light and the codes that...

I have a 2011 kia optima hybrid and it wont start. I cant even get in the car and this has happened before but the next day the car came right on. Can anyone help or advise?

Hi all, I do hope everything is going fine for you. I wasreading some threads on this Forum for the last few days, as my 2013 Optima SXis no more able to accelerate over 2500-3000RPM (The RPM still goes up but, thecar don’t accelerate very much). Furthermore,when making a start cold since the...

Have a 2013 SXL with 83,000 miles So this car has started to have issues starting sometimes. THe major problem is that when it gets between 2k and 3k RPM i lose power and the vents blow hot air. Occaisonally it will quit running while driving but everything resets when it restarts. The engine...

yup, i had the reversing camera replaced at around 70K miles, now at 133K miles, its died again, so obviously the kia camera is crap, so,, is it possible to get a cheap reversing camera to run off the original set up so it comes on in the rear view mirror when reverse is selected? otherwise, i...

Hi there. my problem has two parts. my neighbor has a compost pile in his yard and that attracts rats. I have already had nesting rats chew my wiring last year. yesterday I went to drive my 2015 Kia Optima Hybrid and a rat got into the alternator belt and caused the belt to jump off the pulley...

Hi everyone i have to wait 3 weeks for my nearest Kia service to look at my car. I was hoping if you guys have bumped into this but my A/C won't kick on sometimes. 98% my A/C will start automatically once i turn the A/C on. when i hit the button to turn the A/C on it will not even turn on...

Hi! I've got an new Optima Sportwagon 2.0 T-GDI (european model). After 2 weeks of having the car, a strange noise appeared while driving and braking. The noise can be compared to the water boiling or some buzzing, it's very strange and it's constant with the revs going up or down.I'm due to...

My new Christmas gift the optima is already giving me issues. When I brake and it slows to 30 mph it grabs. Then last night my car seat started started making an awful noise https://youtu.be/0LEuELXXyGA It's not letting me As on the thread about car seat noise.

I was thinking about replacing my 2015 Optima Lx with another one after the 5 years/60k miles bumper to bumper warranty runs out. I only drive it about 4K miles per year. It looks like a good move, assuming the trade-in is about $10K, which is about 50% of the original cost. On the...

I got a new battery 5-8 months ago, but even with the older battery sometimes when I start the car, I have to hold down the power key for 10 seconds and let go to let the engine start. This happens 2-4x a week. Is this a known problem and is there a solution? 2011 Kia Optima EX, 69k miles. Have...

Greets, Went to start the car the other day and found that there is no power going to the shifter console (no gear lights & stuck in park), no highbeams and no indicator light on dash, no traction control or light engaged/disengaged message, no check engine light, I can't reset the trip meter...

Hi all, I'm Jason from Central NJ, and I got a 2016 Kia Optima (base model) in November 2016. It currently has 13,000 miles on it. When I brought it in for its second scheduled oil change and routine maintenance, they said that there was a recall having to do with the software. They updated...