2013 KIA OPTIMA — Complaint #2001192
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER:INTERCOOLER filed June 20, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2001192 (ODI reference 11595568) concerns a 2013 KIA OPTIMA and was filed on June 20, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 13, 2024. The vehicle had 170,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger:intercooler, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same KIA OPTIMA cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger:intercooler failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2013 KIA OPTIMA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2013 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact noticed smoke coming from under the hood of the vehicle. The contact stated that an oil change was recently performed; however, two weeks later, the oil level was extremely low. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a failed turbo charger. The contact was informed that the turbo charger needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the turbo charger and the engine were replaced two years ago by the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 170,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2001192 |
| ODI Number | 11595568 |
| Date Filed | June 20, 2024 |
| Failure Date | May 13, 2024 |
| VIN | 5XXGR4A64DG |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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