Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / OPTIMA / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004290862 Incident Date: Jul, 18 2004
Consumer's City: LEVITTOWN Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: OPTIMA Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:rotor
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNADG126825 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 30 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 21 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Rotors warped, not worn out, warped completely around 55,000 miles. car has a 60,000 mileage/5 year bumper to bumper warranty and kia will not honor it. contacted langhorne kia service dept. and was told that i was lucky that they lasted so long. i was informed that kia changed the way they make the rotors and that the new rotors heat quickly causing them to warp when the milage is usually under 30,000 miles.*ak