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Problems with 2014 Kia Optima VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

On average, the 2014 Kia Optima starts to “feel” problems with the VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL and its various aspects after 48 213 miles.

Components Affected by VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Issues

We have classified the 9 complaints from 2014 Kia Optima about VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL into the following categories.

CRUISE CONTROL 1

Recently reported VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL problems on 2014 Kia Optima

After beginning to accelerate to make a left turn through an intersection, the acceleration cut out and the engine began making a grinding/ cranking noise. i rolled to a stop just past the intersection (luckily no one hit me) and had to turn the car completely off. it reset and everything began working again after restarting it.

I have a kia optima 2014 kia optima love my car. there's only one bad thing i go do my recall on march 28 2019 it says everything had passed but in reality. the service that they did was careless 9 months later my car is bad motor. has 130,000 that's what 20,000 dollar is worth wow. they did my oil kia change they put the wrong oil 5-30 really that for kia turbo and kia optima 5-20 now my car is in a mechanic. i need my car fix , i did my recall thought it was for a cause but i gues it wasn't . i need my car fix ! my car stop in the middle iff the 57 south freeway .. kia optima in pomona ca

As i was driving the car it wont shift and sounds forced. the engine started making a rattle sound and i was very concerned! the car stopped in full speed and i was scared for me life and my sons. had a car been behind us or in the intersection it could have been bad! it turned back on after putting the car in n and pressing the start button. but the car continues to sound and feel as though its being forced to run.

Takata recall'. when driving 70 miles the car gets uncontrollable at times so you have to lower your speed , when parked an i put my foot on brake there's a ticking noise an you can feel pressure . the engine has been ticking a lot more am hesitant i know a lot of complaints has been made on the steering an it's getting out of hand ! the car is not safe on the highway could result in crash

tl* the contact owns a 2014 kia optima. the contact stated that while the driver was driving at approximately 50 mph, the air bag warning light illuminated and the cruise control stop functioning. the contact coasted to the side of the road, after a few minutes, the contact was able to resume driving. in addition, the contact stated that while making a right turn into a parking lot there was a rattling noise coming from the interior of the steering wheel. the vehicle was towed to the resident of the contact. the vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer, located on delsea dr, vineland nj, where it was diagnosed that the air bag clock spring cable detached and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they could not assist her with the failure and was to go through the vehicle warranty for the repair. the approximate failure mileage was 97,000.

I was trying to back in between2 vehicles in the church parking lot. and while doing so, with my foot on the brake the car lunched backwards with a jerking motion, like it was trying to do 2 different things atone time, at full rate of speed and doing so, it backed into the vehicle to my left, the car acted like it had a mind of it's own. i reported the accident and when the police arrived on the sight, he informed me that he had seen an issue like this happening on the news. i had never heard of and i went online to report this incident. i was not hurt and if my cousin wasn't in the car, i don't think anyone would've believed me. i think this needs to be looked into, i'm really scared to drive my vehicle.

I was driving my car last friday and the car started accelerating and then slowing down. i tried to speed up when it slowed down because i was in traffic and was afraid that someone would hit me so it would speed up and then slow down. it scared me so i pulled over on a side street so no one would hit me being that the car was driving erratic. i stopped the car, turned it off then restarted it . once i did that , same thing again so i turned it off again after i pulled over the second time. the 3rd time , it started driving normal but a couple of days later , i could not start it. i had to have towed 3 days in a row to a dealership and they replaced something each day but the next day , the car would not start . i am afraid to get stranded again and this is a brand new car !!! its a 2014. i was initially real excited when i bought this car because but i have had nothing but problems. there is always something going wrong with this car and i no longer feel safe driving it. *tr

The problem is sporadic but happens frequently. if i press the gas pedal to increase my speed, whether from a stopped position, or to pull into a busy roadway, or to increase my speed to pass another vehicle, the car will start to go then choke, so that no matter how hard i press the gas pedal, the rpm stay the same and the vehicle loses power and will not speed up. if kia doesn't figure out what is causing this - because i have seen other people with different optima vehicle years complain about this - someone is going to get killed. i have had numerous near misses because of this problem. i also see many people saying kia is telling them this is the way the vehicle is supposed to behave - really??? my car is currently at the dealer to hopefully have the problem diagnosed and fixed. they gave me a loaner car, which is a 2013 kia optima, and guess what? pulling out of the dealership in the loaner i was almost rear ended because the loaner also has this problem, but 10 times worse than my car. it happened at least 30 times between the dealer and where i work - about a 30 minute drive. always when speed needs to be increased by way of the gears needing to upshift. please please please someone pay attention to this - i hope kia isn't waiting for someone to get killed before they look into this failure that is happening that their dealerships are writing off as normal function! just as i was ready to submit this complaint, my dealership called me back and surprise: "we are unable to duplicate the problem" and "no problem codes were detected." please kia, take notice of this problem before someone gets killed!!! *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 kia optima. the contact stated that the vehicle would hesitate to accelerate and would attempt to stall. the contact mentioned that the failure would accelerate independently. the contact mentioned that the failure occurred on numerous occasions. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, who could not duplicate the problem. the vehicle had not been repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. the approximate failure mileage was 3,000.

I complained to the dealer about the rough ride and harsh ride but was told not to worry. i then took it on the highway and the steering pulled to the left and i never felt confident about the steering only to say that it did not feel right and it was worrisome to me. it simply did not feel right to me. i've been driving 50 years and have never felt this uncomfortable driving/steering a car at highway speeds. *tr

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