NHTSA Complaint #11534154 — 2016 KIA OPTIMA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA

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Crash

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11534154
Vehicle	2016 KIA OPTIMA
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident	July 10, 2023
Date Filed	July 24, 2023
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	Yes
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	OK

Consumer Description

I was driving and the car’s electrical completely cut out and locked my steering wheel up and ran us off the road and we hit a big rock on the driver side and then the power kicked back on and the steering yanked super hard to the right about 4 times and caught a fallen tree on the right side then completely died with me and my young kids . Took it to Kia to be serviced and got it back and it started to do it again

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