# 2013 KIA OPTIMA — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
> NHTSA complaint `1372766` · 2017-04-23 · Kia America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 3
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** KIA
- **Model:** OPTIMA
- **Year:** 2013
- **Manufacturer:** Kia America, Inc.
- **Component:** UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- **Miles at failure:** 18,500
## Narrative
IN JUNE 2014MY DATE BELOW OF CRASH ON THE DAY IS APPROXIMATELY , I WAS DRIVING MY BRAND NEW 2013 KIA OPTIMA, I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND MY ENGINE STALLED AND LOST COMPLETE POWER LOCKING UP EVERY CONTROL IN THE CAR. IT HAPPENED ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN JACKSONVILLE, NC AND LEFT ME STRANDED I WAS HIT IN MY REAR END BY 2 CARS CAUSING A 3 CAR CRASH. AT THE TIME KIA WOULD TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY. NOW IN 2016 THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE CAUSING STALLING AND LOSING POWER OF THE ENGINE AND CONTROL OF THE CAR. IN TOP OF THIS RECALL I JUST FOUND OUT THEY KNOWINGLY SOLD THIESE CARS WHILE KNOWING IT HAD THIS DEFECT WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH OR CASTROPHIC PROBLEMS. WHICH IN MY CASE IT DID CAUSE A A 3 CAR CRASH.
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