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2016 KIA OPTIMA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

crash · 1912637 · 2023-07-24

Vehicle

Make
KIA
Model
OPTIMA
Year
2016
Manufacturer
Kia America, Inc.
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Speed
40 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

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

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11534154
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown