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2008 Optima Opus Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 8, 2015
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jan 8, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2008 Optima Opus. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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BrakesExterior lightingOther / unspecified
Filed Jan 8, 2015

BRAKES REPLACED TWICE, ROTORS, CALIBERS, BRAKE HOSE, BREAK LINES,STARTER,WINDSHIELD PUMP,AND ALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES! THIS CAR WAS BRANDNEW WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND THIS IS NOT MY FIRST CAR NEW THAT I PURCHASED SINCE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING! I NORMALLY BUY EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS A NEW CAR AND NEVER HAD MORE PROBLEMS THEN I HAD HAVE WITH THIS ONE AND WONDERED IF ANYONE ELSE HAD SAME ISSUES I AM HAVING WITH IN THIS SHORT TIME FROM REPLACING ONE PART AFTER ANOTHER? TODAY WHICH IS JANUARY 8TH 2015 I WAS COMING HOME AND WHEN I CAME TO A STOP SIGN I HAD NO BREAKS AND AFTER PUTTING EMERGENCY BREAK ON (WHICH BROKE) THE LIGHT CAME ON WHICH SAID BREAKS!! I HAVE NEVER FELT SO UNSAFE IN A CAR THEN I DO WITH THIS ONE. LAST SUMMER OUT FOR A DRIVE MY BACK DRIVER SIDE TIRE AREA WAS SMOKING SO I PULLED OVER AND THOUGHT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE! ONCE AGAIN HAD IT TOWED! IT WAS THE BREAK HOSE SO THEY THOUGHT AND REPLACED IT AND FOUND IT WAS THE CALIBER, I JUST SPENT 3HRS WAITING AT SHOP TO HAVE THAT FIXED AND COME TO THINK OF IT, I'VE SPENT ALOT MORE TIME AT SHOP ON THE OTHER FIXED PARTS, I KNOW CARS NEED THINGS REPLACED FROM WEAR&TEAR BUT GIVE ME A BREAK AND IM NOT LAUGHING ABOUT THIS EITHER! NOW IM OUT OF MY CAR AGAIN AND ASKING FOR RIDES TO WORK AGAIN BECAUSE I HAVE NO BRAKELINES. THANKS SO VERY MUCH FOR MAYBE READING THIS! [XXX] P.S. PLEASE SEND THROUGH MAIL ANY RECALLS BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER GOT ANY! THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10671047
Incident
May 8, 2012
Mileage
80,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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