# 2013 Kia Optima - Trans issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** kia\ **Created:** [June 18, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-kia-optima-trans-issues/142467 "2019-06-18T00:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tim08](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tim08)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-kia-optima-trans-issues/142467/1 "2019-06-18T00:52:10Z")
major transmission problems, the gear changes are lagging and eventually it will dump it in gear very noticeably. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-kia-optima-trans-issues/142467/2 "2019-06-18T13:18:43Z")
Sounds bad. You should take it into Kia, may still be under warranty. Don’t know, you didn’t tell us mileage or whether you are the original owner. ---
**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-kia-optima-trans-issues/142467/3 "2019-06-19T00:13:36Z")
Those are supposed to have 100K warranties on them if you are the original owner . ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-kia-optima-trans-issues/142467/4 "2019-06-19T03:46:08Z")
If it is easy to check the transmission fluid level – on some vehicles this isn’t easy to do – that’s where I’d start. Hopefully OP is lucky and a proper transmission service is all that’s needed.