Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 07/02/2012 | 92267 | ||
| After being lowered, the driver's side sun visor no longer can be returned to the up position and hangs in such a position as to obstruct the driver's vision. the sun visor has been little used and handled with care. it appears that the components of the sun visors are too fragile. | |||
| 08/03/2010 | 70000 | ||
| Driver's side door will not unlock from the inside or outside. this is a major safety concern as someone would not be able to exit the vehicle in a timely manner in case of a fire or vehicle accident. i work as a paramedic and have first hand seen people not being able to exit their vehicles during a fire and it was not pleasant. i did an online search to find how to correct this issue and found thousands of similar complaints through all years and models of kia vehicles. even if you don't have enough to mandate a recall on one particular vehicle, i would hope that you look at the manufacturer as a whole and their unwillingness to correct a system wide manufacturing error in their product. please feel free to contact me if i can provide any further information. please do something about this before someone is seriously injured, if no one has been killed by this defect yet... | |||
| 11/03/2011 | |||
| I own a 2006 kia optima. when i use the remote key fob to unlock the doors they unlock. then when i pull on the handle the driver side, it automatically locks. if i am inside the car and hit the unlock button it unlocks but when i pull the handle it locks again. i can get out the passenger side. my car was bought new in 2006 so it is out of warranty. the failure and current mileage is 44,00. | |||
| 04/05/2011 | 61787 | ||
| My 2006 kia optima just stopped running yesterday, without any warning, in the middle of a high traffic street. it completely lost power and there was nothing i could do. since there was no warning (check engine light not on, no stuttering, etc.), i wasn't able to get to the side of the road. the car behind me had to swerve to not hit me. i'm a 67 year old, disabled woman who was stuck on the side of that busy street for a half an hour until my car could be towed. upon diagnostic testing, a mechanic found that the car needs a crank sensor (as well as an oxygen sensor). as he said, we replace a lot of these on this model car. after extensive research, online, reading blogs from other kia owners, i've found that several people have had the same problem i've had. a friend of mine had the same problem on his way back from a trip. the sensor just goes out and the car dies right where it is, and even if it can be started again, it will only run for a short amount of time and dies again. this is a very scary problem. and very expensive also. if kia knows that this is a common problem, why isn't there a recall? | |||
| 10/22/2010 | 142500 | ||
| I have a 2006 kia optima and started having problems with the driver's side door not wanting to unlock. the event started friday afternoon. after working with my door for about 10 minutes, it finally came unlocked. i drove to pick up my daughter and after getting her in on the passenger side, i could not get the driver's side door open. after multiple failed attempts, i had to climb into the car through the passenger side, which is no easy feat to accomplish. i ended up getting stuck in the vehicle until my husband was finally able to work the door open. this is a safety issue because if there was a fire, i would not have been able to promptly exit the vehicle and get my daughter out in a timely manner. now i cannot lock my doors. i have done research on this defect and have found numerous complaints stating to the same fact. i'm going to try and get this problem looked at but with the number of complaints over the same feature, something has to be done before a life is lost. | |||
| 04/23/2010 | 1 | 02/01/2007 | |
| 2006 kia optima. consumer writes in regards to a telephone request for the financial assistance and filing an injunction to recover damages for false odometer readings and/or fraud *tgw the odometer moved slow. the consumer stated the dealer used a hand held device and stated nothing indicated a malfunction. *jb | |||