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2005 KIA OPTIMA Latches Locks Linkages Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	807281
Internal NHTSA #	10347817
Manufacurer	HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2005
File date	05/08/10
Component	LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Starting approx. July 28, the front passenger lock began acting up, giving a lot of resistance when trying to turn the key to lock or unlock the door. Then yesterday, about eight days later, the problem moved to the drivers side door where now i cannot open the door from the inside or the outside at all. When i open from the outside, it just re-locks the door without opening the door. On the inside, there is absolutely no response. I have read other people with the same problem and it seems to be a wide-spread problem for kia cars. This can be a real safety hazard in that if for some reason i needed to exit the car quickly, i would be stuck inside. Right now my only way of entering or exiting the vehicle is climbing in from the passenger side or through the window. I have am waiting for an opening at the kia dealer, but they are busy (likely with other vehicles with the same problem) and i have read the repair costs for this are extremely high. With this being such a wide-spread issue and with the potential safety and hazard ramifications, it seems that kia should be doing a re-call to repair all these parts that are wearing out after only 50,000-70,000 miles--while other cars seem to have no issues at all. This is an unfair situation to put everyone in who has to get this fixed, at great cost, and seems to almost be a planned failure (as wide-spread as it is among many models) to keep their service departments busy.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	59000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	OREM, UT
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2005 KIA OPTIMA Latches Locks Linkages Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 KIA OPTIMA Latches Locks Linkages Problems, Complaints and Defects

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