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2008 KIA OPTIMA Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1050009
Internal NHTSA #	10574305
Manufacurer	Kia Motors Corporation
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2008
File date	23/07/12
Component	AIR BAGS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The kia 2008 optima's had a recall on their air bags. We took the car to kia to have the clock spring replaced. A short time after we got the car back i was driving to an appt. When my air bag deployed on it's own. This caused me to crash into a parked van, totaling both vehicles. I was taken to the hosp. By ambulance. The police officer came to give back my cards and papers he needed for the report. I was not charged he said because of the recall on our car, it was not my fault. We informed kia of what happened. They said they needed the blackbox info, but they never checked it out. Kia kept ignoring our calls and emails. They said they needed a special team to look at the black box, but they kept telling us the team wasn't together and it would take time for them to get together. When my 2008 kia optima got towed to a ford dealership garage my brother went to get pictures of the damage and to retrieve my belongings. 3 mechanics stood by my brother watching and asking what happened. 2 of the workers said the clock spring didn't look how it should have if my air bag went off. They said either the clock spring was a faulty one that kia replaced or that the mechanic did not replace it right. A guy named [xxx] at kia that we talked to wanted me to make a 63,000. 00 settlement. I said no because i didn't know how bad my injuries would get. Telling [xxx] this, is when he started to ignore me and my insurance comp. Calls. I went a year before a doctor (150 miles away) removed a herniated disk in my back because of the accident (it took that long because they tried everything else before they would do surgery). My back is better but my shoulder isn't. Doctor's in my city want me to go 150 miles away to see a doctor there and that is hard to schedule and keep going there. Today 3/23/2014 kia will not do a settlement or talk to us. Car was under warranty still. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
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Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	DUBUQUE, IA
VIN pattern	KNAGE123985XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Vehicle speed	23
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2008 KIA OPTIMA Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 KIA OPTIMA Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

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