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2009 KIA OPTIMA Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1235768
Internal NHTSA #	10788142
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2009
File date	21/10/15
Component	AIR BAGS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	For a long time, the air bag warning light comes on and stays on. We have taken the kia to two different dealerships. Each one said that there is nothing wrong with the air bag and turned off the warning light. Both dealerships said that, if you put a cell phone on a kia car seat, that will set off the air bag warning light even though nothing is wrong with the car seat. The air bag warning light comes on whenever we start the car and stays on the entire time, until we take it to a dealership to have the light turned off during regular service department hours. This means that we don't have an air bag warning light, because, if it's on all the time, we will never know when we do have an air bag problem. Since our ford and our hyundai never had this problem when we put a cell phone on the car seat, this is clearly a design flaw in the kia air bag warning system. Because your form only allows one date and mileage entry, i will tell you that we took our kia to king kia on 09/26/2014, when the mileage was 68,239, and to herson's kia on 10/21/2015, when the mileage was 71,649. So kia has not fixed the problem. Updated 12/18/15*lj
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	71649
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ROCKVILLE, MD
VIN pattern	KNAGE228295XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
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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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2009 KIA OPTIMA Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 KIA OPTIMA Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

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