Two problems related to owners/service manual have been reported for the 2003 Kia Motor Optima. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Kia Motor Optima based on all problems reported for the 2003 Optima.
The problem with this make and model of car is with the door locking mechanism. It started in April with a problem with the drivers side front door. When you unlocked the doors with the key fob, all the doors would unlock, but when you grabbed the handle of the door to open it, all the doors to the car would lock. It cost me $350. 00 to get that fixed. Now the passenger side front door will not unlock, either from the inside or out. The key fob won't unlock it, nor manually using a key. This is a serious defect that I think kia should be fixing. What if someone was unable to get out of the car in a serious wreck, and was killed, or seriously injured? I talked to the kia dealership, but they are not interested, because my warranty period is over.
Doors (all) will lock after unlocking when you're trying to get in. I unlock the door, either manually or with the key fob, when you pull the handle to open the door the doors lock. You can play with it and finally get in but I've heard alot of problems with the same thing on the same model.
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