general problems of the 2005 Kia Motor Optima

After repairing the mass air flow hose,purge valve,and the valve cover gasket. It didn't pass the state inspection. I was told to drive it a little longer to put miles on the car. So I did. . After seven week going back to have it check it was still showing not ready. The merchanic there couldn't tell me what the problem and their subjested to take it to the dealer after putting 1175 miles on my car.

The light for my air bag has been staying on and my horn quit working for over a year now. I finally took it to the shop for them to look at it, they told me it was a clock switch (I believe I said that right) which is something in the steering connected to the airbag and horn. I am concerned that the airbag might activate while I am driving which would not be good. Maybe even not work if I get in a wreck.

Neither the driver door or passenger door will unlock. This occurs from both inside and outside the car. Very unsafe condition.

Key will not unlock driver's door and driver cannot unlock door from inside vehicle. Kia motors will not issue a recall even though this is a major safety issue. Climbing over the center console is required to enter or exit the vehicle. This is a frequent issue with kia Optima cars, well known and often written up online, the part required to repair the vehicle is sold on ebay by multiple sellers always.

Driver's door will not open, from either inside or outside. The locking mechanism will not unlock, leaving no easy access or exit to or from the driver's seat. This is quite a hazard as the operator could become trapped in the car in an emergency (and the problem has been reported all over the internet for some years now as being very common to this particular car). Why has NHTSA been ignoring this problem?.

The drivers door will not unlock, you can not open the drivers door. For the driver to get out of the car you have to go over the console to get out the passenger door. This is a safety issue!!!!! tried to unlock with will not work.

The drivers door will lock and unlock, though it is not possible to open the door. It will not open from the inside or the outside handle. The electronic lock fob will lock and unlock the car. The key will lock and unlock the car. Entry and exit must be done by climbing over the center console and going through the passenger door. This is a major hazard to the driver and fellow passengers. If we should be involved in an accident with my two young boys in the car, I will not be able to help them exit the car until I have climbed over the center console and exited through the passenger door. Help!!!!!!!! this is definitely a major safety issue related to the kia brand of cars. All over the internet it is discussed how this problem has become a problem for all types of kia models.

The vehicle has had both front doors have failed latches in the last year. What will happen is you will go to unlock the door and the door will not open from inside or out without siginificant force or not at all. I went 2 months without being able to open my passenger side door, and now I just keep my doors unlocked all the time so I don't need to deal with it.

My passenger side front door sticks and wont open. At first it started locking and unlocking by itself. Sometimes when you lock and unlock it a few times it opens. But as soon as you lock the doors its back to not unlocking when you lock and unlock it. Now my passenger door wont open at all. I am worried that if theres emerygency I wont be able to get out any of the door. Someone needs to fix this problem, but nobody seems to want to help fix it.

I have had to take my car twice now to get my driver side door open, I have been having to climb in from the passanger side of my car and I have hurt my knees in doing so. Everytime I lock my doors and then unlock the driver side door doesn't open from the inside or outside. This needs a recall . I have already seen other complaints about the same problem. . .

While I did experience the same lock problems as a lot of 2005 Optima owners. . . My dealership took care of the problem by replacing the lock mechanism. In my case, the lock would act fine one moment and not work the next. For those with the same problem, I would suggest getting the dealership to look into replacing the entire lock mechanism. I have had no trouble since!.

I went to kia dealership regarding keyless remote not working. I advised dealership that both remotes were re-programmed 12 months ago and that one remote stopped working 6 months after re-programming and the 2nd remote stopped working 12 months after re-programming. Based on discussion, it appears that 2003 through 2006 kia Optimas have defective keyless remote systems, but because there has been no formal recall, repair of keyless remote is not covered outside of warranty. I believe repair cost is about $400. My opinion is that a relative keyless remote recall should be made by kia since the keyless remote defect is not customer's fault.

Ii have a 2005 kia Optima for about 3 years now, first problem was with the air bags . I had the light to come on will the car was being inspected last year for them to tell me it was the sensors. I made a appointment to get it fixed but when I went there the light went off then I was driving down the road a week later and the light comes back on had it checked again and the same things happens will the light is still on. 2nd problem had the timing belt to go out so I purchased a used motor to have nothing but problems. First the throttle sensor went out replaced that for it to burn up within a hour of it being fixed, then had to have the car rewired by the dealership now the six months later the door locks are tripping me in the car. The car had some type of wiring fire, which caused me to have to call the fire department,where the car filled with smoke. So now I have a car that has the check engine light on, air bags light on, and the door locks are tripping me in the car. What can I do?.