general problems of the 2006 Kia Motor Optima

The drivers side door lock will not unlock with the electrical button or manually. Manually opened, the lock only opens half way - pull handle to open - door automatically locks. Can't open door with key from outside. Must enter in passenger side door and climb over. Big danger as driving with children in the car.

The contact owns a 2006 kia Optima. While attempting to exit the vehicle, the front driver side door failed to unlock from the inside. The contact had to roll down the window and use the exterior door handle in order to unlock the door. The dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 40,000.

The contact owns a 2006 kia Optima. The contact stated that the front driver¿s side door would not unlock or open. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were made aware of the failure. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 213,000 and the current mileage was 214,000.

The contact owns a 2006 kia Optima. The contact stated that when using the remote key fob to unlock the doors, the vehicle would respond but once the contact physically pulled on the driver side door handle, the vehicle would automatically lock. The dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure but denied assistance with repairs. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 35,000.

The contact owns a 2006 kia Optima. The contact stated that the drivers side door lock would not disengage. The contact tried to unlocked the door manually, with a key, and the key fob and it failed to unlock. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 63,000.

My 2006 kia opimal driver side door will not unlock.

Power door lock on drivers side will not open with the remote button or key. The doors unlock when remote is used,but when you pull the drivers door handle all doors lock. When in car with locked doors, you frequently cannot open the drivers door with door button or handle. In an accident, this door flaw could prevent the driver from escaping quickly. No action has been taken to correct problem to date. I will have the door latch system replaced as soon as possible.

Driver door will not unlock with key or from inside. This problem started randomly. I have to crawl thru passenger door at time to get into my car. After researching online I see that this is a common problem with the vehicle. This is very dangerous should a accident occur and the driver door be locked the driver could be trapped in the vehicle. This is a death trap and kia should fix it. I called my local kia dealership to find out if there was a solution to repair this and was told that they would give me a quote on the repairs. The safety of this vehicle is in question and this should be recalled ASAP.

I have a 2006 kia Optima and started having problems with the driver's side door not wanting to unlock. The event started Friday afternoon. After working with my door for about 10 minutes, it finally came unlocked. I drove to pick up my daughter and after getting her in on the passenger side, I could not get the driver's side door open. After multiple failed attempts, I had to climb into the car through the passenger side, which is no easy feat to accomplish. I ended up getting stuck in the vehicle until my husband was finally able to work the door open. This is a safety issue because if there was a fire, I would not have been able to promptly exit the vehicle and get my daughter out in a timely manner. Now I cannot lock my doors. I have done research on this defect and have found numerous complaints stating to the same fact. I'm going to try and get this problem looked at but with the number of complaints over the same feature, something has to be done before a life is lost.

The contact owns 2006 kia Optima. The contact stated that the lock on the right passenger side door would not lock or unlock. Whenever a passenger was is in the vehicle the door would not unlock so that the passenger could get out of the vehicle. The warranty expired and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure was not diagnosed by the dealer. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 70,000.

Driver's side door will not unlock from the inside or outside. This is a major safety concern as someone would not be able to exit the vehicle in a timely manner in case of a fire or vehicle accident. I work as a paramedic and have first hand seen people not being able to exit their vehicles during a fire and it was not pleasant. I did an online search to find how to correct this issue and found thousands of similar complaints through all years and models of kia vehicles. Even if you don't have enough to mandate a recall on one particular vehicle, I would hope that you look at the manufacturer as a whole and their unwillingness to correct a system wide manufacturing error in their product. Please feel free to contact me if I can provide any further information. Please do something about this before someone is seriously injured, if no one has been killed by this defect yet. . .

Door jam on right back door and sun visors on right passenger over view just drops down in the passenger or child view thats causes one to become fearful.

06 kia Optima power door lock problems; once locked the key will not work to open door correctly, neither will the door open manually from the inside. Dealer contacted but will not fix problem although vehicle is only a few hundred miles over warranty. Through personal research I discovered that this is a common and well known defect. Problem exists in the door latch (aka door checker) per kia. This defect assigns to this vehicle the title of " death trap". The fact that it has not been investigated and kia forced to rectify the problem is appalling and casts doubt on the service of the NHTSA.

I own a 2006 kia Optima and the air bag light is on and does not go off even you are in the seats this is a hazard if you have a accident you do not know if the air bag will work or not could be deadly ,also doors will not unlock if you lock them will not unlock with the key or from inside vehicle ,have to crawl over to passenger side to get this can be deadly if you get in a accident .

The driver side door will not open either by key or by the remote control. This began randomly a few weeks ago, and would open if we jiggled the key a certain way. We could not lock the car since we didn't know if we could get it open again. We both work full time and are an hour away from a kia dealer. On thanksgiving day, it was accidentally locked and we haven't been able to get it open since. As a result, my husband, age 63 and I, age 62 have to crawl in through the passenger door, over the center console. The kia dealer contacted will not replace this at no charge, it will cost $200 just to be able to get into our car! it is past the bumper to bumper warranty and the customer service 800 number said it would be up to the district manager to fix it at no cost. The service dept. Tells me that there have been other complaints and knows which part to order without even seeing the car. Will it take an accident and not being able to get out of this car before something is done like the manufacturer taking the responsibility of fixing this defective door part? this is not only an inconvenience but a major safety issue since we have no way out should the passenger side be rammed and we can't afford to just quit driving this car that's not paid for! this is not an accessory, it's a basic car part!.

Went to driver side door to get into the vehicle. Attempted to open the door and was unable to do so. The door would unlock by the key but when you pull the handle the door would lock back and not come away from the door frame. The only way that you could get in the car was to open the passenger side door and crawl across to the driver side. Exiting the vehicle was the same process. The car was put into the shop where the mechanic opened the door by unlocking the door and pulling the power lock fuse and opening the door. The actuator (or ajitator, I can't remember the specific name but it was one of the two) had to be replaced and then the door locking mechanism had to be replaced as well because it warped due to the actuator going out. With the car being approx 3 years old, the door locking mechanisms should not have gone out so soon. Not being able to exit through the driver door and exiting through the passenger door is a big safety issue in the event of an emergency.

I have a 2006 kia Optima. The electric locks lock you in the car. Should I have an accident or should something else electrical happen causing a fire I would be dead! kia has had this issue for years as I found looking on internet, they still have not corrected it.