Door Latch Problems of Kia Motor Optima

The contact owns a 2005 kia Optima. The contact can no longer use the metal door key to open and lock the vehicle. The contact stated that the doors also will not open from the inside in a consistent manner. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer due to not being able to enter the vehicle for the past weeks. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.

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The contact owns a 2004 kia Optima. The contact stated that the driver side door failed to open and close. As the failure progressed, the contact was unable to enter and exit the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. Updated 7/16/cn.

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2005 kia Optima. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle door locks malfunction. The consumer stated when she unlocked the doors, they would automatically lock on their own. The consumer stated on one occasion, she was locked inside the vehicle for 10-15 minutes, before she was able to get the door unlocked.

The contact owns a 2004 kia Optima. The contact stated the drivers side front door failed to open from both the outside and inside of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic who confirmed the door latch needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not contacted regarding the defect. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages was 71,634.

Needed to replace door latch on driver's side. Door would not open from the inside. Air bag on passenger side will not deploy.

Reporting a failure in the door lock mechanism. The door lock will "unlock" when you push the button on the key fob, door panel or use the key to unlock the door. When you pull the handle to open the door, it locks the door preventing you from opening it. The driver is trapt in the car with the only option to exit from the passenger side. This would be a serious safety issue in the event of an accident or any other time you needed to evacuate the car quickly. In searching the internet there are numerous reports of this problem on kia vehicles.

The contact owns a 2004 kia Optima. The contact stated the drivers side door does not unlock from the outside. The key nor the keyless entry would unlock the drivers side door. The contact had to enter the vehicle through the front passenger door. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who was able to lock and unlock the door by using the key. When the contact left the dealer she could not open the driver side door from the outside of the vehicle. The contact did not take the vehicle back to the dealer for additional diagnostic testing. The door latch was faulty and need to be replaced. The failure mileage was 79,000.

The contact owns a 2003 kia Optima. The contact stated that the passenger doors would not unlock from the interior or exterior of the vehicle. The only way to exit from the vehicle was to climb out from the opposite side. The contact also stated that the headlights would fail intermittently. The vehicle was not inspected by the dealer nor was it repaired for the failures. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was approximately 180,000.

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The contact owns a 2004 kia Optima. The contact stated that the front driver's door would not open from the inside or outside of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the contact was informed they were unaware of a remedy that would correct the failure. The failure and current mileages were 35,000.

The contact owns a 2004 kia Optima. When entering the vehicle with the remote access, the vehicle failed to unlock. The contact proceeded to open the front driver's side door with the key, but the vehicle still would not unlock. She heard the locks clicking in an attempt to open, but the door would not unlatch. The contact was unable to enter the driver's side door with the key or remote entry. She was finally able to enter the vehicle by maneuvering the lock. The contact is unable to lock the vehicle because it may not open again or she could become locked inside. She called the dealer and was informed that it would cost $300 to inspect and repair the vehicle. The manufacturer stated that no compensation would be provided because the warranty was expired. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 95,000 and current mileage was 97,000.

No crash, no known vandalism. Driver's door lock just quit working out of the blue. Can not open the door at all ! (not with the key in the door, not with the manual lock actuator, not with the power door lock button. ) the door just will not open ! if I have a need to make an emergency exit from the car, I will be at a great disadvantage, having to jump over the shift lever to exit from the passenger side door. My other option would be to climb out through my door window. The dealer service department inspected the door and ordered parts for it. They will fix it on December 3rd at no cost to me, since the car is still under the factory warranty. The dealer did not consider the situation serious enough to give me a replacement vehicle while I am waiting for the repair. So I am going to work and picking up my 4 and 6 year old girls every day, just hoping I don't get into a wreck or have a vehicle fire. I would be very mad if I suffered a great loss because I could not get out through my door.

Drivers door latch will not open up.

Purchased oct,15,07. Within 3 day we had it up to dealer were purchases 1) for windows not going up or down all the time. 2) light on radio and heater do not work. 3) the car had no power and would go from 1st gear to 3rd gear and would stay that way until car turned off. 4)had to replace speed shift sensor. 5) brakes. Got looked in car several times and could not get out. Sometimes they work most of the time they don't. 6). Antenna broke off for no reason. Went out on day barely touched it and it feel off. 7) on Feb 9th car would not start for 4 days for no reason had towed from own house to garage were they know believe it has a cracked head or blown head gasket. This car only has 89,000 miles and should not have all these problems already. There needs to be something done I have a 3yr old and a 7 yr old. I fear for there lives and mine. . I don't even want this car anymore and have had it for only 4 months. Please help if u have any advice. Don't buy a kia. Also this car came with a 90 day warranty from harry's auto sales and they kept telling me for 3 month there was nothing wrong and only would reset computer until I took it to another garage and they found out differt. They told us head gasket. Harry said noooooo. When warranty ran out then they informed me I need a head gasket. They said I would have to pay for it cause warranty out. That sounds like a lemon. Please help me find legal advice.

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The contact owns a 2004 kia Optima. The contact stated that when she used the key to unlock the doors, only the rear doors unlocked. The front doors also failed to unlock from inside the vehicle. She had to climb in the vehicle from the backseat. The VIN was unknown. The current mileage was 109,000 and failure mileage was 100,000. The consumer stated the vehicle will not unlock and have been locked out of the vehicle numerous times. The consumer further stated this is a safety issue and had to leave doors unlocked for fear of being locked out of the vehicle. Updated 08/29/07.

When I first brought the car and drove it, the lights became dim in the inside and the headlights. The radio turned off and on, took it to dealer 4-5 times for problem and they could find nothing wrong. The car doesn't pick up spend when going over hills not even little ones. The gas needle does not read full even when the tank is practically overflowing with gas. Reading a full tank of gas happens every once in a while. Check engine light comes on . Have taken to shop and was told that my spend sensor is going out and that is why the car is going from 1st to 3rd gear and skips 2nd altogether I've only had the car for one year the warrinty is gone and I was never offered the extended warrinty and really didn't think of it since the car was only 4 yr old. Back brakes have also gone out at least I think so they started grinding with no warning 2 days ago I'm going to have them checked this weekend. Air (never used befoe this summer)doesn't get cold like it should. Door lock making a crazy sound on drivers side, believe the motor is going out on power locks they also tend to not want to unlock sometimes. Atenna broke. Air bag light came on and won't turn off. Also how can I find out if any recall items have been fixed on my car or not or if they still need to be replaced.

The contact owns a 2006 kia Optima. The contact stated that the keyless remote would not unlock the vehicle. The contact could not get out of the vehicle. The dealer was contacted and stated that the latch on the vehicle failed not the keyless remote. The contact was concerned that in the event of an emergency he may not be able to get out of the vehicle. The dealer has given him a new keyless remote that began working normally and then it failed again. The dealer would not repair the latch on the vehicle. There have been no repairs to date. The failure mileage was 59,000 and the current mileage was 70,537. Updated 3/10/10 updated 08/18/10.

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Just put my 2 yr old daughter in her car seat, loaded the groceries into the car along with my purse and keys. Shut the door. Doors locked automatically. Had to call 911 for police to come and get my daughter out of car. Also have been locked in the car, had the keys and still could not get doors unlocked. Thought this was just a fluke until I read other reports about this type of thing happening in kias.

Contact states when he locks the doors on vehicle it will not unlock.

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The contact owns a 2003 kia Optima. The contact stated that she has been locked in and out of the vehicle on three occasions. She attempted to unlock the door to enter the vehicle and heard the locks unlock. However, when she grabbed the handle to open the door, all of the doors locked again. The first time this occurred was approximately three years ago. The current mileage is 73,800 and the failure mileage was unknown.

Door locks don't lock consistently. The master switch has been replaced twice.

My wife & I own a 2001 kia Optima with power locks. Twice the power locks have failed. The first time, the locks failed in that they would unlock by remote and immediately lock back preventing access to the vehicle. By key, one door would open while the other had to be opened faster than the car could re-lock itself. The second time it failed concerned me greatly. The dealer, paramount kia of hickory, had repaired the lock parts and said he had seen this before & that it was no big deal. A few months later, the locks failed again trapping me in the passenger side of the car. Despite any effort on my part, there were only two ways out of the car: climbing over the seats to another door or by having my wife manually unlock the left front door with her key while outside of the vehicle and the while she held the key in the unlock position, she had to open the door. As soon as she released her grip on the key, the door would lock again. Obviously this was a major safety risk & I would not have brought this to your attention had it not happened twice to the same car. I can see the potential for a faulty part and would hate to see someone trapped in an accident. Thank you for your time. My contact information appears below. Lee traxler 103 lovers lane morganton, nc 28655 828-437-1360.

The air bag light came on. The consumer was informed if the air bag light was on the air bags would not deploy. The consumer experienced problems with the electrical system and the transmission dropping to 3rd gear when going uphill. The dealership told the consumer the vehicle was not powerful enough to drive uphill in 3rd gear. The driver door lock actuator and latch was replaced because the door would not lock or remain unlock, the window made a chattering noise when it was rolled down.

Power lock doors failed, which twice trapped the driver inside the vehicle. I had to restart the engine, rolled down the power window, take the key out and insert it into the door to unlock it from the outside.

I have took my car in numerous time for the squeking brakes. Also, the thermostat has been replaced for the 4th time. I have had my car since Nov of 2001. Since then I have had it in the dealer ship about 10 times. I have taken it to 2 different dealers. The brakes they just blow out and say it is mettalic dust. That I need to clear them out when the car is washed. The squeak still comes back. They have also told me it is the humidity doing this. The thermostat has been replaced for the 4th time today. Also, I have had problems with my locks and enigne light coming on all the time. I have had problems with the air bag light also. The car has been nothing but problems. I have notified the kia consumer customer services no help at all. My complaints go back about 1 yr. It all started in Jan of 2002.

The driver's side door did not lock and the timing belt and tensioner was replaced twice.

This vehicles electrical system continues to fail along with nonworking lights, air conditioner, lock failure, battery and altrenator failure. Car has been worked on for same problems more than 5 times. Car has had (that I know of) 3 batteries and 2 alternators. Once the locks on the car failed and I was trapped inside vehicle for more than an hour. Locks would automatically relock faster than you could open the door.

Vehicle model is a 2002 kia Optima 4 door sedan and the problem is regarding the drivers left door. The power lock door locks on its own immediately after the door is unlocked using the key. The car was then taken to get fixed on 05/24/02 and ounce again the same problem occurred on 01/31/08 this time cost to fix is $233. 16. After the problem was fixed, again for the second time, it occurred again. I am convinced that the power locks are defect and dangerous risks of becoming trapped in the car. This problem is unpredictable it occurs from time to time, and I am unable to get it fixed because mechanics must be there to see when problem occurs in order to try to fix it. In one incident I was forced to crawl out of the window in order to get out of the car. I feel very insecure and unsafe in case of an accident if I would be able to get out of the car which is why I am raising awareness of this problem.

03/06/02 purchased a Optima kia 2001, still under warranty until 2/6/06. Problems with airbag, engine, and locks from the date of the purchase of this car. Car brought in for airbag light problem 14 times since 2002 to present date 2005 and still not fixed as we speak. Engine brought in 6 times, and locks work when they want too. Last time service on airbag was 6/5/05 light back on. Kia knows this car can not be fixed and refuse to give me a safe car for me and my 11 year old son.

The front passenger side door will not unlock from the inside or the outside. The key does not always work. Also the remote is not able to unlock the doors. This problem first started in 7-2001. The consumer took the vehicle to a dealership to be repaired and they were still waiting for the part. There also was a problem with the transmission. The consumer was unable to get the gears to shift smoothly. The dealership replaced the front sensor for the transmission the first time. The dealership recently replaced the rear sensor because the problem recurred.

When pulling the door lock up to get out or pull the door handle, the locking mechanism fails to disengage. The consumer was trapped inside the vehicle. A tow company was called to assist the consumer in getting out of the vehicle. Please provide any additional information.