This deal is profitable. The price is 16.6 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $11457
Fair price: $12467
High price: $13476
MPG: 23 mpg city / 34 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Information Unavailable
Color: Gray
Dealer: Wm L. Morris
Mileage: 58,819
Year: 2015
Ownership Cost for 2015 Kia Optima LX
Estimated: $36123 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2707
$1299
$1137
$1029
$920
$7092
Insurance
$1963
$2032
$2103
$2177
$2253
$10528
Fuel
$1368
$1409
$1459
$1517
$1585
$7338
Maintenance
$1364
$1213
$902
$982
$1648
$6109
Repairs
$447
$651
$733
$861
$1020
$3712
Taxes & Fees
$906
$906
$906
$906
$906
$1341
Total Ownership Costs
$8756
$6708
$6465
$6650
$7544
$36123
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2400.0
Displacement CI: 146.45698582735
Displacement L: 2.4
Doors: 4
Engine Model: DOHC GDI THETA II
Fuel Injection Type: Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection (SGDI)
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: KIA
Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Optima
Model Year: 2015
Plant Company Name: Kia Motor Manufacturing, Georgia
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Georgia
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GL(Middle-low grade)
Series2: QF F/L
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DEFECT: KIA OPTIMA 2004 MANUAL TRANSMISSION WHEN SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR, ENGINE OFTEN SURGES AFTER YOU REMOVE FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL CREATING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION. IT WILL SURGE TWO TIMES OUT OF THREE. DEALER STATES THAT THE MFGR STATES THAT THE ENGINE SURGE IS COMPUTOR CONTROLED AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. I CANNOT EMPHASISE ENOUGH WHAT A DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION/SITUATION THIS CREATES. THIS IS A CONDITION THAT WILL RESULT IN DEATH AND INJURY. KIA SELLS SO FEW MANUAL TRANSMISSION OPTIMA'S THAT I DON'T THINK THEY CARE AND KIA WILL TRY TO IGNORE THE DEFECT. THIS IS NOT A SINGLE INCIDENT/THIS IS CONTINUAL.*AK