This deal is profitable. The price is 9.5 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $10201
Fair price: $11111
High price: $12020
MPG: 22 mpg city / 34 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Beige
Color: Snow White Pearl
Dealer: Dean Team Hyundai
Mileage: 96,869
Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 Kia Optima EX Turbo
Estimated: $40650 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2895
$1390
$1216
$1100
$984
$7585
Insurance
$1862
$1927
$1994
$2064
$2136
$9983
Fuel
$1393
$1435
$1485
$1544
$1614
$7471
Maintenance
$2360
$1681
$1083
$1190
$2106
$8420
Repairs
$832
$1005
$1144
$1265
$1462
$5708
Taxes & Fees
$1002
$1002
$1002
$1002
$1002
$1483
Total Ownership Costs
$10344
$7551
$7067
$7257
$8431
$40650
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: 2000.0
Displacement CI: 122.04748818946
Displacement L: 2.0
Doors: 4
Engine Model: DOHC T-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: 2012
Plant Company Name: Kia Motor Manufacturing, Georgia
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Georgia
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLS
Series2: QF
TPMS: Direct
Turbo: Yes
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2008
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA OPTIMA LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN WAS INOPERABLE. THE SUN VISORS WOULD NOT REMAIN IN THE CLOSED, UPRIGHT POSITION AND THE DRIVER SIDE CHILD DOOR LOCK WOULD NOT UNLATCH. IN ADDITION, THE SAFETY LOCK FOR THE TRUNK WOULD DETACH AND CAUSE THE TRUNK TO OCCASIONALLY FLY OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD CONSTANTLY BREAK DOWN AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO SENT HER TO A SECOND DEALER FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,800.
2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR WHEN I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND SOUND OF GLASS RATTLING. AT FIRST I THOUGH I HAD A BLOWOUT ON ONE OF MY TIRES, SO I MANAGE TO PULL OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. I THEN DID A WALK AROUND OF MY CAR AND SAW THE BUSTED SUNROOF. THERE WAS NOTHING OVERHEAD NOR DID I SEE ANY FLYING ROCKS OR DEBRIS AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. THERE WAS NOTHING OTHER THAN THE EXPLOSION. THE GLASS WAS BUBBLED UP LIKE IT BLEWOUT AND NOT IN. THERE WAS A HOLE THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUNROOF. THERE WERE NO ROCKS OR ANYTHING INSIDE THE FLAP BETWEEN THE GLASS AND INTERIOR. ALSO THE FLAP COVER IS VERY THIN AND FLIMSY, IF SOMETHING HAD FALLEN ON IT, IT WOULD HAVE HIT ME ON THE HEAD BECAUSE IT IS JUST A THIN MATERIAL COVER. FURTHERMORE, IT WAS A SUNNY DAY, AT ROUGHLY 73 DEGREES. ALL I CAN SAY IS FOR A SUNROOF TO EXPLODE OUTWARDS, THE GLASS HAS TO BE DEFECTIVE IN SOME SORT OF WAY. IT SCARE THE LIVING LIGHTS OUT OF ME, IT WAS SUCH A LOUD EXPLOSION. IF I HAD THE COVER UNDONE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT BY THE BROKEN FLYING GLASS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE MANAGER THERE TOOK PICTURES AND THEN MADE A COMMENT THAT HE WOULD FORWARD THE PICTURES TO THE DEALER BUT THAT IT WOULD BE DENIED BECAUSE THE LAST KIA THAT CAME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS PERSON HE WAS PLANNING ON FORWARDING THE PICTURES TO HAD DENIED THE CLAIM AND IT LOOKED THE SAME! THIS SHOWS ME THAT KIA IS VERY AWARE THAT THEIR PRODUCT (SUNROOF) IS DEFECTIVE AND HAS A POTENTIAL TO EXPLODE BUT OF COURSE THEY WILL NOT CLAIM THEIR PRODUCT HAS ANY DEFECTS BECAUSE IT WOULD COST THEM TOO MUCH. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS INCIDENT OBVIOUSLY. I NEED FOR YOU TO BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION INTO TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE GLASS IS NOT TEMPERED ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND CERTAIN TEMPERATURES OR IF THERE ARE OTHER DEFECTS THAT CAUSE IT TO EXPLODE. *TR
