This deal is profitable. The price is 5.4 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $16918
Fair price: $17969
High price: $19019
MPG: 22 mpg city / 34 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Black
Dealer: Mid-Towne Auto Center
Mileage: 33,917
Year: 2013
Ownership Cost for 2013 Kia Optima SX
Estimated: $40527 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3044
$1461
$1278
$1157
$1035
$7975
Insurance
$1912
$1979
$2049
$2120
$2194
$10254
Fuel
$1393
$1435
$1485
$1544
$1614
$7471
Maintenance
$2115
$1604
$1072
$1221
$1993
$8005
Repairs
$740
$921
$1045
$1168
$1356
$5230
Taxes & Fees
$1075
$1075
$1075
$1075
$1075
$1592
Total Ownership Costs
$10279
$7522
$7085
$7310
$8331
$40527
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
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: 2013
Plant Company Name: Kia Motor Manufacturing, Georgia
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Georgia
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: SX
Series2: QF
TPMS: Direct
Turbo: Yes
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2008
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WE HAVE A 2008 KIA OPTIMA, WITH 12,000 MILES.. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT MALFUNCTIONS. WHILE PEOPLE ARE SEATED, IT COMES ON, INDICATING THE AIR BAG IS OFF; WHICH MEANS, IN CASE OF ACCIDENT IT WILL NOT DEPLOY. IT HAS DONE THIS RECENTLY ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH THREE DIFFERENT MEDIUM TO LARGE ADULTS. WE HAVE TAKEN THIS TO THE LOCAL KIA SERVICE TWICE AND HAVE BEEN TOLD EACH TIME, "YOU ARE NOT SITTING CORRECTLY." THEY EVEN SUPPLIED US WITH A "SERVICE BULLETIN" INSTRUCTING EMPLOYEES HOW TO RESPOND WHEN PEOPLE REPORT THIS CONCERN... INSTRUCTING THE CONSUMER HOW TO "SIT CORRECTLY." AFTER, MUCH CONVERSATION WITH THE LOCAL KIA DEALERSHIP EMPLOYEES, EVERYONE, THE SERVICE MANAGER, TECH, AND COMPANY MANAGER AGREED THAT WE HAD A PROBLEM BUT THEY COULDN'T FIX IT. THEIR REASON WAS KIA WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE IT AS A PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT COVER IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MANAGER REPORTED TO ME THAT THE KIA REP WAS NOT PLEASED THAT THE EMPLOYEES HAD USED THE WORD "PROBLEM" WHEN REFERRING TO MY SITUATION. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND IT LEAVES ME WITH A CAR, THAT WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON, I HAVE TO STOP AND MOVE THE PASSENGER TO THE BACK SEAT, AS THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. UPON CHECKING THE INTERNET, I HAVE DISCOVERED PAGES OF OTHERS REPORTING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME INANE INSTRUCTIONS OF "NOT BEING SEATED PROPERLY." IF THE KIA'S SENSOR IS THAT SENSITIVE, IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. WE FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND THAT KIA NEEDS TO ADMIT THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT! *TR
2013
VISIBILITY:SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY
WHILE TRAVELING IN THE MORNING TO WORK WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE, A LOUD SOUND LIKE A BOMB OR EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN MY CAR, THEN GLASS FROM MY SUNROOF FELL DOWN. MY SUN ROOF ON MY 2012 KIA OPTIMA EXPLODED. THE MINUTE THIS HAPPENED I LOOKED UP BECAUSE I COULD HEAR AND FEEL AIR FROM UP ABOVE. MY SUNROOF WAS SHATTERED IN TINY PIECES. THE NOISE BY ITSELF WAS SO STARTLING AND FRIGHTENING THAT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF I WOULD HAVE REACTED TO THE SOUND SOMEHOW WHILE DRIVING. ONCE PULLED OVER, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE GLASS SHATTERED OUT AND UP NOT DOWNWARD SO IT WAS FAIRLY APPARENT NOTHING LANDED ON TOP OF MY ROOF TO CAUSE THIS. I FILED A CLAIM WITH MY AUTO INSURANCE. HOWEVER, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE NOW RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET THIS ISSUE AND FROM WHAT I AM READING ON LINE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. I HOPE YOU ARE INVESTIGATING THIS BEFORE THIS CAUSES A REAL TRAGEDY TO SOMEONE'S LIFE! PLEASE! *TR
