This deal is profitable. The price is 12.8 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $1246
Fair price: $1834
High price: $2421
MPG: 19 mpg city / 27 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Information Unavailable
Color: Black
Mileage: 170,207
Year: 2004
Ownership Cost for 2004 Kia Optima EX
Estimated: $33041 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$984
$472
$413
$374
$335
$2578
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1500
$1545
$1599
$1663
$1738
$8045
Maintenance
$2763
$1627
$791
$277
$2291
$7749
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$291
$291
$291
$291
$291
$431
Total Ownership Costs
$7966
$6318
$5697
$5366
$7693
$33041
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2400.0
Displacement CI: 146.45698582735
Displacement L: 2.4
Doors: 4
GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg)
Make: KIA
Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Optima
Model Year: 2004
Plant City: Whasung
Plant Company Name: Kia Motors Corporation
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED SHAKING AND SLOWING DOWN ON IT'S OWN. THEN IT JUST CUT RIGHT OFF ON ME. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE ...TO NO AVAIL.....THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ANYTHING GOING ON.....I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT HE FELT IT WAS EITHER THE STARTER OR THE ALTERNATOR...HE REPLACED THE STARTER FIRST AND THEN TOLD ME THE ENGINE HAD CEASED AND I WOULD NEED A NEW OR REBUILT ON PUT IT. I HAD JUST CHANGED MY OIL A WEEK OR TWO AGO...SO IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN THAT...SO I'M HOPING BY WRITING THIS SOMEONE WILL LOOK INTO IT SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A DEALER AND HAVE ONLY HAD IT LESS THEN A YEAR.
2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
TL*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.