This price is 51.2 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $3941
Fair price: $4629
High price: $5316
MPG: 21 mpg city / 31 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Beige
Color: Light Almond Beige
Dealer: M & R Auto Sales
Mileage: 89,779
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 Kia Optima EX
Estimated: $36346 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1716
$824
$721
$652
$584
$4497
Insurance
$1586
$1642
$1699
$1759
$1820
$8506
Fuel
$1500
$1545
$1599
$1663
$1738
$8045
Maintenance
$2763
$1602
$889
$603
$2291
$8148
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$468
$468
$468
$468
$468
$693
Total Ownership Costs
$9011
$6804
$6274
$6137
$8120
$36346
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
Drive Type: FWD/Front Wheel Drive
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 162
Engine KW: 120.8034
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: KIA
Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Optima
Model Year: 2008
Plant City: Hwasung
Plant Company Name: Kia Motors Corporation
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Seats: 5
Series: MG
TPMS: Direct
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Automatic
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
I AM UNABLE TO UNLOCK MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR EITHER MANUALLY/KEY OR BY REMOTE ACCESS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF I NEED TO EXIT MY VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY (FIRE AND OR CRASH) I WOULD BE UNABLE TO. ALSO, TWO OF MY REAR SEATBELTS ARE JAMMED IN THE HALF EXTENDED POSITION. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WITH THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
2008
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND ACTIVATED THE OPENING OF THE REAR TRUNK WHEN SUDDENLY THE RADIO UNIT BEGAN TO FUNCTION FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS PLACED INTO THE "DRIVE" POSITION, WHILE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THERE WAS UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION. THE DRIVER TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE HE WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 6,835.
