This price is 20.5 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $5111
Fair price: $5799
High price: $6486
MPG: 20 mpg city / 28 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Charcoal
Color: Silver
Dealer: Midwest Motors
Mileage: 88,788
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 Kia Optima LX
Estimated: $37503 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1813
$870
$761
$689
$616
$4749
Insurance
$1598
$1654
$1712
$1772
$1834
$8570
Fuel
$1625
$1674
$1732
$1802
$1883
$8716
Maintenance
$2763
$1642
$917
$662
$2291
$8275
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$497
$497
$497
$497
$497
$736
Total Ownership Costs
$9273
$7035
$6492
$6388
$8316
$37503
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2700.0
Displacement CI: 164.76410905577
Displacement L: 2.7
Doors: 4
Drive Type: FWD/Front Wheel Drive
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 185
Engine KW: 137.9545
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
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH THE ELECTRICAL BUTTON OR MANUALLY. THE LOCK ONLY OPENS HALF WAY - PULL HANDLE TO OPEN - DOOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS. CAN'T OPEN DOOR WITH KEY FROM OUTSIDE. MUST ENTER IN PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND CLIMB OVER. BIG DANGER AS DRIVING WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. *TR
2008
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND A FATALITY WAS REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 06/12/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL CAME IN THE MAIL ON APRIL 12. 2012. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. UPDATED 06/13/12
