Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / OPTIMA / 2001

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005080908 Incident Date: Aug, 31 2005
Consumer's City: ELIZABETHTOWN Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: OPTIMA Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 03 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Just put my 2 yr old daughter in her car seat, loaded the groceries into the car along with my purse and keys. shut the door. doors locked automatically. had to call 911 for police to come and get my daughter out of car. also have been locked in the car, had the keys and still could not get doors unlocked. thought this was just a fluke until i read other reports about this type of thing happening in kias. *nm