Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / OPTIMA / 2004

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007091339 Incident Date: Jan, 08 2007
Consumer's City: FLORENCE Consumer's State: MS
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: OPTIMA Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:sensor/control module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNAGD126245 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 09 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 14 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl* - the contact owns a 2004 kia optima. the contact was advised by the service department that the air bag sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. the dealer ,where the contact purchased the vehicle repaired the air bag sensor on two occasions, but the failure recurred. the contact indicated that the sensor was suppose to detect a weight 90 pounds or above. *ak updated 2/6/2007 -*nm