More on defects and recalls. Kia is recalling 70,115 Optima sedans in the US over over concerns that automatic transmission shift cables were improperly assembled, which in the worst case scenario can cause a parked car to roll away. It concerns models assembled between September 2005 and June 2007.
Last November, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into rollaway concerns on the 2007 model year Optima. NHTSA said it received three complaints about automatic transmission shift cable detachment and inability to select/engage the gears – P, D and R. One of the complaints were of a rollaway incident.
The Korean carmaker has “concluded that this condition has not been creating real world safety incidents. However, it has concluded that under extraordinary circumstances a significant vehicle rolling event could potentially occur and has thus decided to conduct a recall,” the company said.
Kia has also identified that certain Optima vehicles had been manufactured with the shift cable connection improperly attached to the shifter assembly and changed its manufacturing procedures.
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2005-2007 year? phew. This is before Kia’s renaissance. I thought for sure the Korean bashers going to come out in full swing.
we can see this model quite a lot as a KLIA taxi in Malaysia
If all KLIA tax are KIA Optima, it will only benefit everyone and I am sure many people will be very happy. KIA is surely better than Proton.
Kimchee begin to rotten
a high quality product from one of the ‘biggest’ and ‘best’ car manufacturer in the world.
can someone tell me why does it take so long for a car company to realized something was wrong in one of their models??? especially an older model.
Hide under the CARPET what else.
LOL………
hopefully “banana not fruit two time” for the new optima huhuhu
i totally disagree. this was the beginning of the renaissance! the 2nd generation kia optima was an under rated car in malaysia. the front end may be a bit plain (the malaysian version with the smoked headlamp does look good though), but the interior quality and theta engine was one of the main selling point. the theta engine was developed by GEMA which also supplies engines to Mitsubishi. so basically the new lancer and optima uses the same engine block!
The NHTSA only received 3 complaints about the ’07 Optima only last year? That’s kinda slow isn’t it?