NHTSA Complaint #10283670 — 2006 KIA OPTIMA

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10283670
Vehicle	2006 KIA OPTIMA
Component	LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
Date of Incident	August 10, 2009
Date Filed	September 11, 2009
Mileage	71,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	FL

Consumer Description

WENT TO DRIVER SIDE DOOR TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE. ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE DOOR WOULD UNLOCK BY THE KEY BUT WHEN YOU PULL THE HANDLE THE DOOR WOULD LOCK BACK AND NOT COME AWAY FROM THE DOOR FRAME. THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU COULD GET IN THE CAR WAS TO OPEN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND CRAWL ACROSS TO THE DRIVER SIDE. EXITING THE VEHICLE WAS THE SAME PROCESS. THE CAR WAS PUT INTO THE SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC OPENED THE DOOR BY UNLOCKING THE DOOR AND PULLING THE POWER LOCK FUSE AND OPENING THE DOOR. THE ACTUATOR (OR AJITATOR, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC NAME BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE TWO) HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THEN THE DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL BECAUSE IT WARPED DUE TO THE ACTUATOR GOING OUT. WITH THE CAR BEING APPROX 3 YEARS OLD, THE DOOR LOCKING MECHANISMS SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE OUT SO SOON. NOT BEING ABLE TO EXIT THROUGH THE DRIVER DOOR AND EXITING THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. *TR

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