Used 2003 Kia Optima Consumer Reviews
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Worst Nightmare
Disappointed, 07/24/2010
2003 Kia Optima SE 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
Everyone says foreign cars are better. I would say to them don't include kia in the mix. Brand new alternator twice in 14 months, had to replace just about everything on it so far and have only 76,000 miles on it. Sound system is horrible it skips like a cd player and the cd player hasn't worked since the first week i bought it. Alarm hasn't worked for 2 years it goes off whenever it wants to when its set. And the parts are so expensive its stupid! I would NEVER recommend a Kia to anyone stick to toyota or honda.
Great Car for the Money
Levi, 08/11/2003
2003 Kia Optima LX 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
This has been a great car for the dollar. It has alot of the bells and whistles of the competition that you would be paying $20k or more for. The engine is surprisingly powerful. My car was in an accident and did well protecting me.
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If I could only have a do over...
mamanichole, 01/19/2012
2003 Kia Optima SE 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
3 of 7 people found this review helpful
I bought my KIA with only 3,000 miles on it in late 2004. It was great until I ran out of warranty time, once that happened the car started falling apart. The timing belt went at less than 70,000 miles causing me to replace the whole engine (in 2010). For the past 2 years the car has decided to cut down when I am driving. It spent 3 months in a KIA Dealership repair shop and they still do not know what is wrong with it. How can a KIA Repair shop not know how to fix its own cars? They now say I need to spend another $1200 just to see "If that is the real problem." I loved my car during the first 5 years, but I wish I could go back and traded it at 4 years.
2003 best buy!
jackdempsey, 08/21/2003
2003 Kia Optima LX 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
For the money you spend, its well worth it. Got an LX, 4 cyl auto for 13.5K out the door. Real deal for a car this good. Still loving it after 5k miles.
Love IT.
l24k2g, 08/02/2003
2003 Kia Optima SE 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I went to kia not expecting much. I spend 80% of my day in my car and I have found that I enjoy driving in my kia more that I did my mazda 626. the 2.4L engine with the auto trans. is kind of week off the line but picks up pretty quickly. I so far think that it has been worth the money and more.