Used 2007 Kia Optima Consumer Reviews
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Decent car
carcrayy, 06/27/2013
2007 Kia Optima LX 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 5A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
My mom has one she got it 5 years ago Its a 2007 mod and had 40,000 miles on it. not it has roughly 108k miles on it. Now for the past week, its been having trouble starting, once it took me 3 times to start it up but its been a good car. We haven't had any real serious problems with it, never had to replace a head gasket or trans. just simple things that are needed with every car, brakes, tires, oil etc. we've had a lot of problems with the lights blowing front and back. but I dont know if it had been wrecked before we got it or if its just the tires but it pulls to the right and after we got new tires it pulled even harder, but other than that its a great little car, has a lot of room
Avoid the Optima
RichardErikson, 10/29/2009
2007 Kia Optima LX 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 5A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
My transmission has been replaced twice. Bad head gasket. I bought it new and it was great for the first two years and then this year it has been problem after problem.
Piece of garbage
Lane, 03/25/2009
2007 Kia Optima LX 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 5A)
1 of 3 people found this review helpful
I have owned seven cars in my life and my Kia Optima is by far the worst car I have ever owned. I am on my third automatic transmission. Looking at the other reviews my engine will likely die soon. Please avoid this car, it's awful. Hyundai told me I did not service the vehicle at the dealership and they refused to replace the transmission the third time. I was on the hook for a rebuilt tranny which was over $2,500.
BEWARE!! Don't buy a Kia Optima
Bev, 04/01/2009
2007 Kia Optima LX 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 5A)
1 of 3 people found this review helpful
We purchased our Kia Optima 12/26/07, big mistake, not to long after we started having trouble. Started out with the trunk opening up either going down the road or while it was parked. Hesitation driving between 40 & 55, then the lifters started making noise. Cruise control came on for no reason, & the list goes on. We took it to the dealer many times & they just told us that they couldn't duplicate the problem so nothing was wrong with it. We finally took it to a certified mechanic & found the problem in a couple of hours, that the service department where we bought the car didn't/wouldn't find. Resale value is in the dump. It's not worth the money.
My worst car ever
IdahoFallsLisa, 03/06/2009
2007 Kia Optima LX 4dr Sedan (2.7L 6cyl 5A)
1 of 3 people found this review helpful
I have had nothing but problems with my 2007 Kia Optima. The warranty is useless as you have to jump though hoops and pay crazy costs just to keep up the warranty. They recently replaced both my engine and transmission and the car runs awful. The dealership says that they have performed all the work that Kia would re-imburse them for.