2006 - 2008 Kia Optima Recalled For Transmission Flaw - The Car Connection (blog)
Hot on the heels of the 2011 Kia Optima's five-star safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the company has announced a recall of 70,115 Kia Optima sedans from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 model years. According to a bulletin from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the shift cable in some Optimas with automatic transmissions may have an excess of tension. If the car is in a hilly area and the driver doesn't deploy the handbrake, the car could roll, causing damage to the car, the driver, exiting passengers, or anything else in the vehicle's path. Source: www.thecarconnection.com
