{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10339792,"manufacturer":"Kia America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/10/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/23/2010","vin":"KNAGD126845","components":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"2004 KIA OPTIMA 140,000 MILES.  THIS FAILURE HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING.  I FIRST NOTICED WHEN I TRIED TO UNLOCK THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR.  THE KEY WAS HARD TO TURN AND THE UNLOCK BUTTON MOVED SLIGHTLY.  UPON PULLING THE HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR THE LOCK AUTOMATICALLY MOVED TO THE LOCKED POSITION AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN.  THIS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY.  FROM INSIDE THE CAR, IF YOU MANUALLY LOCK THE CAR OR IF THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS ENGAGE WHILE DRIVING YOU CAN NOT OPEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BY ANY MEANS.    THE LOCKING MECHANISM FAILURE CAUSES 3 SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES.  1) PREVENTS THE OPERATOR FROM ENTERING THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION 2) THE DRIVER CAN NOT LOCK THE DOOR FOR PERSONAL SECURITY WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THIS WILL PERMANENTLY LOCK THE OCCUPANT INSIDE.  3) THE POTENTIAL THAT AN OCCUPANT WOULD BE LOCKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE DURING AN EMERGENCY AND PREVENTED FROM ESCAPING THE VEHICLE.  FROM THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS FOR KIA VEHICLES THIS WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A SERIOUS INJURY OR A FATALITY IF THIS ISSUE IS NOT ESCALATED TO A FULL RECALL OF THE LOCKING MECHANISM.  THIS SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL FOR MODELS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO 2001-2005. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2004","productMake":"KIA","productModel":"OPTIMA","manufacturer":"Kia America, Inc."}]}]}