2016 Kia Optima consumer reviews

Air bags didn’t deploy during bad wreck in the back end. Engine not useable. Car can move/ roll when in park. To many things to list! Not a good car to buy. Paid almost $21,500 at dealership about 4 years ago and car is inoperable and very expensive if I was to get it fixed. This is what I’ve experienced and is my opinion! Very bad experience and loss of a huge chunk of money!

Perfect balance of comfort, performance, handling and cargo. Best car I've ever owned. Looks great. I get positive compliments on it's looks all the time.

@Gonzalo from San Bernardino, I had the same window issues and Kia wanted $600 per door assembly. I ended up getting replacement pulleys on ebay and replaced all of them. They all had the same pulley material problem. Then it was the camera, the wheel sensors, burning oil, blah blah blah ...

To many issues, lots of factory recalls. The window motor and assembly goes out. Costly repair. Waiting on recall for this. All 4 windows are broken on this car and one on my Kia Sorento. Over all, poor quality vehicle, not reliable, costly repairs. Will never buy a Kia again.

KIA KNOWS there is a major oil consumption/ burn PROBLEM. But, will not address it unless the engine seizes up (even during high speed driving). I'm a 68 yr old woman & you're putting in danger. Then tow & may not even get the codes you want to replace the engine....all the band-aid work has been ridiculously expensive & not fixed any of the Problem. SHAME ON YOU KIA !!!!

Bought a 2016 Kia Optima in 2017 with 22,000 miles. It was burning oil right from the start, before my very first oil change. Asked Kia service department to check for leaks and they said there were no leaks. I could not figure out why I had to replace oil between oil changes when there was no oil leaking on the ground. The engine eventually crashed, but Kia said it wouldn’t replace it because the engine seals were leaking oil and that was not a covered repair. That cost me $1,300. A few thousand miles later and the engine was finally done for good, unrepairable this time, at 104,000 miles, and again Kia would not replace it. This time under the 150,000-mile extended warranty (due to the class action settlement) they basically said, “Sure it’s a trashy engine, but it didn’t break in the way the warranty demands, so, too bad. Wouldn’t want to be you!” #*%@^ jokers (edited for family audiences). Absolutely no car having the proper recommended maintenance, as mine did, should be headed to the junk yard at 104,000 miles! At that point, every other “normal” car I’ve owned (I’ve had 11 with all reaching at least 200,000 miles except for ones totaled or stolen) still had decent resale value. The 2016 Kia Optima is the absolute worst! If you truly hate someone, recommend that they buy this car.

We bough this car used in August from a Nissan dealer. There were some hidden problems that unfortunately the dealer did not disclose right away. Window regulator apparently are a problem with this car as well as engine burning oil prematurely. I performed a two-day cylinder soak and upgraded to a higher quality oil and the oil burning is no longer an issue. Apart from these problems, the car has been great for us. No other issues and the EX version is really loaded (it even has ventilated seats). Multimedia gets slow after being updated, be aware. But updates adds some features like, for example, lowering the fan speed when you get a call or ask to read a message. It is compatible with android auto and apple car play, not wireless but you can get one of those adapters.

I bought this car almost two years ago and the engine is already gone. 200k kilometers. No indication prior to it going. I bought it at 107k. Made all my oil change appointments on time, and based on recommendation. I do not recommend. Look up the class action suits against Kia/Hyundai. I was stupid. Don't be as well.

Have had 2 engine swaps and still haven't problems. Can't get no one to find the electrical issue either. And bout to be engineer 3 cause no one is taking us seriously.

So my car is a 2016 Kia Optima SX 2.0 Turbo GDI. I bought it with just under 60K miles and am just below 85K now. It was burning oil, but once I replaced my pvc or pcv valve ($30 at O'Reilly's), runs like a peach. So uniquely updated and ahead of the game for a 2016. Tough saying if I would recommend it because a quick google search will tell you that the car will probably give out at 150K miles. Transmission is probably the worst I've ever felt but it hasn't given out yet. OEM blow off valve thing is sick.