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2016 Kia OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1549014
Internal NHTSA #	11190661
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2016
File date	10/02/19
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Around the first week of february this year. They did a recall on the engine adjustment and the following weekend the engine failed. I was able to get the car into kia napleton carmel/indianapolis this was february 11th i believe. Within ten minutes the operations person came back and said they had a rental coming to pick me up. They had to replace the engine do to whatever they did to the car in the recall. I thought about this for awhile, i was going to purchase the car at the end of the lease. The large warranty is just about up in time, and should anything occur outside of the power train, it is on me. That mean if it takes months or weeks to fix the car, i need to lease a car and wait for the part. I became very irritated on the 15th day of waiting. That was now all most a month ago. Kia napleton has now had the car for a total of five weeks and not engine in sight. Enterprise told me my rental was extended to april 14th which kia motors if paying. I have complained from the dealership to kia lease, to kia motors and back to the dealership. A lot of run-around. Finally, they have issued a letter to permit me to pay $19,040 to buy out the lease or around $11,000 to find a new lease or just $3,000 for my troubles and keep the car. My worry is if something else goes wrong, what if i am waiting for five weeks or longer for a part to arrive from asia, and what if it happens on the open road. I want kia to take me out of the lease without damages to me. I am not pleased to have had kia destroy their own engine and now make it my problem. Kia has continually referred me between departments and one individual told me to contact my own insurance agent. They cannot guarantee me that the car will fail in some form for the remainder of the lease which is just around 16 months out. I took the letter from kia over to napleton k
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CARMEL, IN
VIN pattern	5XXGU4L38GGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2016 Kia OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2016 Kia OPTIMA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

What is Defect?