2016 Kia Optima Body & Structure Problems

I was told that my engine had a recall on it so I had an upcoming appointment with Kia in like 2 weeks for them to check my engine but the car didn’t make it. I was driving my car on interstate 20 my car had began to have a bad chemical smell and started smoking so I pulled over on the interstate and my car was in flames.

As driving the driver's door popped open (as not fully closed) and the open door light appeared on a dash. This has happened twice while driving. Once during normal driving and on the second occasion when I hit a pothole.

On 1/12/2020, I was driving my car 2016 kia optima from alpharetta to decatur to attend church. I pulled into the parking lot of the church and parked. A few seconds after I parked, I began seeing lots of smoke coming from the right passenger side of the car.

I was rear ended while stopped in breakdown lane of a secondary highway (40 MPH) problem that I would like to address is the inadequate cushioning in the headrests of this car and probably many others. Suffered a concussion the effects of which are still ongoing. I think that there needs to be standards applied to headrests to have energy absorbing cushioning.

On may 30, 2017 at approximately 1200hrs est, while driving under normal conditions with very light traffic the sunroof exploded. Complete inspection was negative for the any exterior debris as cause. Vehicle was in motion on highway.

All the window regulators continue to turn but the windows stay down and won't go up. Leading cause, the gear that connects to the motor and window regulator wires is plastic and erdes over time causing it to shred itself. Now my windows will not go up.

The contact owns a 2016 Kia Optima. The contact stated that while driving in a heavy rainstorm, the vehicle experienced water intrusion causing the sub frame undercarriage to become damaged and unsecured. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The local dealer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 14,000.

2 of my windows drop when i go over a speed bump....i have already gotten the motors replaced for the windows (front driver, and back driver sides)....i don't even use the POWER up/down FOR the back windows AT ALL because i am the only one that drives my car (wondering why this is happening for this)....when i took my vehicle for these windows to be replaced, even my mechanic says there should be a recall on these windows and that this should not be happening....NOW my back passenger window is doing the same thing and again i don't even let the BACK WINDOWS down...someone can break in my car by just literally SLIDING the window down (OMG!!!!!!!!)....there are no warning lamps for this..i noticed this happening when KIA fixed one of my recalls

My 2016 Optima has the Pearl White paint. In April 2018 I noticed that it started peeling on the hood. The dealership told me that since I was past the 36k mile warranty (I was at 39k miles then) that I would have to cover the cost out of pocket. It's sad that the vehicle was not even 2 years old and that the paint was coming off and the dealership basically told me "oh well". I am now scared to hand wash the vehicle for fear of it getting any worse. If Kia knew/knows there was an issue with the paint, why don't they just make it right? It's now all over the car that it has peeled off, not just exclusively to the hood, and theres even rust that has started to show up in aomw of those paintless spots. I have always hand washed the vehicle, waxed, never taken to a car wash either. You can see from the pictures provided that this is not caused by rocks or pressure. You see on the rear driverside how it starts to form bubbles or air pockets before it cracks and then peels off from the frame of the vehicle.

Three of the four windows stoped rolling up at the same time. One or two days apart to each other, the 4th one I’m not going to rolling down, it may stop working too.

Window regulator replacement

Pearl White paint on hood is flaking/delaminating.

The paint is peeling or delaminating from the car. It is happening in many places. The paint is Snow White Pearl.

I have a 2016 Kia Optima Pearl White and the paint on the hood just started peeling! It looks awful. What should I do to get this problem fixed?

The antenna cover on my car flew off on the highway. I've noticed as I wash(handwash only) when I wipe around the antenna it moves. Thought this was odd, but assumed it was normal.

There was a new vibration sound when we started driving our car yesterday. It sounded like a panel was a little loose or something. Within 15 minutes of driving it on the interstate we heard an explosion and it was the sunroof bursting into pieces.

White paint is chipping away excessively

The body paint is cracking and falling down. Since five years ago this problem started.

My paint has begun bubbling up and feeling out of nowhere. I’ve always taken good care of my car yet spots are beginning to pop up along the passanger side. The paint continues to peel more as time goes on.

paint peeling, chipping, and bubbling.

The antenna fin flew off while I was driving on the highway.

While driving on the highway, the roof antenna assembly flew off our car. Inspection of the area shows that the screws that were supposed to hold the antenna on had all become sheared off. It looks like there is a recall for this exact issue covering 2016 Kia Optimas produced through June 1, 2016 (SA272), but our Optima was produced on June 23, 2016 and is therefore not covered according to Kia.

I apologize if this is not filed in the correct place. Issue: 2016 Kia Optima, peeling paint on the hood and quarter-panel. New areas are popping up and old areas are getting worse.

I bought this car with just under 48k miles September 2023, it had a very small chip on the bumper that I assumed was from a rock. After driving this car for a while, I noticed that chip got bigger and eventually other parts of my bumper and hood started bubbling and chipping as well.90% of my bumper is now lacking paint and it’s starting to chip on my hood more.

My car has now been broke into twice because of the "kia boys" I have now had to replace two windows, and clean my car out from glass.

The trunk latch stopped working won’t lock

I bought my 2016 pearl white kia optima in may of 2016. Recently, I noticed the paint chipping and peeling off my hood. It started out the size of a pea but now is bigger than a quarter and continues to get bigger by the day.

When I took my vehicle into the car wash, as soon as I pulled in, I heard a sound that didn't sound the best. Once I got to the end of it, when the air was blowing off my car, I saw something fly off my car. This was my manufacture fin shark antenna that had some how broke off.

Rear drivers side door handle fell off, looking on the internet this seems to be a huge problem with this 2016 kia optima and vehicles. This is a safety issue and needs to be dealt with. The part is made with cheap plastic.

The hood is stuck. The cable seems to be stretched. When I did get it opened the cable was attached and could see it working but it's not unlatching hood.

We have owned the car about 2.5 years. 2 days ago I took it through a touch less car wash. Today I noticed the antenna cover/ shark fin is missing.

Shark fin antenna cover easily comes loose or completely while hand washing the vehicle. The vehicle was stationary in driveway while washing.