We Forgot Something - 2016 Kia Optima Long-Term Road Test

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• kirkhilles1 Member Posts: 863

  August 2016

  I don't think it should be something that you can turn off. The maintenance intervals are infrequent enough that they are not a daily bother. They should alert the owner and require them to go through the reset procedure (which should be stored in an entry somewhere in the car in case of issues later). We're not talking about 3,000 mile oil changes anymore. When the car needs maintenance, it really needs to be done.

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• longtimelurker Member Posts: 455

  August 2016

  Take one part fairly large car with very small, highly-stressed turbo engine, driven under severe driving regimen, and add one part going almost 2400 miles past the oil-change interval. Mix well...but it doesn't mix well.

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• stever Guest Posts: 52,454

  August 2016 edited August 2016

  The Optima has a 10k/12 month interval in the UK. (kia.co.uk) Probably a lawyer thing here. Or maybe the US version made in Georgia is junk?

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• whobodym Member Posts: 190

  September 2016

  it's hard to prove, but I swear that during the week I drove my Audi from DC to FL to TX to MT to WA (i.e. ~5,000 mi all in one week) the service reminder popup screen showed every night at shutdown, even though I was still many thousand miles from service due. I believe it was making a logical extrapolation that I might reach the mileage in only a few more days. Back home, it never pops up until <1,000 mi to go. (you can deliberately select the screen and see it anytime, of course). Very well thought out I believe.

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