Scotty I bought a 2019 Kia Optima S auromatic brand new and it now has 40k on it. I live in Southern Calif and do mostly freeway driving a little city driving. I dont have a lead foot and I drive around 75 mph. The tires are inflated properly oil changes regular and no weight in the car other than myself. The car gets about 16 mpg in the city and maybe 20 mpg. I have complained to the dealer and the car has been there many times since I bought it new on May 2019. I have called KIA of Northern America and tried to file a complaint but they are not on the consumers side at all, They back up the dealer. Its a nice looking car and a nice ride but its a gas burner Scotty. I got better gas mileage with my 1972 Corvette and my international Scout II. The dealer has taken the car many times and test driven it all over the place and all hey can tell me is that everything is ok and within specs. It coast me $75.00 to fill my tank and it drinks the gas like a pig. They tell me the gas winter blend or summer blend and now they tell e I need to bring the car in for a fuel system and injector treatment or cleaning and transmission service. More crap to sell me more money to burn. I wish I never bought this car thats for sure.The window sticker said the EPA was 24 city 33 highway. Nowhere even close.People on the street I talk to with the same car tell me they get way better gas mileage. My car has an 18,5 gallon tank. If Im lucky I will get 300 miles to a tank of gas on a good day maybe 350 miles to a tank of gas.This is not the ar of my dreams by any means but come on does the EPA and the window sticker on the car lie that much? Are other people that have the same car as mine lie as well? Well thank you for letting me ask my question and state my complaint to you and your other followers. Scotty West
Thank you. I'll add this to the list of reasons not to buy a Kia.
Do not buy a Kia. Cheap crap and Kia the warranty is also crap. I have a Kia Optima S the engine had to be replaced at 23,000 and I am coming up on 65000 miles. I bought the car new inMay of 2019. Last eek I had to replace he right from spring coil and strut. Upon having my mechanic do a compkete brake job noticed the spring was broken and cracked and told be to tow it to the Kia dealership cause I had bought theextended warrany for 5400 and it would cover the noe needed repair, So I towd the car to the dealership and as you can guess the repair was not covered claim denied.$2300 later I had to pay for this myself, The dealership claimed that they have never seen a car with a spring coil and strut fail before that the only way this could have happened was be me hitting aomething. I explaied to them I never hit anything. No bent wheel no body dammage no blown out tire . Not impossible.Keep in mind the car had 4 brand new tires out in it 4 weeks ago and the dealership did a whel alingment and noticed nothing ?? Bad dealership bad car KIA sucks do not buy one!!!!!!!!
Maybe, just maybe, if you didn't drive 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, you'd get better gas mileage.
That is definitely a horrible gas mileage for a sedan. I had a 2015 Ford Fusion SE before and I did highway only like you do with a little city driving. I got 35 mpg. And no, my Fusion wasn't a hybrid. Did I follow the speed limit? No. I always drove 80, 85, 90 in 70 zone.
Not driving super fast or no sudden crazy acceleration definitely can help, but it shouldn't matter this much. I have a 2022 Civic and it has that green bar that shows when the car is getting best fuel efficient mileage and yes I do see it disappear when I suddenly accelerate to merge or when I'm increasing my speed, but when I reach a steady speed it comes back. And I never drive the speed limit; I don't go less than 70mph in the freeway. Yeah I don't get the exact epa ratings, but it's very close to it.
Yours is a Kia so I wouldn't be surprised if it was some issue with the car. Other people are talking about it too:
https://www.optimaforums.com/threads/misleading-mpg-on-the-optima.172724/
Some issues thats an under state,emt. Im getting rid of it asap and looking into Honda or Toyota.
Oh yeah definitely go with a Honda or Toyota while you can get good value for the Kia. It's interesting that just a couple hours ago someone (a Kia owner) was arguing with me that my Civic purchase was bad choice and I should have bought a Kia like them. I was like yeah I'll see if you still think the same after a couple months of owning that rolling pile of junk.
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