Forward Collision Avoidance Related Problems of the 2016 Kia Motor Optima

Table 1 shows three common forward collision avoidance related problems of the 2016 Kia Motor Optima. The number one most common problem is related to the adaptive cruise control (two problems). The second most common problem is related to the automatic emergency braking (two problems).

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Kia Motor Optima


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of the 2016 Kia Motor Optima

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Suddenly, the warning lights on my dashboard resembled that of a christmas tree. I was seeing warning lights for the passenger airbag, blind spot warning/assist, auto-hold, adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, etc - were all suddenly offline.   Read details...

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Vehicle went into emergency mode while in the highway system completely locked could not drive lost power and was forced to pull over and have vehicle towed, mechanic took a look indicated new alternator was required there for we purchased new alternator and new battery car turned on and same issue   Read details...

The Warnings problem

On [xxx] I was proceeding to come up to the stop sign when out of no where the car started rapidly accelerating and when I proceeded to step on the brakes it wouldn't stop it only sped up more. And caused a server accident that left me with serious injuries.   Read details...


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