tire KIA OPTIMA HYBRID 2017 Warranty and Consumer Information Guide

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This overview chart illustrates warranty coverage and term by months and miles. Please refer to the appropriate
sections in this book for detailed information regarding each of these warranties.
Warranty Program Coverage at a Glance
Warranty Coverage
Emissions Defect
• Any Related Parts
• Specific Parts
Emission Performance
• Any Related Parts
• Specific Parts
Emissions Defect
• Any Related Parts
• Specific Parts
*2
• SULEV*3
Emission Performance
Replacement Parts & AccessoriesBasic
Power Train*1
Service Adjustment
Original Equipment Battery
Paint
Audio / Entertainment
Anti-Perforation
Hybrid System
60,000
100,000
Unlimited
36,000
36,000
100,000
100,000
24
96
24
96
36
84
180
36
12 60
120
12
24
36
36
60
120
Months inMILES IN SERVICEService10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 150,000
WARRANTY TERM(whichever comes first)
Federal
California
24,000 12,000
12,00080,000
24,000
50,000
50,00070,00080,000
NOTE: Tires are warranted by the tire manufacturers.
*1 Original owner 120 Months/100,000 Miles Second and Subsequent Owner(s) 60 Months/60,000 Miles.
*2 Except those specified parts covered by the Federal Emission Performance Warranty.
*3 SULEV covers specific parts for 180 months / 150,000 miles, whichever occurs first. This Limitied California Emission Control Warranty
applies ONLY to SULEV vehicles which are first sold as new vehicles by dealers in California or any other states adopting and
mandating the California Emission Standards. These warranties do not provide any further warranty coverage beyond what is required
by state law.
EMISSION WARRANTY
LIMITED WARRANTY
Original Owner Only
150,000

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New Vehicle Limited Warranty
The following items are not covered:
Damage due to Factors Beyond the Manufacturer’s
Control.
Examples of these factors include, but are not limited to:
•Misuse of your Kia Vehicle such as driving over
curbs, or other hazardous objects or road structures
or into roadway maintenance or construction areas,
overloading the vehicle, racing or engaging in
activities or uses not described in your owner ’s
manual or in Kia’s product literature.
•Accidents and incidents that damage your Kia
vehicle including but not limited to collision, fire,
theft, riot.
•Alteration, modification, tampering, rewiring.
•Damage or corrosion from the environment such as
acid rain, airborne fallout (chemicals, tree sap, etc.),
road salt, hail, wind storm, lightning, floods and acts
of God. This limitation also includes damage to
vehicle assemblies such as brakes and suspension.
•Changes to vehicle appearance caused by normal
use and exposure, corrosion to underlying metalwhen paint integrity is not consistently maintained.
•Consumer induced damage caused by fluid spills,
burns in carpet, seats, trim or other damage that is
not considered a defect in material or workmanship.
•Window glass that is broken, chipped, scratched or
damage from outside influence is not considered a
defect in material or workmanship
•Paint or vehicle finish damage caused by applying
chemicals to the paint surface
•Damage caused by installing incorrect tires(size etc)
•Damage caused by the installation of any part that is
not equal to the OE part in quality of material or
workmanship
Damage due to Lack of Maintenance or the Use of
Wrong Fuel, Oil or Lubricants.
•Improper maintenance or the use of other than the
specified fuel, oil or lubricants recommended in
your Owner’s Manual. It is your obligation to ensure
that you obtain all fuels, oils and lubricants from
reliable vendors using quality products which meet
the Kia specifications identified in your Owner’s
What is Not Covered

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Manual. In the event that problems result to your
vehicle due to service from vendors who use
reduced quality products, your vehicle warranties
will not provide coverage.
•Damaged brake rotors and drums resulting from
failing to replace brake pads and/or shoes before
they have worn sufficiently to damage such rotors
and drums. It is your obligation to ensure adequate
inspections to prevent rotor and drum damage due to
pad/shoe wear.
Manufacturer Design Choices
•The choices made in designing your vehicle,
including the materials chosen for parts and
components.
•Note: A material is not defective or underperforming
under your warranty because a better, stronger, more
durable or more suitable material could have been
used.
•Note: All vehicle dimensions and measurements are
made solely at the discretion of the manufacturer
and are not warranted to be suitable for you or
anyone else who uses your vehicle.
Normal Deterioration
•Replacement or repair of parts intended to wear
including the friction wear parts of the brakes,
including brake pads and shoes, spark plugs, belts,
clutch linings, filters, wiper blades, bulbs, fuses, and
other wear and consumable items.
•Surface corrosion on any part other than the body
sheet metal panels forming the exterior appearance
of a Kia Vehicle.
Normal Maintenance
•Normal maintenance services such as: cleaning and
polishing, minor adjustments, lubrication, oil/fluid
changes, filters, anti- freeze coolant replenishment,
wheel alignment and tire rotation unless such services
are performed as part of a covered warrantable repair.
•Normal maintenance items including but not limited
to spark plugs, engine belts, filters, wiper blades, and
bulbs are not warranted. However, as a matter of
policy, Kia will repair or replace such maintenance
items of a new vehicle during the vehicle’s initial
ownership period, but only up to the first service
interval or 12 months/12,000 miles, whichever
comes first.

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New Vehicle Limited Warranty
•Maintenance services described as “Scheduled
Maintenance Services”, “Owner Maintenance
Services” or “Appearance Care” in your Owner ’s
Manual.
Altered Mileage
•Any repair of a Kia Vehicle on which the odometer
has been altered or on which the actual mileage
cannot be reasonably determined.
(When replacing the speedometer, the “Speedo-
meter Replacement Record” on the inside front
cover of this manual must be filled in by an
Authorized Kia Dealer).
Extra Expenses and Damages
•Any economic loss or other incidental, special,
consequential, or exemplary damages. This includes,
without limitation, payment for loss of use of the
Kia Vehicle, lodging, car rentals, travel costs, loss of
pay and any other expenses or damages.
Tires
•Tires are warranted by the tire manufacturers and not
by Kia. In the event that you need assistance, please
contact your Kia dealer or refer to the tire warranty
pamphlets provided with your Kia Vehicle for
details.
Salvage or Total-Loss Vehicles
•Any Kia Vehicle that has ever been or should have
been issued a “salvage” title or similar
“branded”title under any state’s law; or has been
declared a “total loss” or equivalent by a financial
institution or insurance company. This exclusion
does not apply to Emission Warranties, Replacement
Parts Limited Warranty or any recalls or campaigns.
Production Changes
•Kia and its Authorized Kia Dealers reserve the right
to make changes in vehicles built and/or sold by Kia
and its Authorized Kia Dealers at any time without
incurring any obligation to make the same or similar
changes on vehicles previously built and/or sold.

When you need to talk to Kia and Roadside Assistance40
This section contains information about Kia’s Roadside
Assistance Program, contacting Kia Motors America
and the BBB AUTO LINE. Please review the
procedures on the next few pages. They are provided to
help resolve any concerns you may have with your
vehicle or dealership. Feel free to contact us at any time.
Also included are basic requirements established by your
state regarding Lemon Laws for your reference.
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
As an added consumer benefit, Roadside Assistance is
provided on all new 2016 model Kia Vehicles from the
date the vehicle is delivered to the first retail buyer or
otherwise put into use (in-service date), whichever is
earlier, for a period of 60 months or 60,000 miles,
whichever is earlier, subject to the terms, conditions and
exclusions set forth in this manual.
More information regarding the services available under
Kia’s Roadside Assistance program is available in your
Kia Vehicle’s Owner’s Manual. These servicesgenerally include:
•Towing to the nearest authorized Kia dealer or an
alternative service location in the event of a
warranty-related disablement
•Out of gas assistance (out of gas assistance is limited
to a maximum of 2 times per year and a maximum
of 2 gallons of gasoline)*
•Flat tire assistance*
•Jump start assistance*
•Lock-out assistance* (excludes reimbursement for
replacement of any missing, lost or damaged keys)
•Trip interruption expense benefits in the event a
warranty-related disablement occurs more than 150
miles from home and the repairs require more than
24 hours to complete (limited to $100 per day for a
maximum of 3 days per incident) NOTE: Fleet
vehicles are excluded from reimbursement under
Kia’s Trip Interruption Policy.
*Roadside Services are limited to a maximum of $75
per occurrence.
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