Factory build sheet
2016 Kia Optima EX
Build 00XGU4L3-G
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 00XGU4L3 and position 10 reads G. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Optima whose VIN starts 00XGU4L3 and carries G in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 24 of them.
- Decoded Sep 9, 2026
- 24 known VINs
Factory specification
As filed by Kia with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 00X | World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | GU4L3 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | G | Model year — 2016 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2016 Kia Optima as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★★ 5 / 5
5 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2016 Optima. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
24 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 00XGU4L3-G shares the specification above.
- 24 Known VINs
- 00XGU4L3 8GG008887
- 00XGU4L3 7GG091356
- 00XGU4L3 4GG114883
- 00XGU4L3 7GG004815
- 00XGU4L3 1GG002428
- 00XGU4L3 6GG045260
- 00XGU4L3 XGG006977
- 00XGU4L3 3GG074019
- 00XGU4L3 6GG078839
- 00XGU4L3 XGG087950
- 00XGU4L3 5GG048036
- 00XGU4L3 8GG054879
- 00XGU4L3 1GG012733
- 00XGU4L3 7GG106471
- 00XGU4L3 3GG005847
- 00XGU4L3 5GG068061
- 00XGU4L3 2GG014667
- 00XGU4L3 1GG093426
- 00XGU4L3 4GG088673
- 00XGU4L3 7GG075495
- 00XGU4L3 5GG045394
- 00XGU4L3 0GG067531
- 00XGU4L3 0GG030012
- 00XGU4L3 2GG098733
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 24 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.