Kia Optima

Common Optima problems

Across 6 model years (2015–2020), the Kia Optima carries 15 recall campaigns, one of them an urgent do-not-drive or park-outside order. Owners have filed 2,570 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 15 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 6 of 6 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Report link
2020	0	137	Report
2019	1	203	Report
2018	2	229	Report
2017	3	252	Report
2016	5	748	Report
2015	4	1,001	Report

All Kia models·Optima recall history·Optima safety timeline