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Kia Optima problems by year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA for each model year, with the number of safety recalls. Tap a year for the breakdown by component and mileage.
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- Complaints are unverified owner reports. NHTSA does not confirm each one.
- No denominator: popular cars get more complaints. Counts are not failure rates; a best-seller will show more reports than a rare model.
Complaints per model year
Bars: owner complaints (each complaint counted once). "rec." = safety recalls. Most complaints: 2013 (1,386).
201075 · 1 rec.2011
594 · 5 rec.2012
920 · 5 rec.2013
1,386 · 9 rec.2014
590 · 7 rec.2015
1,009 · 4 rec.2016
759 · 5 rec.2017
256 · 3 rec.2018
232 · 2 rec.2019
212 · 1 rec.2020
151 · 0 rec.
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