Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-09 | 11V153000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT | 70,115 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | After adding oil..Car stopped while driving…Smoke and Fire occurred.. Now engine will not start.. 2 Mechanics Stated “E… |
| 2023-04-02 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | My vehicle speed up and slow down all that itself. It will not maintain speed even with my foot steady on the gas. It w… |
| 2023-01-31 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | 2007 KIA OPTIMA. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING COLLISION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS T… |
| 2022-09-13 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | The contact owned a 2007 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving at 5-10 MPH, the vehicle before her vehicle slowe… |
| 2022-04-30 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | headlights very dim . replaced bulbs . replaced wiring harness. replaced alternater . still dim . cannot see more than … |
| 2021-06-19 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | My headlights are preventing me from passing motor vehicle inspection low beam are on doesn't look like their on so I … |
| 2020-05-18 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER FUELING VEHICLE WILL NOT RUN. KEEPS DYING FOR UP TO TWO DAYS. DRIVES FOR A FEW SECOND THEN DIES WHILE DRIVING |
| 2020-04-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY LOW BEAM LIGHTS HAVE NO VISIBILITY AND I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ONLINE USED HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY BECAUSE IT COSTS $400 … |
| 2020-02-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE BURNS OUT BLINKER BULBS AND HEADLIGHTS AT AN EXTREMELY ACCELERATED RATE: ONE A MONTH. ADDITIONALLY, THE WIRING … |
| 2020-01-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG JUST CAME ON A COUPLE DAYS AGO . IT HASN'T BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING. THE SUSPENSION IS ROUGH WHEN… |
| 2020-01-14 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS VERY DIM NO MATTER WHAT BULB YOU PUT IT. CANNOT SEE MORE THAN 3FT IN FRONT OF YOU WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. VIS… |
| 2019-09-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ON SATURDAY 9/14/19 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SHE HEARD A NOISE AND THE CHECK ENGINE/OIL LIGHT CAME O… |
| 2019-06-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I'VE SEEN IN OTHER FORUMS ABOUT ENGINE RECALLS. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED AND THE ENGINE IN MY CAR DISINTEGRATED. IT WAS REP… |
| 2019-04-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | HEAD LIGHT ARE DIM AND HAVE NO VISABILTY |
| 2019-02-23 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CADILLAC CONVERTER IS GATHERING SOOT BUILD UP ACCORDING TO THE GARAGE. NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IS CAUSING THE ENGINE… |
| 2019-01-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. AT FIRST IT WOULD GO OFF AND ON WITH NO CODE. NOW IT STAYS ON WITH THE CODE P042… |
| 2018-10-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY KIA OPTIMA BEGAN CONSUMING LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL BUT IT WASN'T LEAKING OUT OR BURNING OFF ANYWHERE. I BEGAN TO WATCH … |
| 2018-09-27 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE TOO DIM. TRIED REPLACING THE BULBS, BUT NO CHANGE. CLEANED THE OUTER LENS TO IMPROVE CLARITY AN… |
| 2018-08-11 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | I WAS AT THE GAS STATION AND MY SON NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE STILL ON, THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY CUT OFF. THEY WO… |
| 2018-05-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE TAPS EVEN AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT SAID IT WAS MY ENGINE THE BACK END. SAID THAT THEIR WAS… |
| 2017-11-18 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | EVER SINCE WE GOT THIS CAR IT HAS BEEN IN 2 ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE RAIN, WHEN I STARTED TO LOOK INTO WHAT WAS CAUSING THI… |
| 2017-10-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR BROKE.... PASSENGER SIDE PREVIOUSLY BROKEN I FILED A COMPLAINT YEARS AGO....NO CONTACT FROM KIA. … |
| 2017-09-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA OPTIMA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME EXTREMELY D… |
| 2017-09-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TO DIM |
| 2017-05-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON IN THE SUMMER OF 2017 AND HASN'T GONE OUT SINCE. I HAVE NEVER HIT ANYTHING TO M… |
| 2017-04-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | DESPITE THERE BEING A VOLUNTARY WARRANTY EXTENSION ON THE PART OF KIA FOR THE OCCUPANCY SENSOR MAT, THEY REFUSE TO REPL… |
| 2016-12-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND MY DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG CAME ON. A FEW MONTHS PRIOR, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE O2 SENSOR BECAUSE … |
| 2016-11-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND MY AIR BAG LIGHT JUST CAME ON. *TR |
| 2016-08-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | FREQUENT LOW BEAM AND HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHT FAILURES OVER LAST 4 YEARS..LAST MONTH I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE PASSENGER … |
| 2016-06-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE… |
| 2016-05-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS KIA OPTIMA NEW. THE "PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF" LIGHT WOULD FREQUENTLY ILLUMINATE, EVEN WHEN A PASSENGER WAS … |
| 2016-04-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL WAS LOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON NEED NEW ENGINE SAID IT WAS FROM METAL SHAVINGS IN OIL |
| 2016-03-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT… |
| 2015-12-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2007 KIA OPTIMA,CUTS OFF WILL DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IN ANYWAY, THEN IT TURNS I… |
| 2015-12-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTI… |
| 2015-11-11 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR HEADLIGHTS WERE EXTREMELY DIM. THE LIGHTS … |
| 2015-10-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | KNAGE123575112607 I TOOK MY CAR IN TODAY BECAUSE OF A LETTER I RECEIVED FOR A SERVICE CAMPAIGN. THERE ARE ALL SEVERAL P… |
| 2015-10-16 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | PASSENGER SUN VISOR STOPPED WORKING AND STAYS DOWN AFFECTING VISIBILITY ON RIGHT SIDE. |
| 2015-10-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON AIRBAG ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE 2007 KIA OPTIMA AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS SA… |
| 2015-10-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | OEM HEADLIGHTS GO BAD. LIGHTS GOT PROGRESSIVELY DIM WITH TIME. GOT TO THE POINT I COULD BARELY DRIVE AT NIGHT. DANGEROU… |
| 2015-09-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE AN … |
| 2015-08-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVER AND PASSENG… |
| 2015-06-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER BECAME STUCK IN NEUTRAL. T… |
| 2015-06-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I HAVE NOTIFIED KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE TO NO AVAIL. I ALSO NOTIFIED NHTSA A WHILE BACK AND NO FOLLOW UP NOR ANY RECALLS. … |
| 2015-06-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER D… |
| 2015-06-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2006.5 KIA OPTIMA EX THAT HAD A SIX YEAR, SIXTY THOUSAND MILE FULL WARRANTY AND A TEN YEAR, ONE HUNDRED THOUSA… |
| 2015-05-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | WHILE DRIVING ON HYWY 80 WEST, HIT BLACK ICE, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE SPUN AND THEN FLIPPED END OVER END CAUS… |
| 2015-04-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I JUST HAD THE CLOCK SPRING RECALL FIXED, AND I AM BEING TOLD THAT THE OCS SENSOR MAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THAT WILL… |
| 2015-04-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS EXTREMELY DIM, PROBLEM REVIEWED BY DEALER. NO RESOLUTION. SEEMS A ELECTRICAL SITUATION. SAME PRO… |
| 2015-03-24 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME CORRODED PREMATURELY DUE TO SALT. THE CONT… |