Safety Score
77
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2009 Kia Optima.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2009 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving at approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle was making an… |
| 2023-11-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | After 131,500 miles, struts, rotors and pads wore out. Lower ball joint and control arm also wore out, No injuries or… |
| 2021-09-08 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The airbags did not deploy while the car was being driven at 65 mph on Interstate 275 S and crashed into a wall barrier… |
| 2021-03-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WHEN COLD THE CAR DOWNSHIFTS HARD INTO FIRST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. ALMOST AT SOMETIMES FEELING LIKE I … |
| 2021-03-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFT VERY HARD FROM 2ND TO 1ST. DEALER RESET MODULE 10 MONTHS AGO. SOLVED PROBLEM. PROBLEM RECURRED. … |
| 2020-11-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN CAR IS SLOWING DOWN AND /OR APPROACHING A STOP SIGN IT GIVES A HARD JERK. EVEN IF TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN ON THE EXPRES… |
| 2020-09-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | LAST WEEK, ON AUG 29TH 2020, I TRIED TO MAKE A LEFT U-TURN ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I… |
| 2020-02-25 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HIS DECEASED DAUGHTER WHO WAS DRIVING A 2009 KIA OPTIMA. THE DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING A… |
| 2020-02-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVING AT 70 MPH, ENGINE DIED AND CAR STARTED SMOKING. PULLED TO SHOULDER, FRONT END OF CAR CAUGHT FIRE. FIRE DEPARTME… |
| 2019-09-27 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON AND DRAINS BATTERY. REAR BRAKE LIGHT NOT FUNCTIONAL. |
| 2019-08-20 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THE … |
| 2019-03-25 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED AND NOTHING WILL HELP UNLOCK IT. IS THERE A RE CALL |
| 2018-11-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | A BEARING IN THE MOTOR OR SOMETHING GAVE OUT AS I WAS DRIVING. I AM UNABLE TO START IT AND KEEP IT STARTED. I WAS TOLD … |
| 2018-10-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG (SRS) WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON AT ABOUT 88,200 MILES IN OCTOBER, 2018. I FIRST NOTICED THIS WHILE… |
| 2018-07-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | SRS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE STATIONARY AND CONTINUED WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING..NOW IT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. NO MATTER HOW … |
| 2018-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS REPLACED 6 TIMES. |
| 2018-04-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR LURCHES AT 20 MPH WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP. THIS HAPPENS AFTER JUST STARTING THE CAR, ONCE DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY… |
| 2017-08-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER … |
| 2017-08-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY 2009 KIA OPTIMA WITH 90,000 MILES IS EXPERIENCING A HARD DOWNSHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR WHEN IT DECELERATES TO ABOUT 20 M… |
| 2017-07-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT'S A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS… |
| 2017-06-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING TWO MONTHS AGO AND YESTERDAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY RE… |
| 2017-06-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY CAR HAS 60,603 MILES ON IT THE SRS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED IT HAS REMAINED ON FOR THE PAST WEEK. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN … |
| 2017-02-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 2012 KIA OPTIMA WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LEAKING OIL LINE WHICH FEEDS LUBRICATION OIL FROM THE ENGINE TO THE TURBOCHARGER… |
| 2016-09-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. THIS IS APPARENTLY AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH 2009 OPTIMAS |
| 2016-09-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT CAME BACK ON, AFTER PASSENGER MAT REPLACED ON RECALL. THEY FOUND CODES B1346 AND B1481 FOR DRIVER'S AIRBAG… |
| 2016-08-11 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED. RECEIVED LETTER FROM KIA IN JULY 2016 THAT IT WOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY C… |
| 2016-08-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TOOK 2009 KIA TO DEALERSHIP, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2016 BECAUSE OF AIR BAG ILLUMINATION. WAS TOLD IT WAS TWO THINGS. THE… |
| 2016-08-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN … |
| 2016-07-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | SEATBELT LIGHT IS ON. DEALER SAYS IT'S A CLOCK SPRING THAT'S NOT UNDER MY WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WILL COST … |
| 2016-07-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON, WON'T GO OFF AND NOW EHICLE WON'T PASS STATE INSPECTION. |
| 2016-06-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AFTER I BOUGHT MY USED 2009 KIA OPTIMA, I WAS EXPERIENCING A HARD DOWNSHIFT WHEN IT DECELERATED, IT WAS SO ABRUPT IT FE… |
| 2016-06-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. NOTHING HAPPENS ON THE VEHICLE |
| 2016-04-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHIC… |
| 2016-04-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | CONSTANTLY BLOWING THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. HAVE REPLACED 4 BULBS IN 4 MONTHS. ON 04/03/16 I LEFT TO START MY CAR TO G… |
| 2015-12-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE I WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT A RECALL, UNTIL RECENTLY, THE DEALER ADVISED MY INFORMATION WAS PROBABLY NOT PASSED ON T… |
| 2015-10-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | FOR A LONG TIME, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. WE HAVE TAKEN THE KIA TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. E… |
| 2015-10-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, ANOTHER MOTORIST NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THE UNDERCARR… |
| 2015-09-26 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | WHILE HITTING SEVERAL TREES IN MY KIA OPTIMA, GOING ABOUT 45MPH, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY INSURANCE COMPANY SAID… |
| 2015-09-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT JERKS FORWARD AND DOWNSHIFTS AGGRESSIVELY AROUND 30 MPH. KIA IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WILL… |
| 2015-09-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED AT FIRST AND AFTER SLOWING DOWN BETWEEN 20-30 MPH APPLYING BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE MAKE… |
| 2015-05-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V… |
| 2015-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN CLEARED 3 TIMES AND IT KEEPS COMING ON. THEY RECALLED THERE 2008 MODELS AND MY CAR WAS MADE I… |
| 2015-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE THE SPEED B… |
| 2015-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY COMPLAINT REGARDS THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON IN 2015 AND HAS REMAINED ON. MY CAR WILL NOT PASS IN… |
| 2014-12-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | APPROACHING A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT, WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES SMOOTHLY, THE BRAKES WILL GRAB AND THE CAR WILL JERK TO A STO… |
| 2014-12-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWS TO 20 MILES PER HOUR, THE CAR DOWNSHIFTS HARD BY ITSELF. CAR LURCHES FORWARD. IN RESEARCHING ON… |
| 2014-11-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG LIGHT COME ON AT AROUND 84000 MILES. WHEN THE ERROR CODE WAS READ, IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH FAULTY OCS MAT ON … |
| 2014-11-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN I GET AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR DOWNSHIFTS HARD FORM 2ND GEAR TO 1 ST GEAR HWNE IT IS COLD ...BUT ONCE IT W… |
| 2014-10-15 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE ESC ALARM CAME ON AND THE CAR BEGAN SHUDDERING. I TRIED TO BRAKE BUT IT SEEMED TO MAKE THE SHUDDERING WORSE. IT B… |
| 2014-10-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL UP TO MANUFACTURE DATE OF JAN 2008 (SC094). HOWEVER, MY VEH… |