Safety Score
86
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2010 Kia Optima.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1.We were driving and the car just cut off. Not from the lack of fuel but cut off in the middle of traffic. (Available … |
| 2025-01-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I was getting ready to go out of town for work so before I left my home town. I went to a place to get my oil change. B… |
| 2023-05-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Car would not engage into “Park” while attempting to park car in driveway. Shifter would not engage in any gear. Tried … |
| 2022-09-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Rod bearing knocking noise. Vehicle stopped running when slowing down. Car is available for inspection. No warning ligh… |
| 2022-05-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | At 134000 miles car got a knock on interstate. 5 miles to next exit a loud bang. Then the knock went to a loud loud ban… |
| 2022-01-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The car lurches or jerks when slowing down or stopping at about 20 mph . Lurch or jerking is enough to jerk to the driv… |
| 2021-05-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Car has very hard downshift at low speed going from 2nd gear to 1st. Seems to be alot of these complaints and would be … |
| 2021-03-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE BLEW DOING 40-45 ON A COUNTY ROAD 1,000 RPM 5TH GEAR, IN AUTOMATIC. 2ND TO 1ST, SOFT TO HARD KICK. VEHICLE… |
| 2021-02-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Kia Optima. The contact stated while driving 1 mph, the vehicle started overheating then there … |
| 2020-09-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The engine on my 2010 Kia Optima suddenly seized without warning around 150,000 miles. The vehicle had no knocking soun… |
| 2020-06-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. GERVAIS KI… |
| 2020-02-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY OPTIMA HAS 104,000 MILES. JUST LAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING ON WET ROADS, I LOST CONTROL AS THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WO… |
| 2019-09-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND SAYS I NEED TO REPLACE THE AIRBAGS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. NOW AIRBAG SYSTEM IS DISENGAGED. |
| 2019-03-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVING CAR JUST SHUT OFF IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON RD AVERAGE SPEED 40 NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON RESTARTED STALLED ALL TH… |
| 2019-02-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN COMING TO A STOP MY CAR SHIFTS FROM 3RD TO 2ND HER VERY ABRUPTLY. IT MAKES IT FEEL AS THOUGH I'VE SLAMMED ON MY BR… |
| 2018-04-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DRIVING HOME FROM WORK MAY7 ON I64 ST.CHARLES CO,MO.SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD AS I APPROACHED BRIDE OVER MISSOURI RI… |
| 2018-03-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE PASSAGE SEAT AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON STEADY CODE STORED B1448 OCS MAT IS DEFECTIVE CAR WAS PARKED IN YARD |
| 2018-02-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE JERKS WHEN DOWNSHIFTING AT ABOUT 20 MPH. |
| 2018-02-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL - HARD DOWNSHIFT FROM 2ND TO 1ST, USUALLY AROUND THE 20MPH MARK! IT'S A SUDDEN JERK AS IF IT HAS BEEN SL… |
| 2017-12-23 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE DRIVER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE DRIVER LO… |
| 2017-09-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL TRANSMISSION HAS A GRINDING AND WHINING NOISE!! BUT TRANSMISSION SHIFT GEAR SMOOTHLY. THESE NOISE WORS… |
| 2016-12-06 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN ACCELERATING OR SLOWING DOWN MY VEHICLE JERK EVEN WHEN I'M ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAVE THE CRUISE CONTROL SET IT WILL … |
| 2016-11-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS A TERRIBLE RATTLE COMING FROM THE REAR END WHILE DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE MOVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE. NOT SURE… |
| 2016-06-16 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED, THE PASSENGER NOTICED THAT THE SEAT BELT WAS NO… |
| 2016-06-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE IGNITION WANT TURN ALL TO WAY OFF I HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND ON 2 OR 3 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL TURN COMPLETELY OFF SO I… |
| 2016-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK DO NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME.I HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR WITH THE KEY SOMETIME.THE CAR IS STATION… |
| 2016-03-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. LIGHT ON CLOCK AREA SHOWED AN OFF FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED THE CAR. THE SUDDENLY ON OR ABOUT 3/6/… |
| 2016-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN IT IS HOT AND THE SUN IS SHINING DOWN ON THE VEHICLE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THE DRIVERS DOOR AND REAR PASSENGE… |
| 2015-12-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING HOME ONE DAY IN DECEMBER 2015, EACH TIME I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT, YIELD SIGN OR SLOWED TO A LOW SPEED (… |
| 2015-11-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CAR HAS A LURCHING ISSUE WHEN IT SLOWS DOWN TO 20MPH WHEN THE CAR LURCHES WITH A HARD DOWN SHIFT TO 1ST GEAR. THIS … |
| 2015-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WENT TO GO OUT(6:30 AM) AND FOUND THAT MY TRUNK LID WAS UNLATCHED, NOT OPEN, JUST UNLATCHED. FOUND OUT BY IT SHOWING O… |
| 2015-08-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | LOUD GRINDING NOISE DEVELOPED IN RIGHT REAR BRAKE. UPON HIS EXAMINATION, MECHANIC FOUND RIGHT REAR BRAKE CALIPER FROZEN… |
| 2015-08-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | VARIOUS DOORS WILL NOT PROPERLY LOCK/UNLOCK FROM THE ELECTRIC SWITCH AND THE KEY FOB. THIS IS AN INTERMENT FAILURE AFF… |
| 2015-06-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHTS WILL NOT GO OFF DEALER RESET BUT CAME BACK ON SOON AFTERWARDS. ANOTHER DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UN… |
| 2015-06-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | NOTICED AN AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON ON THE DASH. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR H… |
| 2015-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG, ABS, AND BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS CONTI… |
| 2015-03-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | POWER DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT WORK AT TIMES BOTH INSIDE AND WITH THE REMOTE PREVENTING ALL ABILITY TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICL… |
| 2015-03-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE WEATHER STRIP ON THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER SIDE JUST STRARTED LIFTING UP AND COMING OFF AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN TH… |
| 2015-02-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FOUR POWER DOOR LOCKS INTERMITTENTLY WOULD NOT LOCK… |
| 2015-02-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | I LIVE IN IOWA AND WE GOT 6 INCHES OF SNOW.... WENT TO CLEAN THE SNOW OFF MY CAR WITH THE BRUSH PART OF SNOW BRUSH AND … |
| 2014-12-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE… |
| 2014-11-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DECELERATING, EITHER BRAKING OR COASTING, THE CAR WILL LURCH VIOLENTLY WHEN REACHING APPROXIMATELY 22 MPH. THE SE… |
| 2014-05-09 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | DRIVER DOOR FAILS TO UNLOCK WHEN REMOTE IS PRESSED TO UNLOCK BUT WILL UNLOCK ALL OTHER DOORS. THE DRIVERS DOOR AND ALL … |
| 2014-03-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | OUR VEHICLE STARTED ONLY UNLOCKING THE 3 PASSENGER SIDE DOORS, WHEN USING THE KEYFOB TO UNLOCK. THE DRIVERS DOOR WILL S… |
| 2014-01-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, A VEHICLE REAR-ENDED MY 2010 KIA OPTIMA. THE DRIVER HIT MY KIA SO HARD, I HIT THE MUS… |
| 2014-01-22 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. T… |
| 2013-11-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HARD JERK WHEN DOWNSHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR AT 20-22 MPH. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ON WET, ICY OR … |
| 2013-09-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH OUR 2010 KIA OPTIMA, WHICH CURRENTLY HAS 45000 MILES ON IT. THE TPMS, (!) AN… |
| 2013-07-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE CRUISE CONTROL IS INOPERATIVE. THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WILL COME ON, BUT YOU CANNOT "SET" THE CRUISE CONTROL. I … |
| 2013-03-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE KICKS FROM SECOND GEAR TO FIRST GEAR WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM 20MPH. *TR |