23V652000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2011 KIA OPTIMA
5 safety recall campaigns, 7 defect investigations (1 open), 775 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations71 open
Owner complaints775
Complaints citing a crash38
Complaints citing a fire48
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
18V907000
ENGINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
18V363000
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
If the frontal air bags and seat belt pretensioners are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.
17V224000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Bearing wear may result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.
13V114000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. Additionally, when the ignition is in the 'ON' position, the transmission shifter may be able to be moved out of PARK without first applying the brake. This may lead to unintentional movement of the car which may increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 254ENGINE
- 99STEERING
- 82EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 61ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 39UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 31AIR BAGS
- 26SERVICE BRAKES
- 23POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 KIA OPTIMAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.