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.
2012 KIA OPTIMA
5 safety recall campaigns, 7 defect investigations (1 open), 1,261 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations71 open
Owner complaints1,261
Complaints citing a crash37
Complaints citing a fire120
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
22V560000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A plate that detaches during a crash may strike an occupant, increasing their risk of injury.
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.
What owners report most
- 397ENGINE
- 185STEERING
- 121ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 87UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 53POWER TRAIN
- 52SERVICE BRAKES
- 47AIR BAGS
- 42FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 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.