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.
2015 KIA OPTIMA
4 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations (1 open), 1,394 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations41 open
Owner complaints1,394
Complaints citing a crash56
Complaints citing a fire115
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 4 of 4
21V331000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An electrical short in the HECU increases the risk of a fire while parked or driving.
20V519000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
If the HECU short circuits, there is an increased risk of an engine compartment fire.
18V907000
ENGINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 618ENGINE
- 138UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 127ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 75STRUCTURE:BODY
- 68STEERING
- 49SERVICE BRAKES
- 48POWER TRAIN
- 44FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 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.