23V594000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCH
A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.
2017 KIA OPTIMA
3 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 351 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints351
Complaints citing a crash7
Complaints citing a fire14
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 3 of 3
18V907000
ENGINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
18V161000
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM
If the VPD activates while the vehicle is being operated in Electric Vehicle (EV) mode, there may be a loss of power, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 161ENGINE
- 33UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 23ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 20FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 20POWER TRAIN
- 14EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 13VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 11STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 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.