2015 Kia Optima
This year drew 1,004 complaints against a median of 205 across the Kia Optima's other years, 4.9× that median. No single fault was reported unusually often, and it did not reach the 2.5× threshold this site flags at. It has 4 recalls, listed below.
Last year of its generation. This Kia Optima ran from 2011 to 2015, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,004 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 205 |
| Involving a crash | 31 |
| Involving a fire | 73 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
Recalls for this year
- 18V907000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 20V519000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 21V331000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 23V652000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Kia Optima was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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