Vehicle
2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Kia is recalling 2017-2018 Optima Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid vehicles because premature engine bearing wear can cause engine damage, increasing the risk of fire or a crash.
Kia is recalling specific 2016-2018 Optima and Rio vehicles because a cracked trunk latch base may prevent the trunk from opening from the inside, potentially trapping occupants.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.