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5 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Kia is recalling 1.7 million vehicles because an electrical short in the brake control unit may cause an engine compartment fire.
Kia is recalling 2011-2018 Optima, Sportage, and Sorento vehicles that had previous engine replacements due to a potential fuel pipe defect that could cause a leak and fire.
Kia is recalling 507,587 vehicles because the air bag control unit may short circuit, preventing frontal air bags and seat belt pretensioners from deploying in a crash.
Kia is recalling 2011-2014 Optima, Sorento, and Sportage vehicles because machining errors may cause premature engine bearing wear, potentially leading to engine seizure and increased crash risk.
Kia is recalling 2012-2013 Optima vehicles because headliner plates may detach during airbag deployment, increasing injury risk.
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.
778 manufacturer service bulletins across 16 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
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.