2011 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID

3 safety recall campaigns, 6 defect investigations (1 open), 47 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations61 open
Owner complaints47
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire4

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

23V6520002023-09-25

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.

20V7500002020-12-02

ENGINE

An engine compartment fire increases the risk of injury.

18V3630002018-06-01

AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE

If the frontal air bags and seat belt pretensioners are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.

What owners report most

  • 19ENGINE
  • 6ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 4AIR BAGS
  • 4POWER TRAIN
  • 3VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 3SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
  • 2SERVICE BRAKES
  • 2STEERING

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2011 KIA OPTIMA HYBRIDs 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.

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