23V594000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCH
A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.
2018 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID
2 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 7 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints7
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
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 2 of 2
21V844000
ENGINE
A damaged engine can increase the risk of a fire or it can cause an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 3ENGINE
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 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.