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2014 Kia Optima Hybrid: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid. NHTSA has 31 complaints on file for this model year. 6 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

No NHTSA recall campaign names the 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid. The model year has a page because NHTSA has 31 complaints for it.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

31 complaints, 51 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid
  • All 2014 vehicles
2014 Kia Optima Hybrid: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2014 Optima HybridAll 2014 vehiclesOptima Hybrid, all yearsMentions
Engine313.7145.4353.416
Electrical System215.7117.7175.511
Vehicle Speed Control78.433.340.94
Unknown or Other78.486.364.94
Fuel/Propulsion System58.842.516.83
Steering58.872.548.13
Air Bags58.871.731.33
Power Train58.8130.376.93
Service Brakes19.652.243.31
Suspension19.624.29.61

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 12.

Complaints that report a crash
5
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
2
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
10 Jan 2026

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2018, with 8 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
DP22005Defect petitionPedestrian alert soundsElectrical System / Propulsion System27 Jan 20237 Aug 202322V063000
DP22003Defect petitionLoss of Motive PowerEngine12 Sep 202212 Dec 2023
EA19001Engineering analysisElectrical overstressAir Bags / Air Bag/Restraint Control Module19 Apr 201919 Sep 202420V024
PE19004Preliminary evaluationNon-crash Vehicle FiresElectrical System / 12v/24v/48v Battery / Cables29 Mar 201922 Dec 202120V088000
DP18003Defect petitionNon-crash Vehicle FiresElectrical System / 12v/24v/48v Battery / Cables21 Aug 201810 May 201918V907000
RQ17003Recall queryScope and TimelinessEngine18 May 201722 Dec 202117V224000

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20113
  2. 20123
  3. 20132
  4. 20140
  5. 20150
  6. 20160
  7. 20172
  8. 20182
  9. 20200

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kia/optima-hybrid/2014/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Kia America, Inc.

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Questions

How many recall campaigns does the Kia Optima Hybrid have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Kia Optima Hybrid, model years 2011 to 2020. None of them names the 2014 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid name most often?
Engine: 16 of 51 component mentions, or 313.7 per 1,000. For all 2014 vehicles the figure is 145.4 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid open?
No. Each of the 6 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.