2020 Kia Optima: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the 2020 Kia Optima. NHTSA has 146 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
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.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
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Recall campaigns
No NHTSA recall campaign names the 2020 Kia Optima. The model year has a page because NHTSA has 146 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
146 complaints, 214 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.
- 2020 Kia Optima
- All 2020 vehicles
| Component | 2020 Optima | All 2020 vehicles | Optima, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | 462.6 | 134.9 | 303.2 | 99 |
| Power Train | 126.2 | 117.7 | 48.7 | 27 |
| Unknown or Other | 74.8 | 115.3 | 81.2 | 16 |
| Electrical System | 60.7 | 135.8 | 90.8 | 13 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 51.4 | 40.4 | 36.4 | 11 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 37.4 | 14.4 | 23.8 | 8 |
| Service Brakes | 32.7 | 46.4 | 30.2 | 7 |
| Air Bags | 32.7 | 24.7 | 55 | 7 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 28 | 23.4 | 26.4 | 6 |
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 28 | 66.1 | 8.1 | 6 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 19.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 6
- Complaints that report a fire
- 2
- Injuries in the complaints
- 4
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 22 Sep 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.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP22003 | Defect petition | Loss of Motive Power | Engine | 12 Sep 2022 | 12 Dec 2023 |
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.
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2020 Kia OptimaThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2020 Kia Optima: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kia/optima/2020/. 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 MOTORS CORPORATION
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many recall campaigns does the Kia Optima have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 22 recall campaigns for the Kia Optima, model years 2001 to 2020. None of them names the 2020 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2020 Kia Optima name most often?
- Engine: 99 of 214 component mentions, or 462.6 per 1,000. For all 2020 vehicles the figure is 134.9 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2020 Kia Optima open?
- No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.