NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Kia Optima Recalls
The 2001 Kia Optima has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 27, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Kia Optima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 143
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2001 Kia Optima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2001 Kia Optima
Suspension: front
- Campaign
- 09V183000
- Reported
- May 27, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 36,538
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Optima
Electrical system: starter assembly
- Campaign
- 03V067000
- Reported
- March 4, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,501
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Optima
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 01V156000
- Reported
- May 1, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,231
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Kia Optima
2001 Kia Optima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 143 owner complaints about the 2001 Kia Optima, the newest on January 26, 2024. Of these, 15 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Kia Optima, the component group named most often is the structure (24%), followed by the suspension (20%) and the air bags (19%).
1 of the 2001 Kia Optima's 3 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2001 Kia Optima owners gave the mileage (84 complaints), the median was 81,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure35
- Suspension28
- Air Bags27
- Engine And Engine Cooling24
- Electrical System17
- Latches/Locks/Linkages15
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 22 | |
| 2003 | 24 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Kia Optima peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 24. 45% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Kia Optima drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Kia Optima year in the same window: 9th highest of the 20 ranked years.
The 143 complaints about the 2001 Kia Optima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Optima by model year
Other 2001 Kia models
Newest record on this page: January 26, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted