NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Kia Optima Recalls
The 2004 Kia Optima has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on May 27, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Kia Optima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 225
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Kia Optima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2004 Kia Optima
Suspension: front
- Campaign
- 09V183000
- Reported
- May 27, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 36,538
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Optima
2004 Kia Optima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 225 owner complaints about the 2004 Kia Optima, the newest on February 11, 2025. Of these, 8 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Kia Optima, the component group named most often is the latches/locks/linkages (36%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the structure (19%).
The 2004 Kia Optima's only recall does not concern the latches/locks/linkages.
Where 2004 Kia Optima owners gave the mileage (187 complaints), the median was 82,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Latches/Locks/Linkages81
- Electrical System45
- Structure42
- Air Bags26
- Suspension19
- Unknown Or Other12
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 30 | |
| 2011 | 28 | |
| 2012 | 20 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 29 | |
| 2016 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Kia Optima peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 30. 13% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Kia Optima drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Kia Optima year in the same window: 18th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Kia Optima years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 225 complaints about the 2004 Kia Optima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Optima by model year
Other 2004 Kia models
Newest record on this page: February 11, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted