NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Kia Optima Recalls
The 2006 Kia Optima has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Kia Optima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 155
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Kia Optima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2006 Kia Optima
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 12V014000
- Reported
- January 17, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 145,755
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Optima, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 11V153000
- Reported
- March 9, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,115
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Optima
2006 Kia Optima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 155 owner complaints about the 2006 Kia Optima, the newest on August 14, 2023. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Kia Optima, the component group named most often is the air bags (30%), followed by the latches/locks/linkages (17%) and the electrical system (15%).
1 of the 2006 Kia Optima's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2006 Kia Optima owners gave the mileage (128 complaints), the median was 61,787 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags46
- Latches/Locks/Linkages27
- Electrical System23
- Exterior Lighting16
- Power Train14
- Structure12
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 19 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Kia Optima peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 19. 28% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Kia Optima drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Kia Optima year in the same window: 11th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 155 complaints about the 2006 Kia Optima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Optima by model year
Other 2006 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted