NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Kia Optima Recalls
The 2007 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 2007 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
- 167
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 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 2007 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 2006, 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 2006, 2008 Optima
2007 Kia Optima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 167 owner complaints about the 2007 Kia Optima, the newest on August 27, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (7%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2007 Kia Optima, the component group named most often is the air bags (39%), followed by the exterior lighting (16%) and the visibility/wiper (12%).
1 of the 2007 Kia Optima's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2007 Kia Optima owners gave the mileage (130 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags65
- Exterior Lighting27
- Visibility/Wiper20
- Engine16
- Electrical System14
- Power Train13
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2007 Kia Optima peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 21. 26% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Kia Optima drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Kia Optima year in the same window: 14th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 167 complaints about the 2007 Kia Optima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Optima by model year
Other 2007 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 27, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted