NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Kia Optima Recalls
The 2010 Kia Optima has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 1, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 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
- 75
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 Kia Optima
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V114000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 980,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2009, 2011 Optima, 8 other models
2010 Kia Optima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 75 owner complaints about the 2010 Kia Optima, the newest on March 7, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (9%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Kia Optima, the component group named most often is the power train (32%), followed by the air bags (23%) and the electrical system (17%).
The 2010 Kia Optima's only recall does not concern the power train.
Where 2010 Kia Optima owners gave the mileage (61 complaints), the median was 70,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train24
- Air Bags17
- Electrical System13
- Engine9
- Vehicle Speed Control6
- Service Brakes4
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Kia Optima peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 16. 37% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Kia Optima drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Kia Optima year in the same window: 16th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 75 complaints about the 2010 Kia Optima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Optima by model year
Other 2010 Kia models
Newest record on this page: March 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted