NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Kia Optima Hybrid Recalls
The 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 56
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V652000
- Reported
- September 25, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,730,192
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 Optima Hybrid, 11 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 20V750000
- Reported
- December 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 294,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 Optima Hybrid, 5 other models
2013 Kia Optima Hybrid complaints by year
NHTSA has received 56 owner complaints about the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid, the component group named most often is the electrical system (39%), followed by the engine (25%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (18%).
1 of the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid's 2 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid owners gave the mileage (45 complaints), the median was 68,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System22
- Engine14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic10
- Unknown Or Other9
- Power Train7
- Hybrid Propulsion System5
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 9. 20% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 56 complaints about the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Optima Hybrid by model year
Other 2013 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted