NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Recalls
The 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 24, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 26
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: latch
- Campaign
- 23V594000
- Reported
- August 24, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 319,436
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 401, interior trunk release
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Optima Hybrid, 2 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 21V844000
- Reported
- October 29, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,731
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Optima Hybrid
2017 Kia Optima Hybrid complaints by year
NHTSA has received 26 owner complaints about the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid, the newest on September 8, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid, the component group named most often is the engine (62%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the service brakes (15%).
1 of the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid's 2 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid owners gave the mileage (19 complaints), the median was 23,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine16
- Electrical System6
- Service Brakes4
- Unknown Or Other4
- Power Train3
- Air Bags1
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 6. 42% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 26 complaints about the 2017 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 2017 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted