NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Kia Optima Recalls
The 2017 Kia Optima has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 24, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Kia Optima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 257
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Kia Optima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2017 Kia Optima
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 2016, 2018 Optima, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 18V907000
- Reported
- December 19, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,653
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2016 Optima, 2 other models
Hybrid propulsion system
- Campaign
- 18V161000
- Reported
- March 8, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,710
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Optima
2017 Kia Optima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 257 owner complaints about the 2017 Kia Optima, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (2%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Kia Optima, the component group named most often is the engine (64%), followed by the electrical system (10%) and the power train (8%).
None of the 2017 Kia Optima's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2017 Kia Optima owners gave the mileage (86 complaints), the median was 54,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine165
- Unknown Or Other33
- Electrical System25
- Power Train21
- Fuel/Propulsion System20
- Exterior Lighting15
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 37 | |
| 2023 | 61 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 42 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2017 Kia Optima peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 61. 20% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Kia Optima drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Kia Optima year in the same window: 12th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 257 complaints about the 2017 Kia Optima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Optima by model year
Other 2017 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted