NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Kia Optima Hybrid Recalls
The 2018 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 2018 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
- 3
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 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 2018 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 2017 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 2017 Optima Hybrid
2018 Kia Optima Hybrid complaints by year
NHTSA has received 3 owner complaints about the 2018 Kia Optima Hybrid, the newest on April 5, 2023.
In complaints about the 2018 Kia Optima Hybrid, the component group named most often is the engine (100%), followed by the electrical system (33%) and the fuel/propulsion system (33%).
1 of the 2018 Kia Optima Hybrid's 2 recalls also concerns the engine.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine3
- Electrical System1
- Fuel/Propulsion System1
- Power Train1
- Unknown Or Other1
Complaints received, by year
| 2022 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2018 Kia Optima Hybrid peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 2. 0% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 3 complaints about the 2018 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 2018 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 24, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted