2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid. 1 carries a do-not-drive or park-outside warning. Owners have filed 55 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Kia dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid. Check your Optima Hybrid by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 55 complaints with NHTSA about the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid, reporting 1 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injuries. Kia has issued at least 147 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Kia Optima Hybrid owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in 7 investigations. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 55 complaints with NHTSA about the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID THIS MORNING. WHILE DRIVING, I SUDDENLY GOT A WARNING MESSAGE THAT SAID "HYBRID SYSTEM FAILURE STOP SAFELY DO NOT DRIVE". I PULLED OVER AND SMELLED WHAT SEEMED TO BE FIRE, BUT SAW NOTHING.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11132366
“CAUGHT ON FIRE, NON COLLISION, PLEASE SEE LINK TO MY FEATURED NEWS STORY [removed]”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11104798
“VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE IN MOTION TO PARK IN A PARKING SPACE. BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE FROM A VERY SLOW SPEED OF 5-10 MPH APPROXIMATELY. HAS DONE THIS ON OCCASION AT HIGHWAY SPEED A SUDDEN SURGE SO A BRAKING WOULD RELIEVE PROBLEM.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11011110
“Based on reading some service forms, it seems it may be the hydraulic booster, causing the issue. In order for them to take a look at the brakes system. I was charged a upfront diagnostics fee of $316.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11761103
“I googled and a recall # SC200TE showed it was uncompleted. I called Holly Kia in Felton, Delaware, and they informed me my title is "branded" and therefore not covered under recalls. Then i google the recall again and now its gone.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11759772
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Kia dealer.