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Best and worst years for the Kia Optima Hybrid

Of the 5 model years of the Kia Optima Hybrid with enough data to compare, the 2012 has the most complaints filed within five years of the model year (65), and the 2011 has the fewest (14).

Complaints in the first five years, by model year

Complaints within five years of the model year, Kia Optima Hybrid 0 33 65 2011: 14 14 '11 2012: 65 65 '12 2013: 47 47 '13 2014: 44 '14 2015: 16 '15 2016: 3 '16 2017: 23 23 '17 2018: 7 '18 2020: 3 '20
  • Most complaints
  • Fewest complaints
  • In between
Every bar counts only complaints about failures within five years of the model year, so older and newer years are measured on the same footing.
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Model yearComplaints (first five years; total for recent years)
201114
201265
201347
201444
201516
20163
201723
20187
20203

What stands out

No single model year stands far above the rest, so complaint patterns are fairly even across the years compared.

Look closer at the years with the most complaints: 2012 and 2013. Or the years with the fewest: 2011 and 2017.

All model years

Model yearFirst five yearsAll complaints
202033
201877
20172341
201636
20151617
20144451
20134792
201265155
20111447