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2014 Kia Optima drivetrain & axles problems

19 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2014 Kia Optima, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
19 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
93,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2014 Kia Optima Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 93,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 93,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 29% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 93,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I was in a parking structure, stopped at a stop sign. I continued a few feet to my designated parking stall and when I turned the wheel the car accelerated at what felt and sounded like full throttle on it's own. The surge of the vehicle forced the car to crash into a concrete wall causing extensive damage to the vehicle and bodily injury to myself. The vehicle is only a few months old. This car has some very serious safety issues. Someone could have been killed. Now I am terrified to ever drive it again.

Reported at 12,000 miles, February 2015 CrashInjury

Check engine light has been on for a week. Had appt to go in 2/2/21 with kia but driving down the interstate started hearing a light ticking sound. When I accelerated on the gas it didnt do anything. It was bogged down. It stayed at 60 MPH so I did it again and still the same thing. My husband aslo said that it's been sucking oil down for no reason. It has 89,000 miles on it. I had to pull over and have it towed to kia. I'm still currently waiting to hear what they are gonna do.

Reported at 89,000 miles, January 2021

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