Chevrolet Camaro vs KIA Optima

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chevrolet Camaro	KIA Optima
Complaints on file	4,341	10,355
Model years covered	1968–2024	2001–2020
Worst model year	2010	2013
Best model year	2022	2005
Crashes reported	452	499
Fires reported	115	641
Injuries reported	294	312
Deaths reported	17	22
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	20.2%	14.2%

Chevrolet Camaro by year

3 1 6 1 5 25 40 64 38 29 20 34 32 110 104 45 182 305 159 88 224 133 119 60 100 394 262 161 251 287 306 200 258 111 72 46 22 16 24 4

68 69 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 648 14.9%

Engine & Cooling 480 11.1%

Brakes 464 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 439 10.1%

Airbags 401 9.2%

Steering 284 6.5%

Other & Unspecified 272 6.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 228 5.3%

KIA Optima by year

231 168 190 306 180 214 217 188 166 99 778 1,263 1,885 786 1,400 1,076 354 333 318 203

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,390 32.7%

Electrical System 938 9.1%

Other & Unspecified 842 8.1%

Steering 756 7.3%

Airbags 571 5.5%

Body & Structure 565 5.5%

Brakes 534 5.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 503 4.9%