KIA Optima vs Honda Cr-V

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	KIA Optima	Honda Cr-V
Complaints on file	10,387	21,377
Model years covered	2001–2020	1997–2026
Worst model year	2013	2019
Best model year	2005	2001
Crashes reported	505	1,263
Fires reported	647	227
Injuries reported	315	784
Deaths reported	22	27
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	14.3%	10.8%

KIA Optima by year

231 168 190 306 180 214 218 188 166 99 781 1,263 1,889 791 1,403 1,079 355 334 321 211

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 3,400 32.7%

Electrical System 944 9.1%

Other & Unspecified 847 8.2%

Steering 756 7.3%

Airbags 573 5.5%

Body & Structure 565 5.4%

Brakes 534 5.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 506 4.9%

Honda Cr-V by year

129 136 158 156 159 661 581 603 602 522 1,163 1,222 447 588 648 515 500 799 978 549 2,654 3,018 1,561 472 467 321 656 556 365 191

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,767 12.9%

Electrical System 2,536 11.9%

Airbags 2,398 11.2%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,948 9.1%

Steering 1,727 8.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,671 7.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,651 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,025 4.8%