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KIA Optima problems reported in Iowa

57 of the 10,355 complaints filed about the KIA Optima came from Iowa, most often about the engine & cooling.

Bigger states file more complaints simply for having more drivers. What is worth reading here is the mix — a part that fails in heat, cold or road salt shows up in some states long before others.

57

Complaints from Iowa

8

Crashes

0

Fires

2013

Worst model year

What failed

By model year

2002 Optima 4 7.0%
2004 Optima 2 3.5%
2005 Optima 1 1.8%
2007 Optima 1 1.8%
2008 Optima 5 8.8%
2010 Optima 1 1.8%
2011 Optima 1 1.8%
2012 Optima 11 19.3%
2013 Optima 16 28.1%
2014 Optima 2 3.5%
2015 Optima 8 14.0%
2016 Optima 1 1.8%
2017 Optima 2 3.5%
2018 Optima 1 1.8%
2019 Optima 1 1.8%

Cities reporting most

Council Bluffs 7 17.9%
Sioux City 6 15.4%
Cedar Rapids 4 10.3%
Waterloo 4 10.3%
RED OAK 3 7.7%
DES Moines 3 7.7%
Earling 2 5.1%
West Burlington 2 5.1%
Guttenberg 2 5.1%
LE Mars 2 5.1%
Grimes 2 5.1%
Dubuque 2 5.1%

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