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KIA Optima problems reported in Pennsylvania

338 of the 10,355 complaints filed about the KIA Optima came from Pennsylvania, 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.

338

Complaints from Pennsylvania

16

Crashes

16

Fires

2013

Worst model year

What failed

By model year

2001 Optima 16 4.7%
2002 Optima 9 2.7%
2003 Optima 7 2.1%
2004 Optima 7 2.1%
2005 Optima 7 2.1%
2006 Optima 5 1.5%
2007 Optima 4 1.2%
2008 Optima 10 3.0%
2009 Optima 9 2.7%
2010 Optima 1 0.3%
2011 Optima 26 7.7%
2012 Optima 54 16.0%
2013 Optima 63 18.6%
2014 Optima 17 5.0%
2015 Optima 40 11.8%
2016 Optima 30 8.9%
2017 Optima 10 3.0%
2018 Optima 8 2.4%
2019 Optima 5 1.5%
2020 Optima 10 3.0%

Cities reporting most

Philadelphia 26 22.6%
Pittsburgh 24 20.9%
West Mifflin 10 8.7%
Harrisburg 10 8.7%
Bensalem 8 7.0%
Titusville 7 6.1%
York 6 5.2%
Saylorsburg 5 4.3%
Lansdale 5 4.3%
Butler 5 4.3%
Allentown 5 4.3%
East Stroudsburg 4 3.5%

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