Airbags complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Kia optima has 18 NHTSA airbags complaints and 2 airbags-related recalls.
18
Complaints
2
Recalls
11
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
17V007000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Kia Motors America (Kia) has recalled one 2016 Optima vehicle. In this vehicle, the end seal for the driver's frontal air bag inflator may not have b...
16V231000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain model year 2016 Kia Optima vehicles manufactured November 10, 2015, to February 12, 2016. In these vehi...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2025 | AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE,ENGINE | I have pictures |
| Mar 25, 2025 | AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | There is a clean slit on my dashboard where the passenger airbags are it’s started to form a complet... |
| May 1, 2024 | AIR BAGS | The dashboard has a crack around the edge of the passenger airbag. I am trying to find out if this ... |
| Nov 14, 2023 | AIR BAGS | I got into a frontal car accident the other car hit the front of my vehicle and no airbags deployed.... |
| Aug 1, 2023 | AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE | Dashboard shows a crack right where the passenger airbag is and Kia Motors wont change it, also the ... |
| Aug 1, 2023 | AIR BAGS,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Crack in dash along outline of airbag. Burns oil so it has to be refilled monthly Now mechanic s... |
| Jun 1, 2023 | AIR BAGS | A straight line crack about 4 inches long appeared suddenly on my dash. The crack is directly over t... |
| Oct 1, 2021 | AIR BAGS,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Suddenly, the warning lights on my dashboard resembled that of a christmas tree. I was seeing warnin... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | AIR BAGS | A straight line crack about 4 inches long appeared suddenly on my dash. Upon doing some online rese... |
| Jan 8, 2020 | AIR BAGS | I WAS GOING WEST ON 210 IN REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA APPROXIMATELY AT 6:15 P.M. WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED BY ... |
| Jan 31, 2019 | AIR BAGS | I WAS INVOLVED UN A REAR END COLLISION. I WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND WHILE STOPPED @ A TRAFFIC LIGHT. SE... |
| Nov 14, 2017 | AIR BAGS,SEATS | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 49 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE W... |
| Oct 9, 2017 | AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE | I GOT CAR ACCDINET AND THREE AIRBAG JUST POP OUT SO THAT MEANT NEED REPLACE? |
| Aug 7, 2017 | AIR BAGS | TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2016 KIA OPTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANE... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | AIR BAGS | ONE CAR HEAD ON CRASH. PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER HAD MANY INJURIES RIGHT SID... |
| Jan 8, 2017 | AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS | WAS HIT HEAD ON BY A SLIDING VEHICLE WITH BALD TIRES. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND SEAT BELTS DID... |
| Sep 25, 2016 | AIR BAGS | A CAR ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 IN WHICH THE AIR BAG FAILED TO ... |
| Jan 28, 2016 | AIR BAGS | I WAS INVOLVE IN A BAD ACCIDENT WITH 10K IN FRONT END DAMAGE AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND HALF... |