NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
Federal complaint record · Kia Optima · model year 2002
2002 Kia Optima
Owners submitted 107 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 13th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2000 to 2004 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is structure. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.
Structure · 20% · group n = 33Suspension · 13% · group n = 22Airbags · 12% · group n = 20Electrical · 10% · group n = 17Brakes · 8% · group n = 13
107
Complaint records on file
85,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 87 complaints reported mileage
20%
Of classified component reports name structure · group n = 33
13th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 41 model years
Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving
Cluster 2 of 32002 Kia Optima
Airbag concerns · 13 reports
Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns
Cluster 3 of 32002 Kia Optima
Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.
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NHTSA consumer complaint records can reveal recurring patterns across published model years. MotorCensus summarizes those records as one complaint-signal index, with a 95% interval and sample size, updated with each data snapshot.