Are 2013 Kia Optima owners reporting starter problems?
7 NHTSA owner complaints for this model year mention the starter.
No additional related-system complaints were counted for this pair.
2013 Kia Optima Starter
7 NHTSA owner complaints for the 2013 Kia Optima mention the starter. Usable reported mileage (n=7) has a median of 120,000 mi.
Key evidence
- Direct mentions
- 7
- Related-system reports
- 0
- Reports with usable mileage
- 7
- Median reported mileage
- 120,000 mi
- 25th percentile
- 103,005 mi
- 75th percentile
- 140,000 mi
- Catalog matches
- 0
Owner complaints whose text directly mentions this component.
Same vehicle, mapped category, part not named.
Replacement listings that match this model year.
These figures describe mileage reported in owner complaints submitted to NHTSA. They do not represent the failure rate of all vehicles.
Questions people ask
At what mileage are starter problems reported on the 2013 Kia Optima?
Among 7 direct-mention reports with usable odometer data, the median reported mileage is 120,000 mi.
25th percentile 103,005 mi; 75th percentile 140,000 mi. These figures describe mileage reported in owner complaints submitted to NHTSA. They do not represent the failure rate of all vehicles.
What else can cause similar starter symptoms on the 2013 Kia Optima?
Mechanically related parts include alternator. Similar symptoms can come from those parts or from the broader system, not only from a failed starter.
Use the related-component links on this page when those combinations are published. A system-category NHTSA report is not proof that this specific part failed.
Direct mentions are NHTSA owner narratives that contain this component or an accepted alias. Related-system counts are complaints in a mapped category that do not name the part. They are never merged. Mileage statistics use odometer values from 1 to 400,000 miles. This is not a failure rate.