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2001 KIA OPTIMA

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Fuel economy

4 configurations
ConfigurationFuelCityHighwayCombined
2.4L 4-cyl, Manual 5-spd, Front-Wheel DriveRegular Gasoline192621
2.5L 6-cyl, Manual 5-spd, Front-Wheel DriveRegular Gasoline182421
2.4L 4-cyl, Automatic 4-spd, Front-Wheel DriveRegular Gasoline182420
2.5L 6-cyl, Automatic 4-spd, Front-Wheel DriveRegular Gasoline172319

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.