Kia Forte Complaints

2,563 consumer complaints on file.

#11325252May 20, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE HORN WORKS THEN IT DON'T WORK THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT LOOSES PRESSURE AS DRIVING CAR JUST GOT 5/19/20. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11324950May 18, 2020
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AIR CONDITIONER CABIN THERMISTOR DON'T WORK. THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSORS DON'T WORKS. THIS CAR START TO FAIL IN JUST NINE MONTHS AFTER BUY IT BRAND NEW. DON'T WORK IN ANY TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11324356May 13, 2020
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH AND MY CAR BOGGED DOWN, IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER THEN SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. GOT SOME HELP TO PUSH IT TO THE SHOULDER, AND GOT A WRECKER TO TOW IT HOME. FOUND ENGINE HAD SIZED UP. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH KIA'S AND THIS ENGINE. CALLED LOCAL KIA DEALER AND THEY SAID THE FORTE SERIES WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME ENGINE IN OTHER SERIES WITH THE SAME ENGINE PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11324258May 12, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN I CAN TO A STOP WHILE CAR IS RUNNING MOST OF THE TIME THE CAR IS SPUTTERING AND WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE IT SPUTTERS AND IT DOEST TAKE OFF NORMALLY UNLESS I PUSH DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL 1/2 TO FULL POWER WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS..... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11324127May 11, 2020
ENGINE
ENGINE FAILURE AT 71,000 MILES. ZERO PRIOR ISSUES. NOT COVERED BY KIA DUE TO TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP AND THE LACK OF WARRANTY BEYOND 60K. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11324063May 10, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY CAR HAS BEEN PARKED AND EVERY TIME I GO OUTSIDE MY LIGHTS ARE ON. THE HAS BEEN GOING FOR A MONTH. I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS OUT OF MY HEADLIGHTS EVERY SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR THIS HAS GOTTEN TO BE COSTLY. WHEN I?M DRIVING SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WILL GO OUT. THESE LIGHTS HAVE HAD ME BUYING BATTERIES AND BULBS . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11323682May 7, 2020
POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN DECEMBER FOR 2018. IN OCTOBER OF 2019, IT STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE RPMS BOUNCING. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD TO WAIT FOR 3 MONTHS TO GET MY CAR BACK AS WE WAITED ON A TRANSMISSION. I NOTICED THE RPM BOUNCING WAS HAPPENING AGAIN. ON 5/7/2020, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I VOICED MY CONCERNS ABOUT REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION WITH THE SAME MODEL THAT HAD ISSUES. I REQUESTED THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FIND OUT WHAT MODEL THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS SO WE DO NOT HAVE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11323482May 6, 2020
ENGINE
START IT WITH A TICKING NOISE THAT WAS PERSISTENT EVERY TIME WE TURN THE CAR ON AND EVENTUALLY JUST BLEW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF US DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. KIA IS NOT HELPING THERE IS NO RECALLS FOR THIS MODEL CAR OR ISSUE AND WE ARE JUST BEING IGNORED. FINALLY GOT A CALL BACK FROM THE MECHANIC TO FIND OUT THAT KIA STOPPED MAKING THIS MODEL ENGINE BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY ISSUES FOR IT BUT YET NO RECALL THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY TO FIX OUR CAR NOW GOOD JOB KIA YOU SUCK #KIASUCKS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11323148May 3, 2020
ENGINE
SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11322902April 30, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE DEC. 2017 WITH 318 MILES. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPUTTER WHEN TRYING TO START. FIRST TIME, TOWED IN WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. WENT HOME, NEXT MORNING THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED TO START. AFTER 3RD TRY & LOUD SOUNDING, I POPPED THE HOOD & THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS SHAKING IN ITS CRADLE. TOWED IN AGAIN, DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED COILS MISFIRE & REPLACED. VEHICLE DUPLICATED THE SAME PROBLEM A WEEK LATER. I REPLACED THE BATTERY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. THIRD TIME, DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED FUEL PUMP BUT ENDED UP REPLACING THE ENTIRE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM BECAUSE REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP DID NOT FIX THE MATTER. THEY HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 2 FULL WEEKS. HAD THE VEHICLE BACK 2 DAYS, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BUT CONTINUED TO SPUTTER. DEALERSHIP HAS NOW HAD MY VEHICLE 5 WEEKS, FIRST SAID THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT KEPT MY VEHICLE ANYWAY. THEN SAID COILS WERE BAD EVEN THOUGH THEY JUST REPLACED THEM 3 MONTHS AGO SOMETHING IS CAUSING THE COILS TO MISFIRE. I HAVE NO ANSWERS. EVEN WITH KIA CONSUMER AFFAIRS INVOLVED, NO ONE HAS AN ANSWER. AT ONE POINT KIA CONSUMER AFFAIRS CALLED TO ASK ME HOW THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THEM THEY DID NOT EVEN HAVE MY VEHICLE ANYMORE. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A REPORT TO MY INSURANCE CARRIER. MY VEHICLE HAS 30,000. I'VE MAINTAINED REGULAR OIL CHANGES & OTHER REQUIRED MAINTENANCE AS SUGGESTED, FAITHFULLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11321722April 20, 2020
ENGINE
CAR DEVELOPED A KNOCKING SOUND AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT AND THEY TELL ME NEED TO REPLACE MOTOR. ALSO TOLD ME THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM WITH MOTOR LIKE MINE. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE RECALLED SAME MOTORS IN DIFFERENT MODELS BUT NOT THE FORTE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320956April 13, 2020
ENGINE
WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IT STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE, THEN THE MOTOR STOPPED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION, EVER, OF AN ENGINE ISSUE. NO LIGHTS, WARNINGS, TEMPERATURE, NOTHING EVER ALERTED HER. WE TOOK IT TO TWO MECHANICS WHO DIAGNOSED AS TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. ALL FLUIDS WERE LOW, NO OIL. WE NEVER SAW OIL SPOTS. SHE HAD THE OIL CHANGED IN FEBRUARY. WE HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW ENGINE AS HER WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 60,000 MILES. HOW CONVENIENT FOR KIA. SHE HAS 67,000 MILES. NONE OF THE SENSORS ALERTED HER TO ANY ENGINE ISSUES! THE MECHANICS NOTED A THICK STICKY COVERING OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE. WE KNOW KIA HAS HAD SEVERAL MOTOR RECALLS ON OTHER MODELS. THIS MODEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED. I NOTICED ONLINE SEVERAL OTHER KIA FORTE OWNERS WITH ENGINE ISSUES. PLEASE ADVISE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320814April 11, 2020
POWER TRAIN
I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I FELT IT STRUGGLING TO ACCELERATE AND OVERALL BEING "JERKY" DRIVING 30-40MPH ON A CITY STREET WITH MINIMAL HILLS. DEALERSHIP FOUND NOTHING WRONG AS NO CODES WERE SHOWING ANY ERRORS. NO MORE THAN 2-3 WEEKS LATER, TRANSMISSION DIED WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON A HIGHWAY WITH ONLY 8,800 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THE CAR WITHOUT THE RPM HITTING THE RED LINE EVEN THOUGH I WAS BARELY PRESSING ON THE GAS. I'M LUCKY I DIDN'T GET RAMMED BY THE TRUCK THAT WAS COMING BEHIND ME AS I QUICKLY ENGAGED MY EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHTS AND PULLED OVER WHEN A SAFE OPPORTUNITY AROSE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW (NO PRIOR OWNERS). I DID SOME RESEARCH, AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE FIRST COMPLAINT OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THIS MODEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320821April 11, 2020
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE IN MOTION, ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS ON ONE DRIVE, THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM REMAINED ACTIVE. ALL THREE TIMES THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE ACCELERATING. ONCE AFTER SLOWLY GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. ONCE AFTER BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND GIVING GAS AFTER GOING FROM "REVERSE" TO "DRIVE". AND FINALLY, WHEN SLOWING FOR A TURNING VEHICLE AND ACCELERATING TO GO UP A SLIGHT INCLINE. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK IT OVER AND DESPITE CHECKING AND TESTING EVERY COMMON CAUSE, HE COULD NOT RECREATE THE SCENARIO. ALSO, HE REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES THROWN AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320607April 8, 2020
ENGINE
AFTER LEAVING A RED LIGHT AND WHILE ACCELERATING, THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND AND ABOUT 20 SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE DRIVER PULLED OVER. . THE HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL REMAINED LIGHTED. DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR. THE ENGINE TURNED-OVER BUT WOULD NOT START. A MECHANIC LOADED THE CAR ON A CAR TRAILER AND CHECKED THE ENGINE AT HIS SHOP. HE DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD LOCKED UP. THIS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT A MALFUNCTION, AS THE DRIVER MAINTAINED OIL CHANGES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320441April 7, 2020
ENGINE
I BROUGHT A 2013 IN THE YEAR OF 2014 IT ONLY HAD 2300 MILES AND AT 61000 THE MOTOR WAS BLOWN I CALL KIA AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME BECAUSE IT WAS 6000 MILES SO I HAD TO HAVE A MOTOR PUT IN I HAD THE MOTOR PUT IN ABOUT IN DECEMBER MY CAR JUST STOP I HAD IT TOW TO KIA AND THEY SAID IT THROUGH A ROD. IS THERE ANY HELP OUT THERE FOR ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320277April 5, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN I TURN THE CAR KEY TO THE 1ST POSITION ( BEFORE THE CAR START ON) I HEAR A NOISE ( LIKE A BOILING WATER) COMING FROM A DASH BOARD. I TOOK MY CAR TO OLATHE KIA, KS THEY CAN NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. I AM SEEKING SOLUTION FROM KIA ORGANISATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320021April 2, 2020
STEERING
WHEN I HIT BETWEEN 60-80 MILES MY CAR STARTS PULLING AND FEELS LIKE THE ALIGNMENT IS NOT GOOD. I HAD THE ALIGNMENT DONE STILL DOING THE SAME THING I DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT FEELS AND SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I WILL GET PULLED OVER BECAUSE IT APPEARS I'M SWERVING. ON HIGHWAY AND AS LONG AS DRIVING BETWEEN 60 - 80 .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320087April 2, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I CHECKED THE BULBS WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE FINE. IT SEEMS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE IN THE WIRING. I HAVE RESEARCHED IT AND IT IS FAIRLY COMMON. UPON CONTACTING KIA THEY CLAIM IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11319876March 31, 2020
ENGINE
ENGINE HAS A KNOCKING NOISE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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