Kia Forte Complaints (2019)

150 consumer complaints on file.

#11193725April 3, 2019
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND IT STOPPED ACCELERATING WHEN I EXITED THE HIGHWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THE NEXT DAY THAT IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 2.5 MONTHS AND 2811 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193449April 2, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR SEEMED TO BE LOSING POWER, CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, AND THE KIA DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAR WAS TOWED TO SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. THE CAR HAS 3000 MILES ON IT & WE HAVE ONLY HAD IT 2.5 MONTHS. THE DEALER SERVICE PERSON SAID THIS IS THE 3RD 2019 KIA FORTE THEY'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN! WE WERE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11185549March 9, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN THO THE RPMS WOULD, AND THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11180454February 16, 2019
POWER TRAIN
DROVE IT A TOTAL OF 2150 MILES AND TRANSMISSION BLEW. BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH RENTAL UNDER WARRANTY AGREEMENT. DEALERSHIP I TOOK IT TO WOULD NOT GIVE ME A SERVICE LOANER OR PUT ME INTO A RENTAL CAR UNDER KIA. HAD TO COME OUT OF POCKET FOR A RENTAL CAR. SPOKE TO MANY PEOPLE AT KIA. FINALLY GOT A HOLD OF SOMEONE WHO ISN'T GIVING ME A RUN AROUND. BUT KIA ISN'T REIMBURSEING DEALERSHIPS RENTAL CAR FEES. SO IT'S HARD TO GET A SERVICE LOANER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11173755February 3, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE CVT TRANSMISSION FAILED. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. I OWNED THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 3 MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11172732January 29, 2019
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF AN INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON FRIDAY JANUARY 25, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:40 PM WHILE MY SON WAS OPERATING HIS 2019 KIA FORTE. THE WEATHER THAT DAY WAS SUNNY AND CLEAR AND THE ROAD WAS DRY AND LEVEL. 1.MY SON WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE RIGHT LANE OF THE SEAFORD OYSTER BAY EXPRESSWAY (NY-135) AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED. 2.AS HE APPROACHED EXIT 13E HE BEGAN TO DECELERATE ENGAGED HIS RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND ENTERED THE EXIT LANE FOR EXIT 13E. 3.AS HE ATTEMPTED TO BEAR TO THE RIGHT AND EXIT THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLES LANE KEEPING ASSIST SYSTEM WAS PULLING HIM TO THE LEFT BACK TOWARDS THE HIGHWAY. 4.AS HE FOUGHT TO TURN THE WHEEL TO RIGHT TO STAY ON THE EXIT HE ENTERED THE HASHED SECTION OF ROADWAY BETWEEN THE EXIT AND THE HIGHWAY. AS HE APPLIED THE BRAKES IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP, THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATOR PINNED ITSELF TO THE FLOOR ALL BY ITSELF CAUSING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL TO THE LEFT AND HE HEADED DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE GUARDRAIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE EXIT. HE THEN CUT THE WHEEL TO CORRECT THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR THEN FISHTAILED TO THE RIGHT. AS THIS OCCURRED HE ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITH HIS FOOT WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE THEN FIRMLY APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH ACTIVATED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL RELEASED FROM THE FLOOR. HE WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER TO COLLECT HIMSELF AND INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THANKFULLY HE WAS NOT INJURED OR INVOLVED IN ANY COLLISIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11170149January 15, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR WOULD WOULD MOVE FORWARD OR GO BACKWARD. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. AND ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 2 MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11166665January 12, 2019
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE CRUISE CONTROL WON'T HOLD ME ON THE SPEED I SET THE CRUISE ON. IF I SET IT ON 55 I LOOK DOWN I'M UP TO 70 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154023November 26, 2018
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, SEATS
ON NOVEMBER 12,2018 I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 MPH WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER THAT SEEMED TO BE DOING FULL SPEED, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I NEVER HEARD ANY SCREECHING BRAKES BEHIND ME. THE IMPACT TOTALED MY CAR, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE TO THE TRUNK. THE IMPACT MADE MY CAR SPIN AROUND AND AT SOME POINT MY FRONT BUMPER HIT SOMETHING, BUT NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED WHATSOEVER. MY SEAT BELT WAS STILL LOCKED IN PLACE, BUT SOMEHOW MY SEAT RECLINED BACK JUST ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE DISLODGED FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT AND END UP IN THE BACK SEAT, RESULTING IN A BROKEN VERTEBRAE IN MY NECK. WHY DID NOT ONE AIRBAG GO OFF AND WHY DID MY SEAT BELT NOT HOLD ME IN PLACE?
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11149930November 7, 2018
WHEELS
I BOUGHT THIS CAR 2 MONTHS AGO AND THEY NEVER TOLD ME IT DOESNT COME WITH A DONUT OR SPARE TIRE ......THIS IS UNSAFE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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