Kia Forte: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 18 recall campaigns for the Kia Forte, model years 2009 to 2023. NHTSA has 677 complaints on file for this model line. 12 of the 14 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Kia Forte | 3 | 0 | 0% | 5,020 |
| 2022 Kia Forte NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 30 |
| 2021 Kia Forte | 2 | 0 | 0% | 172 |
| 2019 Kia Forte | 2 | 15 | 31% | 2,588 |
| 2018 Kia Forte | 3 | 13 | 27% | 667,762 |
| 2017 Kia Forte | 3 | 43 | 89% | 667,762 |
| 2016 Kia Forte | 1 | 43 | 89% | 253,074 |
| 2015 Kia Forte | 1 | 48 | 99% | 294,756 |
| 2014 Kia Forte | 3 | 125 | 258% | 516,002 |
| 2013 Kia Forte | 5 | 73 | 151% | 2,672,146 |
| 2012 Kia Forte | 4 | 101 | 209% | 2,666,901 |
| 2011 Kia Forte | 3 | 87 | 180% | 2,248,019 |
| 2010 Kia Forte | 3 | 128 | 265% | 3,218,156 |
| 2009 Kia Forte NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
994 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | 180.1 | 179 |
| Air Bags | 129.8 | 129 |
| Electrical System | 82.5 | 82 |
| Power Train | 64.4 | 64 |
| Unknown or Other | 60.4 | 60 |
| Service Brakes | 58.4 | 58 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 55.3 | 55 |
| Exterior Lighting | 50.3 | 50 |
| Steering | 45.3 | 45 |
| Wheels | 42.3 | 42 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Sorento40 campaigns
- Optima22 campaigns
- Sportage36 campaigns
- Sephia8 campaigns
- Sedona23 campaigns
- Soul15 campaigns
- RIO11 campaigns
- Spectra2 campaigns
- Rondo5 campaigns
- Amanti2 campaigns
- Optima Hybrid5 campaigns
- Sedona EX1 campaign
- Borrego4 campaigns
- Cadenza6 campaigns
- Forte Koup5 campaigns
- K9004 campaigns
- Soul EV5 campaigns
- Niro6 campaigns
- Stinger7 campaigns
- Optima Phev2 campaigns
- Niro Phev3 campaigns
- Telluride19 campaigns
- K59 campaigns
- Carnival7 campaigns
- EV910 campaigns
- EV65 campaigns
- Niro EV6 campaigns
- Sorento Hybrid6 campaigns
- Sorento Phev8 campaigns
- Seltos4 campaigns
- Sportage Phev3 campaigns
- K43 campaigns
- Telluride Hybrid2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Kia Forte: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kia/forte/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Kia America, Inc.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Kia Forte model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2013 with 5, 2012 with 4, 2023 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Kia Forte model year has the most complaints?
- The 2010 model year, with 128 of the 677 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Kia Forte name?
- Engine: 180.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 129.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 82.5 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Kia Forte?
- 5 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.