2015 KIA FORTE Complaints

THE VEHICLE MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY AT 115,446 . AT APPROXIMATELY 110,000 MILES VEHICLE STARTED WITH A VERY LOUD COLD START. NOT ONLY WAS IT LOUD BUT IT WAS ROUGH WITH A HIGH RPM. I KNOW THEY CALL IT COLD START FOR A REASON BUT THIS IS NOT COMMON WITH OTHER VEHICLES I OWNED THAT WERE 2015S. NOW THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A TICKING OR KNOCKING NOISE. CURRENTLY THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND WITH THE OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT ARE MATCHING EXACTLY UP TO MINE WHY ISNT THIS PROBLEM BEING INVESTIGATED OR RECALLED? IF AND WHEN THIS VEHICLE SEIZES ON ME LIKE EVERY COMPLAINT ON HERE I WILL UPDATE. THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL BUT NOT A SINGLE RECALL. NOT EVEN AN INVESTIGATION? PLEASE UPDATE US AND PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE COMPLAINTS WHAT STEPS YALL ARE TAKING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

ON APRIL 2020 WE NOTICED THAT OUR 2015 KIA FORTE WAS MAKING LOUD, CLANKING NOISE. WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. HERE IS THE PROBLEM IN HIS WORDS: * C/S THERE IS A NOISE IN THE ENGINE AREA, WORSE WHEN COLD. ENGINE HAS INTERNAL DAMAGE; UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHERE, BUT LISTENING TO A COLD START FROM UNDER THE CAR SEEMS TO INDICATE A ROD BEARING. REMOVING THE OIL PAN COULD HELP DIAGNOSE, BUT IT ISN'T RECOMMENDED AS A REPLACEMENT ENGINE IS THE BEST SOLUTION REGARDLESS. HE ADDED 2.5 QTS. OF OIL SINCE IT WAS BURING OIL. HE RECOMMENDED WE TAKE IT TO A KIA DEALER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS. WE CALLED THE DEALER TWICE TO SETUP AN APT. TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT. THE DEALER SAID WE DIDN'T NEED TO BRING IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THEY SAID BASED ON OUR DESCRIPTION THAT WE NEED AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT.

SOMETIME DURING THE SUMMER MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT IT. I HAVE OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS. ALSO THERE IS SOME KIND OF ELECTRICAL ISSUE TO WHERE CERTAIN BUTTONS ON MY STEERING WHEEL DONT WORK PROPERLY

ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 25, 2020WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY ENGINE SEIZED AND THE CAR DIED AND WOULDN'T START AND I HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY HOUSE AND THEN TO THE MECHANIC A FEW DAYS LATER AND WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT OIL WAS BURNING FAST WITH NO KNOWN REASON. ALSO TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE ENGINE IS NO GOOD AND I HAVE TO NOW REPLACE MY ENGINE.

THE KIA HEADLIGHTS REGULARLY AND SUDDENLY TURNED OFF AND FLICKERED BACK ON WITH VARYING DURATION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION UNDER NORMAL USE. THIS WAS NOTICEABLE AT NIGHT WHEN EVERYTHING WAS DARK AND SUDDENLY THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF WHEN WE NEEDED THEM AND QUITE OFTEN WHILE MAKING A TURN. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN THE TURNING SIGNAL WAS ACTIVATED WHICH IMPACTED THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE FOR BOTH THE PASSENGERS AND OTHER SURROUNDING CARS AND PEOPLE. DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH NO STREET LIGHTS ON A 2-LANE ROAD WITH INCOMING TRAFFIC, THEN PLANNING A TURN AND ACTIVATING THE TURNING SIGNAL CAUSED SOME CONCERNS TO BOTH THE KIA DRIVER AND THE INCOMING VEHICLES WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF AND CAUSED LOSS OF VISIBILITY AT NIGHT AT THE WRONG MOMENT. IT IS NOT GOOD TO NOT SEE AND NOT BE SEEN. I BELIEVE THIS WAS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT INCREASED THE RISK OF ACCIDENT PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT FIXED FOR ABOUT $400 TOTAL (PARTS AND LABOR) BUT I FEEL THIS HEADLIGHT ISSUE IS NOT NORMAL AND SERIOUS ENOUGH TO BE REPORTED TO HELP PREVENT UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENTS.

THE CAR STATED HAVING A LIGHT KNOCKING ON AND OFF, THEN STARTED CUTTING OUT AND STUTTERING. IT PROGRESSED AND NOW THE ENGINE WILL MAKE A NOISE LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE ON AND OFF AND THE CAR WILL GO DEAD STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AND ALSO WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR INTERSTATE.

WE ONLY BOUGHT THIS CAR 8 MONTHS AGO WITH 70,000 MILES ON THE ENGINE. WE NOTICED THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE LOSING POWER AFTER ABOUT 4 MONTHS. THEN LAST WEEK THE CAR ABRUPTLY SHRIEKED AND STOPPED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. AFTER WHICH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK, AND WE HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL KIA DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US WE WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE AND THE KNOCK WAS COMING FROM THE LOW END. WE HAVE RELIGIOUSLY SERVICED THE VEHICLE, AND THE CAR ONLY HAD 80,000 MILES WHEN THE ENGINE BLEW. CLEARLY THIS IS A FAILURE OF THE MANUFACTURER, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS, KIA REFUSES TO PROVIDE THE REPAIRS THEY KNOW THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

PURCHASED A BRAND NEW CAR BATTERY A WEEK AGO, THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE, SPENT THE DAY OUT, WENT BACK TO MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT TURN ON. HAD TO CALL AAA TO GET A JUMP ON A BRAND NEW CAR BATTERY. WENT BACK TO WHERE I PURCHASED THE BATTERY, THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THE BATTERY, THEY DID REPLACE IT AND RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY COULD NOT FINE AN ISSUE AND STATED IT MUST BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WENT ABOUT MY DAY, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THE CAR LIGHTS TURNED OFF ON THERE OWN, I HAD TO PULL OVER TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON SO THE LIGHTS WOULD WORK AGAIN. YESTERDAY, I WENT TO SWITCH MY CAR WITH MY GIRLFRIEND AND IT WOULD NOT TURN ON OR EVEN CRANK TO TURN ON, AFTER TRYING FOR THE 5TH TIME, IT FINALLY TURNED ON. I HAVE A BABY AND DRIVING MY CAR HAS ME VERY SCARED. PLEASE HELP

MY FORTE'S ENGINE SEIZED AT 106,000 MILES. AS I WAS DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A TICKING SOUND. THE ENGINE SEIZED UP AND I WAS TOLD THEY HAVEN'T RECALLED THIS DESPITE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO THIS YEAR AND MAKE OF KIA.

2 MONTHS AGO WE HAD OIL CHANGED, THE VEHICLE WAS 2000 MILES FROM NEEDING NEXT ONE. IT STARTED KNOCKING & WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO MECHANIC, HE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE THE OIL HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED NEEDED OIL AND HE CLEANED THE ENGINE AND MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS IN WORKING ORDER. NO LEAKS WERE DETECTED. 1000 MILES LATER HEAR A CLANKING SOUND AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT IN THE DRIVEWAY AND CAR SHUT OFF. WHEN I TRIED TO START IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND WHEN I LOOKED UNDER HOOD THERE WAS A SPARK. LOOKED TO BE NO OIL PUT IN 2 QUARTS AND LET IT SIT OVER NIGHT. CHECKED OIL AGAIN BEFORE ADDING ANYMORE & LEVELS WERE FINE. MECHANIC SAID ENGINE WAS DONE. THE OIL IS GOING SOMEWHERE & THIS MODEL HAS A TOYOTA ENGINE, SO I THINK SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON. WE HAVE KEPT UP WITH ALL MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE. WE TRAVEL ALL HIGHWAY AND IT DOES HAVE 200,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD HONDAS & TOYOTAS & NO PROBLEMS. I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER KIA. WE DID NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED OR REPLACED & WAS TOLD BY KIA THAT THEY DO NOT MAKE THAT ENGINE ANYMORE.