2010 KIA FORTE Complaints

A FEW MONTHS BACK MY SHIFTER (AUTOMATIC SHIFTER) BECAME SLUGGISH AND APPEARED TO TAKE MORE FORCE TO PULL BACK INTO DRIVE. WITHIN THE LAST MONTH THE VEHICLE NOW SLIPS OUT OF DRIVE AND INTO NEUTRAL. I HAVE TO HOLD THE SHIFTER BACK INTO DRIVE (WITH FORCE NEEDED TO KEEP PULLING IT BACK AND MAINTAIN THE "D" FOR DRIVE ON THE ODOMETER). IF I AM DRIVING AND I TAKE MY HAND OFF OF THE SHIFTER, IT SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL. THIS IS CREATING AN UNSAFE SITUATION THAT HOPEFULLY IS NOT OCCURRING ON MANY OF THESE VEHICLES. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THAT I HAVE MADE MY WAY INTO AN INTERSECTION AND HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE SLIP INTO NEUTRAL. IN ONE CASE I WAS LUCKY TO NOT GET HIT BY PULLING OUT TO GET INTO TRAFFIC AND HAVING IT SLIP INTO NEUTRAL.

ON JULY 31, 2014 I WAS DRIVING 65MPH WHEN REAR PASSENGER TPMS SENSOR GAVE WAY CAUSING TIRE TO LOSE PRESSURE QUICKLY. THE BACK END OF THE VEHICLE KICKED SIDEWAYS AND THEN BECAME HARD TO STEER. REAR TIRE WAS SHREDDED AND TIRE SENSOR IN PIECES. REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES TWICE SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE IN 2011 DUE TO TPMS INDICATOR LIGHT ON. FIRST TIME, ON NOV. 7, 2011 REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. TPMS LIGHT CONTINUALLY CAME ON AND HAD TO BE RESET BY TIRE SHOP. TIRES CUPPED SO BAD WE HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR AGAIN. SECOND TIME, ON OCT. 7, 2013 REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND TWO SENSORS FROM PREVIOUS FLAT TIRES. IN 2012 AND AGAIN IN 2013, A TPMS GAVE WAY CAUSING THE TIRE TO LOSE AIR QUICKLY. BOTH TIMES I WAS TOLD BY THE TIRE SHOP IT WAS AN ORIGINAL SENSOR THAT CAUSED THE TIRE TO GO FLAT. ONCE AGAIN THE TPMS LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS CONTINUALLY CHECKED AND RESET BY TIRE SHOP. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME AN ORIGINAL SENSOR HAS CAUSED A FLAT TIRE ON THIS VEHICLE AND THE THIRD SENSOR TO BE REPLACED. ONCE AGAIN, THE TPMS LIGHT IS ON AND THE TIRES ARE CUPPING. *TR

THE CAR WHILE DRIVING, THROUGH RAIN OR RECENTLY RAINED ON ROADS GOING THROUGH LARGE UNAVOIDABLE PUDDLES, CAUSES WATER TO SPLASH UP ON THE SERPENTINE DRIVE BELT CAUSING IT TO SLIP, 15-20MPH WHEN IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN. THIS CAUSES AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WHERE THE BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT MAKING THE CAR DIFFICULT TO STEER AND COULD BE QUITE DANGEROUS AT HIGHER SPEEDS SHOULD IT HAPPEN. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE WITH ANOTHER CAR. A REMOVABLE PLATE SHOULD BE FIXED TO THE BOTTOM SIDE UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO PREVENT THIS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA FORTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

THE TPMS LIGHT CAME ON. WITHIN THREE MILES I PULLED INTO A SERVICE STATION TO CHECK MY TIRE PRESSURE AND DISCOVERED THAT MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL TIRE STEM WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING AIR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME A STEM ON THIS CAR HAS CRACKED. IN BOTH CASES I HAD NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES OR DID ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS DAMAGE. KIA FORUMS REPORT THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH KIA FORTES AND SOULS. *TR

HORN DID NOT WORK WHEN I TRIED HONKING TO THE OTHER DRIVER. WE GOT BACKED INTO BECAUSE THE HORN WOULD NOT WORK THEREFORE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT WHENEVER THE ALARM SYSTEM WOULD NOT WORK, THE HORN WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. I TRIED HAVING A MECHANIC LOOK INTO BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A REDUCED SPEED ZONE OF 35 MPH AND WENT TO SET MY CRUISE CONTROL, ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS LATER I FELT THE CAR GO DEAD. I LOST POWER STEERING AND ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. MY INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ON AND FLICKERING AND I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN WANING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. ONCE MY CAR CAME TO A STOP I PROCEEDED TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION. I TRIED STARTING IT AND THE ENGINE TURNED A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT WENT DEAD SO I TURNED IT OFF. I TRIED ONE MORE TIME TO START THE IGNITION AND WAS ONLY BARELY ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE TO START AND MAINTAIN. I WENT OFF ON MY WAY AND LATER ON MY WAY HOME I STOPPED TO GET FOOD AND WHEN I GOT BACK IN MY CAR I TRIED STARTING IT AND IT STRUGGLED TO START. I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR 1.5 YEARS AND ONLY IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL NOT ACTIVATING AND SETTING TO MY CURRENT SPEED. *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW 7/30/2010 AND THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 8/12/10. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND I CAN'T TURN THE KEY TO START THE CAR. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO WIGGLE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH AND IT WILL BREAK FREE. IT HAPPENED 2-3X A YR. UP TO 2014. NOW IT'S HAPPENING QUITE OFTEN 6X FROM 6/01/14-6/13/14. ON 6/15/14 IT HAPPENED 2X AND I WAS STRANDED BOTH TIMES AND IT TOOK 50-60 MIN. FOR THE STEERING WHEEL TO UNLOCK. I ONLY HAVE 3,200 MILES ON THE CAR. *TR

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA FORTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO PUT AIR IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE, THE VALVE STEM FRACTURED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IN A DIFFERENT OCCASION, THE REAR DRIVER TIRE VALVE STEM FRACTURED AND THE SENSOR PUNCTURED THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VALVE STEM AND SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

TURNED VEHICLE ON, PUT IN REVERSE, AS I PRESSED GAS TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND FIRST STARTED MOVING, THE VEHICLE DIED. I WAS HALF IN ROAD AND TRIED TO RESTART CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START, ENGINE WONT RUN. HAD TO PUSH CAR TO SIDE OF ROADWAY FOR SAFETY. CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THROUGH MY INSURANCE TO TOW CAR TO MY FATHERS GARAGE. THE CAR IS NOT PUMPING FUEL TO THE ENGINE. IT IS NOT THE FUEL PUMP, BUT A FAULTY FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE WIRE HARNESS IN THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY IS A BAD CONNECTION CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT AND DAMAGE THE TERMINAL. CALLED KIA OF MIDDLETOWN NY WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND THEY WILL NOT RELEASE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING ANY RECALLS OR WARRANTY INFORMATION ON MY VEHICLE EVEN WITH ME PROVIDING ALL INFORMATION ON MY VEHICLE UNLESS I NOW TOW THE VEHICLE TO MIDDLETOWN NY AND ITS PHYSICALLY THERE. THEY DO NOT SEEM TO TAKE THE COMPLAINT SERIOUSLY. *TR