2013 KIA FORTE Complaints

AIR BAGS AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK DURING AN ACCIDENT. CAR WAS TRAVELING 40 MHP ON A CITY STREET WHEN IT STRUCK ANOTHER CARE FROM BEHIND. FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY RESULTING IN FACIAL INJURIES AND CONCUSSION FOR DRIVER AND PASSENGER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA FORTE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BLOWN BEARING IN THE ENGINE, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT FOUND AN UPCOMING RECALL ONLINE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I WAS DRIVING TO THE FORTE AND THE CAR IDLED DOWN AND STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AND SHUT OFF. THE NEXT DAY I WAS DRIVING HOME AND I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE HOOD, THE CAR BEGAN IDLED DOWN THEN SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC SHOP, THERE WERE NO OIL GOING THROUGH THE LINES. MANY MONTHS BEFORE THAT I WAS OUT WITH THE FORTE AND IT WOULD NOT START, THAT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, I GOT THE OIL CHANGED AND I WAS TOLD NO OIL WAS GETTING THROUGH THE LINE. RECENTLY, THIS MONTH I WAS DRIVING THE FORTE TO WORK AND THE CAR BEGAN TO JUMP AND IDLING DOWN THE ENGINE WAS TREMBLING AND THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED.

WHEN CAR IS REALLY COLD, THE BRAKES WHEN APPLIED GET STUCK DOWN. I HAVE TO PHYSICALLY DISENGAGE THE BRAKES.. EVEN WHEN I PARK MY CAR AT TIMES THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL BE DOWN AND ONLY WAY I NOTICED IS THE BRAKE LIGHTS IN THE BACK OR ON.. ONLY TIME THIS HAPPENS IS WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE.. DEALER TOOK 2 TIMES AND DECIDED NOT TO TAKE IT ANY MORE BECAUSE THEY ADVISE THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. SEEMS THEY HAD OTHER YEARS OF RECALL AND SEEMS FROM THIS SITE THAT IT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS MODEL TOO.. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE EVENING WHEN TEMPERATURE BELOW 40 DEGREES

YESTERDAY MY BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT ENGAGE AND HAD AN ACCIDENT. I HAD REPORTED TO KIA THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STICKING AND I WOULD HAVE TO FLIP IT BACK UP HOWEVER WHEN I TOOK IT IN THEY INFORMED ME THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. KIA SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO TO THIS COSTLY PROBLEM. I HAVE LOOKED AT REVIEWS AND I SEE WHERE THERE IS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT. I FORGOT TO ADD IMPORTANT INFORMATION. I WAS TOLD BY KIA THAT MY ENGINE ISSUE IS A "BLOWN ROD" INSIDE THE ENGINE. KIA HAS SEVERAL OTHER MODELS THAT HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION. I FEEL AS THOUGH I'VE "MISSED THE BOAT" ON THIS ISSUE.

WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 50 MPH WHEN AN UNKNOWN NOISE BEGAN COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I WAS ABOUT 3 MILES FROM HOME, BY THE TIME I GOT HOME THE NOISE WAS MUCH LOUDER. I SHUT IT OFF AND IMMEDIATELY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY CLOSEST KIA DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY 2,200 MILES UNDER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY (ORIGINAL OWNER). THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER AND TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE" (LATER I LEARNED A ROD HAD GONE BAD) AND MY WARRANTY WAS VOIDED DUE TO "OIL SLUDGE" IN THE ENGINE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TALKING ABOUT SELLING ME A NEW CAR, WHICH I DECLINED. I ALSO DECLINED ANY MAINTENANCE TO BE PERFORMED. I THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A PRIVATE CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO SENT A CAMERA INSIDE THE ENGINE AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO "SLUDGE" TO BE FOUND. THE MECHANIC ALSO DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY FOR KIA TO KNOW THIS SINCE HE COULD TELL THAT NEITHER THE VALVE COVER, NOR ANY OTHER ENGINE PART, HAD BEEN REMOVED TO FACILITATE SUCH INSPECTION. NOW I AM FACED WITH $3,700 IN ENGINE REPLACEMENT COSTS SINCE KIA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. KIA SEEMS TO HAVE SOMEHOW DETERMINED ENGINE "SLUDGE" WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING INSIDE THE ENGINE. I HAVE A FEW EXTERNAL PHOTOS AS PROOF THAT THE ENGINE HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED BY KIA BUT I AM UNABLE TO UPLOAD THEM HERE.

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS SITTING STILL WHEN I WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR BY A DULLY TRUCK THAT WAS TRAVELING GREATER THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR. I WAS PUSHED APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY SEAT BROKE. THE SEAT IS IN THE RECLINED POSITION. THE ADJUSTER TOTALED THE CAR DUE TO DAMAGE.

TAKATA RECALL TURNING OFF A ROAD OF 55 MPH ONTO A 35 MPH ROAD. I LET OFF OF BRAKES AFTER TURN AND I TRIED PRESSING ON GAS AND NO GAS PEDAL! I HIT THE CURB BECAUSE I WAS N SHOCK LOOKING FOR GAS PEDAL. THIS MESSED MY RIM AND TIRE UP. THE GAS PEDAL WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE BUT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THIS COULD OF EASILY BEEN THE BRAKE PEDAL. I'M SURE THEY ARE MADE OUT OF SAME MATERIAL. I AM WAITING FOR INSURANCE ADJUSTER TO COME IN THE MORNING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. POLICE DID NOT WRITE ACCIDENT REPORT.

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF MY 2013 KIA FORTE EX, THE VEHICLE ROUGHLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED VIA OIL CHANGES, FILTERS, ETC ON TIME WITH QUALITY NAME BRAND FULLY SYNTHETIC OIL AND FILTERS PER THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE WHICH IS EVERY 7500 MILES. I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE HOME ON A VERY BUSY FREEWAY ON THE EAST COAST. I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE OF 5 LANES ON THE SOUTH BOUND SIDE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR LOST ALL POWER AND WAS SLOWING DOWN AT AN UNSAFE RATE OF SPEED BECAUSE I HAD NO POWER AND DID NOT WANT TO TOUCH THE BRAKES OBVIOUSLY. I PANICKED BUT WAS ABLE TO PUT MY RIGHT SIGNAL ON TO TRY AND GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY I CONTINUED TO PANIC BECAUSE MY CAR WAS STEADY SLOWING AND EVENTUALLY WOULD COME TO A STOP BECAUSE I HAD NO POWER, THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT FUNCTION AND I KNEW THE CAR SHUT DOWN BECAUSE ALL THE LIGHTS WERE ON ON THE DASH AS IF YOU WERE STARTING THE CAR. THANKFULLY SOMEONE WAS WATCHING OVER ME THAT DAY AND I MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE THE CAR ROLLED TO A COMPLETE STOP. IF I WERE UNABLE TO SAFELY MOVE OVER TWO LANES AND MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER ON MOMENTUM I WOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED IN A LANE OF TRAVEL ON A BUSY FREEWAY AND WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE? I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAUSED AND BEEN PART OF A MAJOR ACCIDENT, EVEN THOUGH I DID MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER I WAS STILL PANICKING BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY BUSY FREEWAY AND I FELT HELPLESS. THE CAR WOULD NOT START IT WOULD MAKE A FUNKY NOISE AND THAT'S IT BUT WOULD NEVER START SO I WAS STRANDED. I LOOKED IN MY OWNERS MANUAL AND CALLED KIA, THE DEALERSHIP WAS 10 MINUTES FROM MY LOCATION. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A TOW TRUCK AND I WAS ON MY OWN. I HAD THE CAR TOWED THERE AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE BLEW UP AND IT WAS THE BOTTOM END. I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE TIMING SYSTEM AND KIA IS LYING.