2010 KIA FORTE Complaints

OUR 2010 KIA FORTE EX LOST 90% OF POWER REPEATEDLY (RPMS DROP TO IDLE, REGARDLESS OF THROTTLE POSITION) AT SPEEDS FROM 0-35MPH. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, BUT I THINK IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU ARE MAKING A LEFT TURN AND YOU LOSE ACCELERATION, YOU CAN BE IN THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC BY LOSING POWER. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO (25,000 MILES OR SO) THE TPS (THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR) WENT OUT. KIA COULD NOT DIAGNOSE IT UNTIL IT THREW A CODE (LAME). NOW WE GET THE SAME ISSUE, THE VEHICLE IS STALLING, OR "STUMBLING" WHEN THE SPEED SHOULD BE CONSTANT OR ACCELERATING, BUT THERE IS NO ENGINE CODE FOR THE CODE READER TO PICKUP YET, SO THE MECHANICS CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. APPARENTLY THIS IS A PROBLEM ON MANY MODELS OF KIA/HYUNDAI AND THE MECHANICS DON'T RECOGNIZE IT SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT, AND YOU ARE STUCK WITH A DANGEROUS CONDITION. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OF THESE FAULTY TPS SENSORS. KIA/HYUNDAI SHOULD AT LEAST ISSUE A SAFETY TSB (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN) TO CLUE IN THEIR MECHANICS AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. HERE'S A GREAT ARTICLE SHOWING THE PROBLEM: HTTP://WWW.KIA-FORUMS.COM/KIA-CARNIVAL-SEDONA-2006/80251-TPS-SENSOR-SYMPTOMS-TPS-FAILURE-CEL.HTML THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *TR

ESC LIGHT STAYS ON, BRAKE LIGHTS DON'T WORK, AND CRUISE CONTROL WORKS SPORADICALLY, ALL FUSES ARE WORKING, A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH REFLECTS THAT THE A FAULTY BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH MIGHT BE THE CAUSE, WHICH IN FACT IT WAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA FORTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BECAME DEFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TIRE SENSOR HAD FRACTURED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SENSORS ALSO BECAME FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. *JS

THE TPMS ON THREE TIRES HAVE CORRODED AND CAUSED LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE. THIS HAS LEAD TO HAVING TO REPLACE ALL THREE SENSORS. WHEN THIS SENSOR CORRODES, YOU CANNOT ADD ANY AIR TO THE TIRE FOR A TEMP FIX UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED AND YOU ARE FORCED TO DRIVE ON THE SPARE TIRE. THIS REPAIR RUNS AROUND $200 AT THE LOCAL KIA DEALER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND A MAN FLAGGED ME DOWN AT A RED LIGHT TO LET ME KNOW THAT NONE OF MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE WORKING. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THE CRUISE CONTROL AS WELL AS TRACTION CONTROL BUTTONS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY ISSUE WITH THE FUSES. IF I CAN NOT FIND A FIX TO THIS PROBLEM IT MAY RESULT IN MYSELF GETTING REAR ENDED. *TR

AFTER INCIDENT AT 70 MPH AND TAKING THE CAR TO THE KIA ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN, THE SERVICE MANAGER REFUSES TO WRITE IN THE SERVICE REPORT THE OBSERVED CRACKED NUT SUPPORTING THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL STEM. THE COMPLAINT WAS ISSUE UNDER KIA #[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

KIA CASE #[XXX] AFTER INFORM KIA ON WHEEL STEM FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION(KIA CASE NUMBER[XXX]) KIA DECIDED NOT TO ISSUE NOR ELEVATE THE PROBLEM ON WHEEL STEM SUPPORTING NUT FAILURE. KIA DID NOT ACCEPT MY OFFER TO SHIP THE FAILED STEM AND NUT FOR TEST OR INSPECTION. KIA DENIED TO WARRANT THE INVOLVED PARTS AFTER OFFER THE CAR FOR 100,000 MILES OR TEN YEARS "BUMPER TO BUMPER" INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE TIRE DEFLATE RAPIDLY WHEN DRIVING AT 70MPH ON FREEWAY. WHEN IN THE TIRE SHOP TECHNICIAN REVELED THERE WAS NO PUNCTURE BUT THE STEM WAS MISSING. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE THE STEM WAS FOUND INSIDE THE TIRE WITH VISIBLE CORROSION SIGNS. BY INSPECTING THE REST OF THE STEM, WAS FOUND THAT ALL THREE STEM SUPPORTING NUTS HAVE TRACES OF CORROSION BUT ONE OF THEM ON THE PASSENGER FRONT WHEEL THE NUT WAS CRACKED. WE CONCLUDED AS CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS THE CRACK IN THE NUT THAT SECURE THE STEM IN POSITION. THE FAILURE CAN BE VERIFIED BY THE CORROSION MARS PRESENT OF THE FAILED WHEEL STEM. THE COMPONENT IS IDENTIFY AS FCCI ID: KR5S180052015B IC:267T-S118015B ID:0C2BDE37 S180052017E 09096 CONTINENTAL PA66 GF30 52933-2M000. *TR

THE TPMS SENSOR RETAINING NUTS CRACK AND CAUSE THE TIRE TO SUDDENLY LOOSE ALL AIR PRESSURE. THIS HAS HAPPEN ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS DESTROYED THE TIRE. TODAY WHILE GETTING BRAKES SERVICED IT WAS FOUND I HAVE A THIRD RETAINING NUT THAT IS CRACKED. *TR

WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT,WHEN I CRASHED INTO A CAR THAT WAS GOING ABOUT 50. MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS SMASHED IN, RADIATOR WAS PUSHED INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK,THE FRAME WAS BENT,TORE OFF MY BUMMER, FOLDED MY HOOD AND BROKE MY WINDSHIELD..THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.. *TR