2015 KIA FORTE Complaints

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AFTER MY VEHICLE WAS BUMPED BY ANOTHER CAR WHILE SITTING STILL IN MY DRIVEWAY. MY CAR INSURANCE COMPANY SAYS THAT IT WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT AND KIA SAYS THAT IT WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER THE WARRANTY SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

GOT IN CAR SHUT DOOR AND REAR WINDOW EXPLODED OUTWARD, NOT HOT OR VERY COLD THIS DAY WAS NEAR 50 DEG. THIS WINDOW GLASS LOOKS TO BE VERY THIN IMO. IN MY 50 YRS. OF MANY CARS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SUCH A THING HAS HAPPENED.

ON SATURDAY MARCH 30, 2019, I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE 110 NORTH HIGHWAY ( CALIFORNIA) WITH MY ONLY SON , MY MOTHER AND MY BOYFRIEND , I WAS GETTING SIGNALED TO PULL OVER BY OTHER DRIVERS AT THAT VERY MOMENT MY CAR STALLED AND HEAVY DARK SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT OF AIR VENT , MY BOYFRIEND SHOUTED FOR US TO GET OUT OF THE CAR QUICK , MY MOTHER IS DISABLED AND USES A WALKER TO WALK WE HAD TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT OUT FIRST , AS WE STARTED TO RUN FROM THE CAR I TURNED AROUND AND NOTICED A FIRE UNDER MY CAR ( I WAS DRIVING LIKE THAT , UNKNOWINGLY) MY CAR WENT INTO FLAMES WITHIN MINUTES AND IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I HAVE PROVIDED PICTURES FOR YOU REVIEW, I WAS VERY AFRAID FOR NOT ONLY MY LIFE BUT MY FAMILIES LIFE, IT CROSSED MY MIND THAT I WAS GOING TO DIE, IF THESE DOORS DON'T OPEN .

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TOOK IT TO KIA THEY DID A TUNE UP AND FUEL FLUSH CAR SOUNDED TERRIBLE. TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM UNLESS THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK BECAUSE THE SOUND WAS WORSE 3 WEEKS LATER. THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE $7702 OR THEY COULD CHECK THE ENGINE FOR $2000 AND REPLACE IT IF NEEDED THE PRICE WOULD BE $7702 PLUS TAX. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT SOUNDED WORSE AFTER THE TUNE UP OR WHY THEY DID NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE TUNE. THEY SAID IT WAS INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE.

TAKATA RECALL: MY BRAKE LIGHTS FROM BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES ARE ALWAYS GONG OUT. I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO REPLACE BULBS. I'VE EVEN TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND HAD THE ENTIRE LIGHTING WIRES BRAND NEW AND STILL HAVE THIS ISSUE.

MIL LIGHT WONT GO OFF, CATALYTIC CONVERTER DAMAGE POSSIBLE, CAR ONLY 3 YEARS OLD???

BOUGHT CAR FROM KIA 2015 FORTE 4 DOOR WITH THEIR CERTIFICATION WITH 32500 MILES TOOK CAR IN FOR 2ND OIL CHANGE AT 40400 MILES WAS TOLD REAR BRAKES WERE INTO THE ROTORS AND FRONT BRAKES WERE STARTING TO DO THE SAME. WHAT WERE THE BRAKE PADS LIKE WHEN THEY WERE CERTIFIED?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA FORTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 72 MPH, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL TOW LOT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

WHEN I TURN ON DIRECTIONAL THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT, I THEN HAVE TO TURN THE DIRECTIONAL ON AN OFF TO GET THE HEADLIGHTS TO COME BACK ON. CITY STREETS WHILE I AM COMING UP TO MY TURN.

I WAS BROADSIDED BY A CAR THAT RAN A STOP SIGN AS I WAS DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON A CITY STREET. THE COLLISION KNOCKED ME UP ONTO THE CURB AND INTO A SHORT BLOCK WALL. THE HIT WAS SO HARD THAT IT BENT THE FRAME OF MY CAR AT THE MID-LINE AND EVEN BENT THE ROOF OF MY VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. I WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT AS THE HIT WAS SO HARD AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO CUSHION THE BLOW.