2010 KIA FORTE Complaints

MY 2010 KIA FORTE HAS 62,751 MILES ON IT AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ON CONSTANTLY WHEN I AM DRIVING. I WAS PARKED IN MY CARPORT AND STARTED THE CAR TO GO TO THE POST OFFICE TO PICK UP MY MAIL. THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AS USUAL BUT THIS TIME IT STAYED ON (SOLID) AND REMAINS THAT WAY. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL FOR AIR BAGS FOR 2010 KIA FORTES BUT MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED. I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN LIVING ALONE WITH LIMITED FUNDS AND HAVE NO CHOICE, I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS CAR AND AM CONSTANTLY IN FEAR OF LOSING MY LIFE OR BEING SEVERELY INJURED IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THAT ALONE IS A MAJOR DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF OTHER 2010 KIA FORTE'S WERE INCLUDED, WHY MINE WAS NOT. I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SO THE REPAIR CAN BE MADE BY THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT A CHARGE TO ME, WHICH WILL ALLOW ME TO QUIT LIVING IN FEAR AND BE ABLE TO DRIVE SAFELY.

HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE IS FAILING, CAUSING TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS TO TURN OFF. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS IS THAT MOISTURE PROBABLY GOT IN IT CAUSING THE ISSUE AND THE UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. KIA HAS RECALLS IN PLACE FOR THIS SAME UNIT ON THEIR 2006-2010 SEDONA AND 2007-2009 SORENTO VEHICLES (RECALL NUMBER 20V088000, RECALL DATE 02/14/2020), BUT NOT FOR THE 2010 KIA FORTE. SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME ISSUE. LUCKILY WE ARE GETTING IT REPLACED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED, BUT OTHERS MAY NOT BE AS FORTUNATE. NEW REPLACEMENT PART IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE, SO HAVING TO REPLACE IT WITH A USED ONE THAT COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP THE SAME ISSUE.

I HAD A MILD ENGINE KNOCKING NOISE FOR A SEVERAL WEEKS, BUT JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE CAR SEEMED TO BE STRUGGLING TO SHIFT GEARS AND GO. I PULLED OVER AND HEARD TERRIBLE ROD KNOCKING AND ENGINE CLANKING NOISES. I TURNED THE CAR OFF TO CALL MY FATHER AND ASK IF HE THOUGHT I COULD MAKE IT HOME, AND I AGREED TO ATTEMPT IT. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON THE ROD KNOCKING WAS WORSE THAN BEFORE, IT MADE A VERY LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHEN I ACCELERATED, AND THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHIN MINUTES, IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION.

WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED STEERING WOULD MAKE A CLICKING NOISE AND GET STUCK FOR SEVERAL SECONDS WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT.I FELT VERY UNSAFE ON THE INTERSTATE AS I WOULD JERK THE WHEEL TO GET THE WHEEL TO UNSTICK.I PUT MY HAND UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN AND GOT BROWN OIL ON MY HAND.I TOOK THE CAR TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AS I WAS TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AND SAID IT WAS THE COUPLING IN THE STEERING BOX .THEY SAID IT COULD BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS THE STEERING COULD LOCK UP IF THE MOTOR SHOULD FAIL .

AFTER I GOT MY CAR IN 2015, I NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES MY CRUISE CONTROL WOULD STOP WORKING AND WOULDN'T COME BACK ON UNTIL THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON. THE ISSUE HAS CONSISTENTLY GOTTEN WORSE AND HAPPENS MORE OFTEN. RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPS WORKING AND EVEN WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN WE AREN'T USING CRUISE CONTROL, THIS ALSO HAPPENS. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED US TO BE IN ACCIDENTS. WE'VE ALMOST BEEN T-BONE NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE WE LOSE ACCELERATION WHILE CROSSING AN INTERSECTION.

ONE DAY, DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN 2017. MY HUSBAND ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. WHILE GOING 60MPH, THE DOOR OPENED. AFTER THAT, THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE.. WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO TRY TO FIX IT, AND WERE ABLE TO FIX THE MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS US TO OPEN FROM THE INSIDE, BUT IT STILL WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE.

MOTOR HAS BEEN MAKING PECKING SOUND FOR PERIOD OF TIME. AS GOING DOWN THE ROAD TODAY IT DIED IN THE ROAD. FINALLY GOT IT TO CRANK ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD BUT IT'S MAKING A LOUDER KNOCKING SOUND.

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE MY VEHICLE STALLS AND HESITATES TO INCREASE SPEED. BEFORE PICKING UP SPEED, IT JERKS FORWARD BEFORE GRADUALLY GETTING FASTER.

ENGINE BURNED IN FRONT YARD HUSBAND DROVE CAR TO POST OFFICE RETURNED WITH CAR AND ENGINE WAS ON FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO PUT FIRE OUT. HUSBAND MADE IT HOME AND PARKED THE VEHICLE AT FRONT DOOR HUSBAND THOUGHT CAR WAS STEAMING BUT CAR WAS ON FIRE

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT HAS COME ON; THEREFORE, IT HAS ME CONCERNED IF I WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.