This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
A few days ago my airbag lights on my dashboard turned on. When I used my obd to check for the problem, it said the driver side resistant was too high. I went in to get the car checked at a Kia dealership, but was told that they would need to call and see if warranty would cover the parts, if not it'll be over $600 plus $165 for the diagnosis. This is too much for a part of a car I have no control over, and especially too early for a car that is said to be a new model. Our other cars from other makes that were purchased in 2010 and 2012 doesn't even have as much problems as I did with my 2015 Kia Forte in the 3 years I've had it. Another problem I have is that the car would occasionally jerk whether on a highway or streets, it doesn't happen often but it has become an everyday thing, where it would lag/hesitate when accelerating. Speed does not matter. When driving over to the dealership the car would jerk, but once the dealership drove the car they said nothing happened and didn't try to check for the problem. I instead was told that they would check if I informed them of this problem after the third visit. Over the years I had to pay out of pocket to get a leak fixed months after my purchase, my paint was coming off and warranty didn't cover it because it was used( still within 6 months after purchase) had to changed the breaks, change the tires, change the headlight and backlights, change the battery, and have noticed the lack of acceleration my car has compared to other cars. I'm to return Monday to the dealership to see if warranty covers the airbag lights, but not feeling that it will.
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.
The contact owned a 2015 Kia Forte. While driving at low speeds, the contact detected a burning odor from the back seat. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and it caught on fire. The origin of the fire was not determined. Both police and fire reports were filed. The local fire department extinguished the fire. There were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an unknown location. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.
Engine is blown. Had no prior warning. It happened at a traffic ligh on a major highway.. check engine light did not come on prior to engine blowing. Temperature gauge did not register hot prior to engine blowing. Check oil light did not come on and stay on prior to engine blowing.
I was driving 45 on a 4 lane highway the car in front of me had stopped dead in my lane I had plenty of distance to stop but when I applied the brakes I felt the antilock braes vibrate twice and then it felt like I was still going the same speed not slowing me down (I had both feet on brake pedal when I finally stopped).resulting in me striking the car and totaling mine and his. Witnesses said it looked like I had applied the brakes in plenty of time but didn't stop. I did not know he had stopped because he had hit the car in front of him which had pulled to side of road. This was a 4 car accident car 2 hit car 1 and then car 3 hit car 2 leaving car 3 sitting in road which I hit car 3. all because car 2 was looking at a accident in median. I asked to have car brakes checked and they said it would cost to much to hire engineers to check over.
I have a complaint against nalley Kia, lithonia, ga, and the effective tires they are putting O the Kia Forte. I was informed by the service manager chad dalton, that the tire with the bubble is not covered under the road hazard warranty. He tried to say I had hit a pothole and that is what is wrong with the tire. I haven't hit a pothole. I have looked on your site and I see other are having this same problem. I would like this tire replaced, I have only 34,000 miles on the car and they are the original 50,000 miles tire.
Well leaking water in trunk had to let Kia store in clarksville, Indiana take it to fix didn't fix still paying on a lease and they still will not fix it screwing me over do not ever buy a car from Kia store in clarksville, Indiana they are crooks mold growing in backseat [xxx]. VIN unavailable information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'
While monitoring the rear view camera display to avoid obstacles while backing out of a parking space, the video frame froze creating the impression that I was farther away from obstacles than I actually was as I approached them. It was not immediately obvious that the video frame had frozen, and that updated video information was not being presented. When I looked at the video display it was not showing me the actual real-time situation, it was showing me a video frame from several seconds previous. The video froze for several seconds, but I'm unsure of when it actually started to freeze as I was also monitoring my forward view, so when I looked down at the monitor it wasn't accurate. I stopped motion for several seconds and the video started updating. I found myself (my car) much closer to nearby cars than I had intended. A pedestrian wandering in the path of my vehicle would surely have been hit.
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