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I have only had the car about a year. Bought it used and within 7-10 months I-??ve had to get spark plugs replaced, and ignition coil replaced as well. I-??m having this issue once again after getting the things about fixed in January of 2022. It is now may of 2022 and I-??m still having the same issue. I-??ve read online that this is a recurring theme with this model.
I was driving and the oil light came up on the dash blinking at first and then solid then the acceleration went down and then the battery light came on and my car didn-??t accelerate anymore. It also smelled like burning gas or oil and then I turned it off and had it towed. My car won-??t even start anymore after turning it off.
My car is constantly stalling and I have nearly gotten into several accidents because it would stall at red lights, or while driving, turning it stalls. In order to keep it from stalling have to keep putting it into neutral. I can't get a proper scan on it because the engine light isn't on. This has been happening for about 2 months and it is getting worse. I have under 50,000 miles on it.
I got this car in January, it's only October and my speed doesn't accelerate. When I step on the gas pedal there is a huge kick and my RPM goes from under one to 4 or 5 to get to 20mph. I noticed that I could change the drive to D1 and D2 but when driving and going over 30mph my car is in D6. I have yet to find a solution. No warning lights have come on yet but I don't want it to get to that point before having the car for a year.
The contact owns a 2017 Kia Forte. The contact stated while driving at 30 MPH, when the contact heard a loud popping noise coming from the vehicle, the contact noticed that when depressing the accelerator pedal the vehicle would not accelerate. The contact saw the check engine light warning light illuminated on the vehicle. The contact had to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road and attempted to restart the vehicle which it did and contact smelled something burning from the interior of the vehicle and noticed smoke coming from the front hood of the vehicle. The contact was able to continue to drive to their work. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after work and continue drive to their destination, however, the failure persisted, The contact check the vehicle later that day and noticed the there was no oil in the engine and a major oil leak underneath vehicle undercarriage. The contact had the vehicle towed to the local dealer to have inspected the vehicle and diagnosed the failure engine sensor was damaged and the fuel pump was damage on the vehicle as well failure where the trunk latch will not open on the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage approximately 75,000.
The engine failed during evening rush hour traffic, the car stalled in traffic and would not cut back on. Vehicle had to be pushed out of the road and towed home. Previously the engine light did appear on in the car but a recent oil change was done on the car which caused the light to go away. Vehicle was driven from the shop after oil change was done and car stalled once on the way home. I did a google search for recalls and found out there was a recall on the car (recall no. 21V260000)car was taken to Kia dealership a day or 2 later and a diagnostics was done on the vehicle by the Kia dealership. The Kia dealership informed me that there was metal shavings in the engine of the car. They refused to fix the car despite me showing them the recall number the Kia dealership said they can fix it for $7600 or I can get another car and put down between $5000-6000. They also said being that my car wasn't apart of the recall there was nothing they can do even though my car was showing signs that was stated in the recall. The car is currently parked in my backyard and currently not driveable.
The contact owns a 2017 Kia Forte. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the check engine and oil warning lights illuminated and then the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to pull over and park the vehicle in a parking lot where the vehicle remained. The vehicle was not taken to an independent mechanic or dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the VIN was not associated with any recalls. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.
While driving normal 35 mph speed engine started knocking loudly, pulled into parking lot shut it off. Called dad, an ASE Master Mechanic, told him what happened. He told me to start it so he could hear it, bang, bang BOOM! stench, smoke car died. He told me it sounded like the rod bearing. Got towed home. Towed to Kia dealer near home, they diagnosed blown rod bearing engine toast. This is probably the SAME engine the lawsuits were about with the SAME PROBLEM. I am thrilled that no-one was hurt, there had been fires, explosions etc. If it happened on the freeway it could have been BAD!
My car has gone in twice to the dealer for -??engine missfire-?? both times coils were replaced under warranty, now the car just hit 60212 milles and engine missfire code again, this time not covered under warranty. Car has a bad shake at start up and moderate speeds. Third time in the past year.
My vehicle is at 60,116 miles. While driving down the interstate, it started making a slight rattling noise. Then not even 5 minutes later it made this awful sound, smoke was going everywhere and it was pouring oil out. The traction control light, engine light, and oil light all came on. It had thrown a rod through the engine. Prior to this, there were no issues at all. No engine light. No rattling. Nothing. It just happened all at once within 5 minutes.
The car keeps giving a misfire code. Kia says the only recall is for the coil boots. They replaced the coil boots and the car is still giving the misfire code. I see lots of people having to replace the coils to fix the problem. I asked kia about this and they say there is no problem with my coils. At this point my car isnt usable and kia says theres nothing they can do. The car loses power and stalls while driving along. It also does the same thing while at an idle.
2017 Kia Forte check engine light turned on and was heading to mechanic. While driving the car completely died while driving and all warning lights came on. Oil pan flashed on so oil change was done on spot. The car drove fine then days later same issue occurred. Got car towed to a mechanic for the mechanic to tell me there were foreign particles stuck in both the oil pump and oil pan that led to engine damage now needing a new engine. Take my car to Kia dealership for the recall that I seen online for possible engine failure due to faulty oil pump and Kia is not honoring the recall since it has a date posted for later this year in June.
I already filed a complaint on this previously, however in 2020 my engine failed stop working. And I was unable to drive it or fix it. I lost my job, I had to get a rental car. The car lost speed while driving and would not go anymore..
I was driving down 84th St and came to the light on 84th and pacific ave and the engine wanted to die out and put my foot on the gas pedal to keep it running and then turned right onto pacific ave and went to 80th and pacific ave and the car died out towed it to the house and checked the oil and everything and there was no oil the oil indicator light did not turn on at any point of time so I added oil and started the engine back up and now it has a engine knock like the rod bearing went out I am going to contact the Kia dealer in the morning and see what's the problem and everything and everything happened on city streets
The contact owns a 2017 Kia Forte. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start-up. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to Kia autosport of pensacola (6637 pensacola blvd, pensacola, fl 32505). The contact stated that the dealer claimed that the vehicle started with no problem. The contact also mentioned that the ignition coil and spark plug may have caused the vehicle not to start or misfire. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacture was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.
In motion on highway going 70. 2017 Kia started making ticking noise no oil light on or any warnings after few miles rod went through side of block then into starter damaging it leaving car disabled. Removed engine from car to replace opened the engine up and found to be a result of a recall issue car has 104000 on it. Found sump filter clogged with bearing material restrictting oil flow. The dealer or Kia wont do anything refusing to fix it. I now have a new engine ordered and getting it wensday, the car is not even paid off and as a result I can not make it to work to make a living till I get the engine installed. This has been going on for 4 months.
I was stopped at a stop light with my foot on the brake. My vehicle lunged forward with my foot still on the brake so I pulled the emergency brake up and my vehicle stopped, thankfully I did nothing hit anyone or anything. When the light turned green I drove forward and my engine light turned on; after no more than 30 seconds, the light turned off. All has been fine since, however I looked up this problem and apparently Kia has a serious problem with cars lunging forward and causing major accidents. I honestly am terrified for this to happen to me.
2.0 has 73K miles on it. Engine noisy when cold start, like a rattle and knock for about 2 seconds. Oil is good and no codes. Even when warmed up, the engine almost sounds like the multi port engines made in the 80's and 90S when accelerating. Kind of a 'wa wa wa wa wa' sound. To me, it sounds like it is ready to 'check out'. someone told me it could be rod bearings.
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