Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Forte
Model Year: 2013
Plant City: Hwasung
Plant Company Name: Kia Motors Corporation
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: EX
Series2: TD
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE AC CONDENSER FROZE UP THEREFORE I COULD NOT START VEHICLE . IT WAS SNOWING AND FREEZING AND I WAS STRANDED FOR 2 HOURS. THE AC SHOULD NOT BE GOING BAD ON A 2010 VEHICLE . I READ MANY REPORTS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM IN THE KIA FORTES ALL YEARS. WELL SOMEONE COULD GET HURT WHEN THERE VEHICLE STOPS RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY!!! THIS IS A PROBLEM!!! MECHANIC TOLD ME I COULD OF BEEN DRIVING FAST AND THIS COULD OF HAPPENED!! SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT!! *TR
2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2013 KIA FORTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MAJOR ENGINE DEFECTS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THREE WEEKS AFTER HER DAUGHTER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MALFUNCTION AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SMOKE AND A VERY STRONG BURNING ODOR EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. THE RADIATOR WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY. SINCE THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, THE VEHICLE WAS BURNING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL, WHICH REQUIRED ADDING OIL TO KEEP IT AT FULL LEVEL. THE TAIL PIPE WAS DARK BLACK AND HEAVILY SOILED, WHICH INDICATED THE VEHICLE STILL HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM. ONE MONTH LATER, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED DELAYED ACCELERATION
