This deal is profitable. The price is 8.1 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $14981
Fair price: $16186
High price: $17390
MPG: 25 mpg city / 36 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Abyss Blue
Dealer: Barry Chrysler Dodge Jeep
Mileage: 37,645
Year: 2015
Ownership Cost for 2015 Kia Forte EX
Estimated: $35157 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2631
$1263
$1105
$1000
$894
$6893
Insurance
$1955
$2023
$2094
$2167
$2243
$10482
Fuel
$1279
$1317
$1363
$1418
$1481
$6858
Maintenance
$1339
$1185
$882
$940
$1636
$5982
Repairs
$436
$641
$721
$850
$1008
$3656
Taxes & Fees
$867
$867
$867
$867
$867
$1285
Total Ownership Costs
$8507
$6527
$6292
$6455
$7375
$35157
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2000.0
Displacement CI: 122.04748818946
Displacement L: 2.0
Doors: 4
Engine Model: DOHC GDI Nu
Fuel Injection Type: Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection (SGDI)
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: KIA
Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Forte
Model Year: 2015
Plant City: Hwasung
Plant Company Name: Kia Motors Corporation
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLS / JSL / TAX (Middle Grade)
Series2: YD (4DR/5DR)
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
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
