This deal is profitable. The price is 17.2 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $14648
Fair price: $15943
High price: $17237
MPG: 25 mpg city / 36 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Steel Blue
Dealer: Columbia Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM FIAT
Mileage: 42,881
Year: 2015
Ownership Cost for 2015 Kia Forte (Forte5 SX)
Estimated: $37784 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2809
$1348
$1180
$1067
$955
$7359
Insurance
$1974
$2043
$2115
$2189
$2265
$10586
Fuel
$1560
$1607
$1663
$1730
$1807
$8367
Maintenance
$1396
$1249
$926
$1036
$1662
$6269
Repairs
$461
$664
$748
$875
$1036
$3784
Taxes & Fees
$958
$958
$958
$958
$958
$1419
Total Ownership Costs
$9158
$7020
$6770
$6986
$7850
$37784
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: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Displacement CC: 1600.0
Displacement CI: 97.63799055157
Displacement L: 1.6
Doors: 5
Engine Model: DOHC T-GDI GAMMA
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: TOP (High)
Series2: YD (4DR/5DR)
TPMS: Direct
Turbo: Yes
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
SERVICE BRAKES
UPON PARKING MY VEHICLE, I COULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF DRIVE OR NEUTRAL, RESULTING IN AN INABILITY TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND REMOVE MY KEYS. AS I WAS UNABLE TO DO THIS, I COULD NOT LEAVE MY VEHICLE AND FEARED IT COULD ROLL FROM ITS PARKING SPOT. AT THIS TIME, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT COMING ON WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE BRAKES. ALSO, MY ESC CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON INDICATING THIS FUNCTION WAS NO LONGER WORKING. WHEN TALKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP, I LEARNED THERE IS AN IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH OTHER MODELS THAT HAS RESULTED IN A RECALL. HOWEVER, MY FORTE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS TO RESTART MY VEHICLE OVER FIFTEEN MINUTES, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK. HOWEVER, MY ESC LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER THIS. *TR
