2014 Kia Forte problems
Owners have filed 651 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Kia Forte. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 34% of complaints. Next are air bags (10%) and steering (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 651 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 34% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 60 and 53
- Injuries and deaths
- 52 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 77,000 miles 394 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 70 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 22 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 41 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 69 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 64 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 34 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 43 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 33 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 12 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 394 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 77,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 94,000 miles (136 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 60 complaints mention a crash; 53 complaints mention a fire; 52 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Kia Forte with enough data (292 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
On september 14, 2014, my wife and I were driving our 2014 kia forte when the car began to smoke. As soon as I pulled the car over to the shoulder, flames came out of the hood. The local fire department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was a total loss. Kia corporate was notified of the incident however, they do not want to investigate. I need help!
Takata recall needs to recall the breaks on the 2014 kia forte. On novemeber 21st 2016 I totalled my kia due to failure of manafacurer breaks they didnt stop me and I rear ended a car which hot another that hit another. The speed control on the car is very hard to control I bearly push on fhe gas and it zoomed off t went from 0-30 really quick. Durring the wreck I was going approximately 25-30 MPH which when I hit the car due to the breaks failing my car bouced off of it and the airbags never deployed.
On saturday march 26th, 2018 I wss driving north bound on I471 in kentucky. Doing about 50-55 MPH while it was snowing/sleeting outside. As I was traveling another vehicle swerved over to get in exit lane while at same time on a right turn around exit lane. Once car did so, I had to press hard, slam on my brakes to avoid being clipped by other vehicle. As I did this I began to spin nor, the ESC or traction control took over and I spun out of control striking guard rail at unknown speed.
The airbag light came on, and the horn as well as the steering wheel buttons have all stopped working. I was told that a spring clock needs to be replaced somewhere but I bought the car brand new and its only 6 years old. Also my catalytic converter went out and my car is burning fuel and or oil and no one can tell me why. I wasn't doing anything but a normal drive when these issues began to occur. Help