2014 Kia Forte body & structure problems

18 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2014 Kia Forte, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 18 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 10,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Based on 10 complaints that include mileage. 90% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	7
20k to 40k miles	1
40k to 60k miles	1
60k to 80k miles	0
80k to 100k miles	1
100k to 120k miles	0
120k to 140k miles	0
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 10 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles, and 90% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I was in a three vehicle accident as the third car. I hit the car in front of me and in turn caused that vehicle to hit the vehicle in front of him. I had the brakes pressed down all the way to the floor and still couldn't stop in time to prevent impact, there were not even any skid marks on the pavement. The impact was so strong that my back seats folded down and the things I had in my trunk flew forward and hit the back of the driver seat.

October 2013 CrashInjury

Vehicle was involved in a random shooting causing the vehicle to have driver side door panel, window, seat, and side view mirror song with driver side back seat windows. Also public service announcement of recall for 2014 kia forte heating,air systems under the hood car does not blow out of all vents.

Reported at 4,000 miles, October 2014

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