2023 Kia Forte steering problems
17 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2023 Kia Forte, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 16% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 fire, 2 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
My father was in a fatal vehicle accident in which the car was going very fast and then he crashed into a building. The car then started on fire. The black box was unable to be recovered to check car function. There were no medical findings
The contact owns a 2023 Kia Forte. The contact stated while pulling out of the driveway and making a left turn, there was an abnormal clunking sound coming from underneath the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and test driven the vehicle and diagnosed but no issue was found. However, the contact stated that the failure reoccurred increasingly while making left turns with a clunking sound coming from the floorboard.
Steering problems in other years
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