Kia Forte Koup

Owners filed 52 complaints across 8 model years of the Kia Forte Koup. The 2013 drew the most (16).

Model years8
Complaints52
Recalls16
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Kia Forte Koup years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kia Forte Koup model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Kia Forte Koup model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20170
1———Routine
20162
0——EngineRoutine
20150
1———Routine
20141
2——Electrical SystemRoutine
201316
411EngineRoutine
201214
4——EngineRoutine
20118
2——EngineRoutine
201011
21—EngineRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.