2016 Kia Forte Koup

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine	2		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine

Filed Mar 9, 2025TX

In December after getting letter in the mail saying I needed an upgrade to my car's knock sensor I took it to a Kia dealership. I received word from the dealership that my car had suffered a lower crank shaft failure and would need to be replaced. The dealership told me that this was a known issue and gave me a number to call to file a claim. After months of trying to get follow-up from the Kia claim office, they denied the claim. They said my engine had suffered failure before I had the knock sensor update and if it would have occurred after they would have replaced the engine. Kia knows that there is a severe issue with the engines they put in these vehicles and they are failing to fix the problem.

Engine

Filed Sep 16, 202055,000 milesMI

THE MOTOR BLEW AT 55,000 MILES

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2013

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2017	0	1	0	Routine
2016 — this page	2	0	0	Routine
2015	0	1	0	Routine
2014	1	2	0	Routine
2013	16	4	1	Routine
2012	14	4	0	Routine
2011	8	2	0	Routine
2010	11	2	1	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.