2012 Kia Forte complaints

2012 KIA FORTE KOUP CAR WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVEING AND VERY LOUD KNOCK IN THE ENGINE TOOK IT TO KIA IN LANCASTER OHIO VEHICLE THROWING NO CODES WHY IS THIS ENGINE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL I HAVE SEEN OTHERS ASK THE VERY SAME QUESTION FOR EXACT VEHICLE

BACK IN 2018 MY ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT MY ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I'VE HAD KEPT REGULAR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WITH THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH THE 2012 FORTE USES HYUNDAI AND KIA'S 'THETA II' ENGINE. THE THETA II ENGINES COULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE DUE TO A MANUFACTURING PROCESS ISSUE. SURE ENOUGH I DID INDEED HAVE ENGINE FAILURE AND HAD TO PAY AN ARM AND A LEG TO REPLACE MY ENGINE. NOW I FEAR THAT THIS SECOND ENGINE WILL FOLLOW SUIT. ONLY SOME MODELS FELL UNDER THE RECALL BUT KIA REALLY NEEDS TO CONSIDER THE 2012 FORTE MODELS AND ANY OTHER MODEL THAT FALLS IN RANGE. DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND KIA NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE! I HAD TO CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES TO RESPOND TO MAKE SURE THE FIRE WENT OUT.

DRIVING WHEN IT STALLED ALONG WITH MINOR SMOKING FROM ENGINE AREA ON SEVAERAL OCCASIONS. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL KIA TO SEE IF THEY MAY HAVE INSIGHT AS TO WHAT MIHJT BE THE CAUSE ONLY TO BE TOLD THEY WOULD NEED TO INDSPECT CAR ALONG WITH A HEFTY HOURLY FEE. AND WITHIN SEVERAL DAYS IT STALLED , THE ENGINE CAME ON THEN DIED. I TOWED CAR HOME. IT WOUL START AND RUN FOR APPR. 2 MINUTESWITH A VERY LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. I THEN HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MECHANIC SHOP TO HAVE IT CHECKED TO BE TOLD IT WAS BLOWN DUE TO THROWED RODS AND WOULD NEED AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT WGICH I DID HAVE DONE. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY THE SHOP TO THE ISSUES KIA HAD HAD AND WAS HAVING WITH THE THETA ENGINE AS THATS WHAT MY CAR HAD. IVE CONTACTED THE MAIN KIA OFFICE WITH MY ISSUE AND COMPLAINT ONLY TO BE TOLD MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST AND THEY COULDD NOT ASSIST ME AND DECLINED ANY OTHER CALLS IVE TRIEDTO PLACE TO THEM.

THE NHTSA WEBSITE SAYS I HAVE A RECALL UNDER MY VIN NUMBER BUT WHEN I GO TO THE KIA WEBSITE AND ENTER IT FOR SERVICE IT SAYS NO RECALL FOUND, SO I CAN NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED.

I BOUGHT MY 2012 KIA FORTE WITH ABOUT 9,000 MILES IN 2014. I USED GOOD PENNZOIL SYNTHETIC OIL AND DID REGULAR OIL CHANGES. MY ENGINE STARTED TICKING AT ABOUT 110,000 MILES. I WROTE IT OFF AS A TICKY LIFTER. AT 184, 000 MILES MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED OIL. LESS THAN A QUART LOW, SO I FILLED IT. 5 MILES LATER CAR DIES AND WON'T TURN OVER AGAIN. MECHANIC SAYS ENGINE LOCKED UP. THEN I READ ONLINE THAT THIS 2.4 THETA ENGINE HAS BEEN RECALLED IN LATER MODEL KIAS AND HYUNDAI. BUT NOT IN EARLY YEARS BECAUSE OF SOME CODE NUMBER. GIVE ME A BREAK. KIA NEEDS TO PAY UP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.I AM CALLING EVERYONE I CAN TO KEEP THIS ISSUE OUT THERE. MAKE THEM DO A RECALL. NBC NEWS IS NEXT ON MY LIST. I WAS ON A CITY STREET GOING ABOUT 30. LUCKILY NOT PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF SOMEONE

I DIDN'T GET THE RECALL FOR THE BRAKES IN 2018 RADIO JUST WENT OUT LAST YEAR FOR NO REASON WINDOW ON PASSENGER JUST STOPPED WORKING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA FORTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS EMITTING A SOUND LIKE THAT OF A DIESEL ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS REVVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE. SEVERAL UNKNOWN DEALERS WERE CONTACTED WERE CONTACTED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ISSUE WAS COMMON WITH SIMILAR VEHICLES. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE CRANK BEARING HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

ENGINE KNOCKING & CLICKING. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ENGINE FROM KIA FOR THESE MODELS. IT HAPPENS ON STARTUP AND FADES AFTER DRIVING AWHILE

MARCH OF 2020 WE BAGAN NOTICING A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR UPON COLD STARTS WHICH INCREASES AS THE IDLE SPEED INCREASES. ALSO MAKES THE SAME KNOCKING NOISE WHILE ENGINE IS AT RUNNING TEMPERATURE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A CONNECTOR ROD OR CONNECTOR ROD BEARING ISSUE. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT OF THE THETA II MOTOR. ALSO AROUND THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL SC158 BRAKE PEDAL STOPPER PAD. WE WERE INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIR EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE CAME OUT OF PARK WITH ENGINE OFF AND KEYS NOT IN IGNITION, ALMOST CAUSING COLLISION WHEN CAR ROLLED INTO STREET. AGAIN, KIA STATED THAT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. *LN*JB

IT SAYS ON HERE THERE IS AN ACTIVE RECALL I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR TODAY

ENGINE HAS DEVELOPED A KNOCKING SOUND AT IDLE UPON COLD START. SUSPECT CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS ARE FAILING, SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT 2.0L THETA ENGINE RECALL. OIL AND FILTER HAS BEEN CHANGED EVERY 5K MILES SINCE NEW. THE 2.4L THETA II ENGINE NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL.

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL WHETHER WILL DRIVING OR WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED IT MAKES A CLICKING SOUND AND FEELS A LITTLE LOOSE. IF WHILE DRIVING AND I HIT A SMALL BUMP THE STEERING WHEEL WILL TURN AND MAKE A CLICKING SOUND. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO OIL CHANGE EXPRESS AND HE SAID THERE IS A RECALL ON A PART THAT'S DEALING WITH THE POWER STEERING IT'S A PART OF THE MOTOR. WHEN I CHECKED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY 2012 KIA FORTE BUT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE KIA OPTIMA. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON MY 2012 KIA FORTE WHEN IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2014 KIA OPTIMA TO BE EXACT. *TR

MY BRAKE PEDAL STOPPER FOR MY BRAKE LIGHTS CRUMBLED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH AND MY CAR BOGGED DOWN, IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER THEN SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. GOT SOME HELP TO PUSH IT TO THE SHOULDER, AND GOT A WRECKER TO TOW IT HOME. FOUND ENGINE HAD SIZED UP. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH KIA'S AND THIS ENGINE. CALLED LOCAL KIA DEALER AND THEY SAID THE FORTE SERIES WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME ENGINE IN OTHER SERIES WITH THE SAME ENGINE PROBLEMS. *TR

ENGINE FAILURE AT 71,000 MILES. ZERO PRIOR ISSUES. NOT COVERED BY KIA DUE TO TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP AND THE LACK OF WARRANTY BEYOND 60K. *TR

START IT WITH A TICKING NOISE THAT WAS PERSISTENT EVERY TIME WE TURN THE CAR ON AND EVENTUALLY JUST BLEW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF US DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. KIA IS NOT HELPING THERE IS NO RECALLS FOR THIS MODEL CAR OR ISSUE AND WE ARE JUST BEING IGNORED. FINALLY GOT A CALL BACK FROM THE MECHANIC TO FIND OUT THAT KIA STOPPED MAKING THIS MODEL ENGINE BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY ISSUES FOR IT BUT YET NO RECALL THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY TO FIX OUR CAR NOW GOOD JOB KIA YOU SUCK #KIASUCKS *TR

BACK IN 2017 I NEEDED TO HAVE THE ENGINE ON MY KIA REPAIRED AFTER ONLY FINANCING IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR DUE TO LOUD KNOCKING MY OIL LEVELS WERE UP TO PAR. PRESENT DAY, 2020 I AM HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE ONCE AGAIN. AS I WAS DRIVING IN THE FREEWAY I FELT A WEIRD SHIFT FOLLOWED BY LOUD KNOCKING COMING FROM MY ENGINE.

TL* HE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA FORTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATE WITH THE IGNITION IN THE OFF POSITION. ADDITIONALLY, THE GEAR SHIFTER COULD BE SHIFTED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER SOUTH DADE KIA (17120 SOUTH DIXIE HWY, MIAMI) WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL STOPPER PAD WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE STOPPER PAD WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V773000 (SERVICE BRAKES). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,400.

THEY SAID THERE IS METAL SCRAP IN THE CYLINDERS AND IT IS EVERYWHERE ONLINE THAT THEY SPONTANEOUSLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE OF IT AND HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE A FIRE. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS WHAT PEOPLE DESCRIBE ONLINE AND I REFUSE TO DRIVE IT.

TURN ON THE CAR AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR REGULAR SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA FORTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE CEASED AND WAS UNAWARE IF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. JOEY GRIFFIN KIA 3249 N CHURCH ST, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804, WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHEN HAD MY ACCIDENT IN ON GOING TRAFFIC MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY,MY BRAKES SYSTEM WENT OUT, ALSO MY HORN DOESN'T WORK, AND MY CV AXLE MESSES UP AND CAN'T FIND ANOTHER CV AXLE.

PURCHASED MY KIA FORTE 2.4L HATCHBACK USED 5 YEARS AGO WITH 42,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AND HAVE CHANGED TO OIL AT THE RECOMMENDED INTERVALS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE AT CERTIFIED KIA DEALERS ONLY. IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES, OIL LEVEL NEVER DECREASED SO THERE WERE NO LEAKS. I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A 3-HOUR TRIP WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO DEVELOP A RATTLING NOISE. I PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE FLUIDS AND EXPOSED BELT AND NO ISSUES. THE RATTLING GREW MORE NOTICEABLE FROM A RATTLING TO A GRINDING NOISE (60-70 MPH) AND THEN THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. WITHIN MINUTES THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, POWER LOST AND SPEED DECREASING WITHOUT A WAY TO ACCELERATE. I WAS ON A BUSY VIRGINIA HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER. TOWED TO CERTIFIED KIA DEALER WHO STATED THAT ONCE THEY OPENED THE OIL PAN, CHUNKS OF METAL CAME OUT AND THERE WERE GAPING HOLES IN ENGINE BLOCK. CLEARLY THIS ENGINE IS FACING THE SAME TERRIBLE FATE OF THE OTHER ENGINES RECALLED BY KIA; WHY WONT THEY ADMIT AND RECALL THE KIA ENGINES? AS SECOND OWNER, CAR IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER CAR AT A SPEED THAT SHOULD HAVE CAUSE THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY BUT NONE DID. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON 12/26/19. I WAS HEADED SOUTHBOUND ON MINNESOTA AVE IN SIOUX FALLS, SD. I SLOWED DOWN TO TURN EAST WHEN A CAR HIT ME FROM BEHIND. THE IMPACT CAUSED MY CAR TO SPIN 270*. SHATTERED THE REAR DRIVER WINDOW. BENT FRAME. BUT NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED

2012 KIA FORTE KOUP DRIVING ON A 45MPH ROAD WHEN WITHOUT WARNING ENGINE SEIZED CAUSING DANGEROUS SITUATION ATTEMPTING TO PULL CAR TO SIDE WITHOUT POWER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DELEARSHIP FOR WARRANTY SERVICE AS CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WAS DENIED WARRANTY SERVICE FOR LUDICROUS REFUSAL TO ACCEPT MAINTENANCE RECORDS BECAUSE I SCANNED THE ORIGINALS AND WOULD NOT HAND OVER THE ORIGINALS. VEHICLE WAS IN PERFECT RUNNING ORDER AND I PROVIDED VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOWING KIA VIDEO I HAPPENED TO HAVE SHOT JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE ENGINE FAILED DEMONSTRATING CAR WAS RUNNING PERFECT WITHOUT ANY SHAKES, RUMBLES,ODD NOISES AND ABSOLUTELY NO "SERVICE ENGINE" OR OTHER WARNING LIGHTS. KIA TOOK 2 MONTHS TO EVEN GIVE ME A PRELIMINARY DECISION THAT WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS WITH NO OFFER TO ASSIST WITH A LOANER CAR OR RENTAL OR ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE. OPENED ENGINE UP TO FIND METAL SHAVINGS AND OTHER REMNANTS FROM MANUFACTURE FLOATING AROUND IN OIL PAN. UPON INVESTIGATING A LITTLE FURTHER DISCOVERED THAT KIA NEEDS TO HELD ACCOUNTABLE NOT ONLY FOR THE GDI THETA ENGINES THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED UNDER SC147 BUT ALSO THE MPI MODEL ENGINES LIKE I HAVE IN MY CAR. IN THE RECALL KIA CLAIMS METAL SHAVINGS FROM MANUFACTURE OF THE CRANKSHAFTS ON THE GDI ENGINES CAUSED THE ISSUES.......HOWEVER, THE EXACT SAME CRANKSHAFT DOWN TO THE PART NUMBERS ARE 100% IDENTICAL. PLEASE I IMPLORE YOU TO HOLD KIA ACCOUNTABLE NOT ONLY FOR THE GDI ENGINES BUT ALSO THE MPI AS WELL. THEY BOTH USE THE EXACT SAME PART KIA CLAIMS HAD IS

THE STEERING WHEEL CLICKS REALLY BAD. MY STEERING WHEEL COMPONENTS ARE NO LONGER WORKING. THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS ALSO COME ON WITH THESE ISSUES.

I BOUGHT MY 2012 KIA FORTE 2.0L WITH 30,000 MILES 3 YEARS AGO. I NOW HAVE 100,955 MILES. MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN KEPT UP AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKING FINE WITH NO ISSUES. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. WHEN YOU WOULD TURN THE KEY YOU WOULD HERE 1 CLICK AND THEN NOTHING. WE BOUGHT A STARTER BECAUSE WE TESTED THE STARTER ON THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS BAD. STILL EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE STARTER YOU WOULD ONLY HEAR ONE CLICK. I HAD A MECHANIC COME LOOK AT THE CAR ONLY TO TELL ME THAT MY ENGINE HAS LOCKED UP. SAYS ITS CAUSED BY POOR MAINTENANCE AND/OR BAD DESIGN. HE SAID THE FIRST THING HE CHECKED WAS THE MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT ON THE CAR, BUT AGAIN MY ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP.

AFTER I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY CAR FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES, IT STARTS TO MAKE A METALLIC POPPING SOUND. IT IS MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN I AM DRIVING UNDER 30 MPH OR WHEN I AM COMING TO A STOP. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND AND I AM CONCERNED THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE ENGINE.

IVE BEEN DRIVING MY CAR FOR SEVERAL WEEKS WITH POOR PERFORMANCE, ROUGH STARTS, AND BAD FUEL ECONOMY. ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. LATER THAT DAY I TOOK IT ADVANCED AUTO PARTS AND GOT A 'P200A' CODE. I TOOK MY CAR TO A NEARBY SHOP AND HAD A DIAGNOSTIC DONE WHICH COST ME $103.19. I PURCHASED THE VCM MOTOR ASSEMBLY WHICH ALSO COST ME $244.25. ONCE I REMOVED THE OLD PART I REALIZED THAT THE PLASTIC PIECE THAT CONNECTS INTO THE MANIFOLD WAS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED.

THERE WAS A RECALL FOR UNDERBODY RUST, WHICH I TOOK IN FOR PROTECTION. THERE ARE LITTLE ORANGE RUST SPOTS APPEARING SPORADICALLY THROUGH THE WHITE PAINT ALL OVER. I WOULD LIKE THIS LOOKED AT PLEASE.

VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE INTERNAL ENGINE KNOCK AND WILL REQUIRE REBUILDING OR REPLACED. IT HAS 112,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN SERVICED AT THE REQUIRED INTERVALS WITH KIA SPECIFIED PRODUCTS. 2.0 LITER ENGINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA FORTE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. IN ADDITION, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE CONTACT WAS TESTING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER EASILY SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT CALLED CROWN KIA ST PETERSBURG (5500 34TH ST N, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33714, (844) 921-3247) AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V773000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

MY BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OFF LAST WEEK AND I FOUND THAT THE STOPPER WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE ONLY WAY TO TURN THEM OFF WAS BY REMOVING THE BRAKE SWITCH BEHIND THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN RECALLED (17V773000), BUT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. HOW DO I GET MY VIN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL?

KIA,HYUNDAI THETA 2.4 ENGINE FAILURE, UNDER 100K MILES. I HAVE A 2012 KIA FORTE HATCH SX WITH THE 2.4 ENGINE. I PURCHASED IT FROM SUNSET KIA OF AUBURN VALLEY WA WITH 66,000 MILES NOT QUITE 3 YEARS AGO. IN THAT TIME I'VE PUT ABOUT 30K MILES ON THE CAR. I'VE HAD THE OIL CHANGED REGULARLY, AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN LOW. LAST WEEK, ON AUGUST 11, 2019, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THE ENGINE SEIZED ON THE HIGHWAY. I LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKE ASSIST. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE TIME OF DAY. HAD IT HAPPENED DURING HEAVIER TRAFFIC A SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. FROM ONLINE RESEARCH IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR AND OTHERS THAT THAT USE THE SAME THETA II ENGINE. THIS CAR/ENGINE SHOULD BE RECALLED.

I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR USED 5 YEARS AGO WITH 36,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR FOR THE AT TIME SPAN. I HAD CHANGED TO OIL AT THE RECOMMENDED INTERVALS USING OEM OIL FILTERS AND FULL SYNTHETIC OIL. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO DEVELOP A RATTLING NOISE. AS I MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO A COUNTRY ROAD TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 45MPH THE RATTLING HAD GOT MORE NOTICEABLE AND THE ENGINE HAD A LOST OF POWER. EVENTUALLY THE RATTLING TURN INTO A METALLIC CRUNCHING NOISE BEFORE THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON ITS OWN. I HAD PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO FURTHER INSPECT THE PROBLEM AND THAT IS WHEN I HAD DISCOVERED ENGINE OIL COATING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTARTED LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL A TOW VEHICLE HAD ARRIVED.

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT 40 MPH WHEN APPROACHING THE RAMP TO THE HIGHWAY (65 MPH) AND BEGAN TO HEAR A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE (SOUNDED LIKE METAL SCRAPPING). I BEGAN TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER BUT THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING BEFORE I COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER AND NOTE NO INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR, ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WERE FLASHING, AND THEN DARK SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM THE HOOD. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AS I THOUGHT IT WAS ON FIRE BUT COULD NOT OPEN THE HOOD AS IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT. I WAITED AND THEN TRIED AGAIN, FINALLY, OPENING THE HOOD WITH A RAG. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED, I HAD IT TOWED TO A 2ND MECHANIC (SAME DIAGNOSIS) THEN WAS INFORMED OF SC147 AFTER DOING AN INTERNET SEARCH. I CONTACTED KIA AND OPENED A CASE #13204401 WHERE I THEN HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED FOR THE 3RD TIME TO A KIA DEALERSHIP (BOB BELL, BALTIMORE, MD) WHERE THEY HAD TO DO THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TEST (TECHNICIANS CELL VIDEO TO SHOW THE CAR WILL NOT START), PER KIA, TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION MY CAR IS NOT PART OF SC147 (ACCORDING TO MY VEIN #). THIS SAFETY RECALL IS FOR 2.4L GDI ENGINES AND MINE IS A 2.4L DOHC. IN ADDITION TO MY COMPLAINT, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS (WHAT PLANT WAS MY ENGINE ASSEMBLED?) IF GIVEN THEY ARE THE SAME ENGINES BUT ONLY A TOP COVERING DIFFERENCE (GDI VS DOHC), THEN HOW DO I KNOW FOR SURE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA FORTE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AS SMOKE APPEARED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER, AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A KIA DEALER. BOB BELL KIA OF GLEN BURNIE (7900 EASTERN AVE, BALTIMORE, MD 21224, (410) 766-3600) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

ENGINE IS MAKING A TICKING NOISE DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. FORTE BRAKE PEDAL STOPPERS AND SWITCHES COULD BE FAULTY. THE MATERIAL FOR THE STOPPER CAN FALL APART OVER TIME AND ALLOW THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH PLUNGER TO REMAIN EXTENDED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED.

I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED BY KIA OF THE RECALL. I WASN'T AWARE OF THE RECALL UNTIL I RESEARCHED MY VIN NUMBER FOR INFORMATION FOR MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT MAY 11TH 2019 WITH A FRONT SIDE IMPACT AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN DEEMED TOTALED. I SUFFERED MILD WHIPLASH AND CONCUSION. I WAS TURNING LEFT TO GO DOWN AN ISLE IN A PARKING LOT WHEN I WAS STRUCK BY A CHEVROLET SILVERADO. I WENT TO HOSPITAL MAY 13TH WHEN CONDITION DIDN'T IMPROVE * (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS

GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANTED TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION AND THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE. IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 2018 MY EXPECTING WIFE IN HER 2012 KIA FORTE WAS ON HER WAY HOME ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE CAR WITH NO SIGNS LEADING UP TO THIS DECIDED TO DIE UNEXPECTEDLY ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A CERTIFIED DEALER TO HAVE DIAGNOSES OF WHAT HAPPENED THE CONCLUSION WAS THE ENGINE'S CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS SEIZED. MUCH LIKE THE KIA AND HYUNDAI RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME FAILURE FOR MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION CARS ARE IMPACTED. I EXPRESSED HOW THIS COULD BE DUE TO CAR HAS 68,000 MILES ON IT AND ALL THE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED REGULARLY. THE WIFE PURCHASED THIS CAR USED FROM A WELL KNOWN DEALER ONLY A YEAR AGO AND ADDED 12,000 ON THE ODOMETER. I CONTACTED KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOSSED AROUND WITH NO ANSWERS. AFTER MORE THAN A MONTH KIA CORP CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT NO HELP WOULD BE GIVEN ON REPLACEMENT OF A ENGINE. I EXPRESSED HOW DANGEROUS THIS SITUATION WAS WHEN YOUR VEHICLE'S ENGINE JUST SEIZES AND HOW CLOSE MY WIFE AND UNBORN CHILD WAS ALMOST IN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. THERE WAS ZERO CARES GIVEN. I SPOKE WITH A KIA REPRESENTATIVE AFTER REVIEW FROM A MANAGER AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO, AND I QUOTE " BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT OWNED A PRIOR KIA PRODUCT AND YOU ARE NOT CONSIDERED A LOYAL CUSTOMER AND DUE TO THAT CONCLUSION THAT IS THE REASON AND CONCLUSION FOR MAKING THE DECISION". I WAS TO UPSET AND EXPRESSED MY FRUSTRATION AND STILL NO

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME ONE AFTERNOON DRIVING ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY IN A RURAL AREA A SPEED LIMIT OF 55MPH, THAT'S THE POSTED SPEED. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING THAT WOULD PREVENT FROM HEARING THE NOISE IM ABOUT TO HEAR!! IT WAS LIKE CAR WAS NOW CARRYING HUGE WEIGHT AND VERY;LITTLE POWER. I TRIED TO PULL OFF THE SIDE AND THEN CARS OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN IT STALLED, I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL POSITION ATTEMPTING TO START CAR, CAR DID START BUT ONLY TO MAKE A LOUD KNOCKING FROM HOOD AREA, I POPPED HOOD AND CHECKED OIL AND OTHER FLUIDS,EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE WITH FLUIDS BUT ENGINE HAS A HORRID KNOCKING, CAR DIDN'T WANT TO STAY AT IDLE SO I CALLED FOR A TOW, THEN TAKEN TO LOCAL AUTO REPAIR, THEY CALLED AFTER THEIR INVESTIGATION STATING THE "CAMSHAFT TIMING WAS BAD AND BY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS THEY FELT A NEW ENGINE WAS ONLY OPTION AS THE BEARING WAS NOW BAD, INFORMED ME THAT UPON LOOKING FOR AN ENGINE IT APPEARED A NEW ENGINE AROUND 6000 DOLLARS WAS ONLY ONE AVAILABLE . I CALLED MY AUTO INS COMP TO EXPLAIN AND SEE IF I HAD ENOUGH COVERAGE FOR THE REPAIR, TO BE TOLD THAT THEY(INS COM) WASN'T LIABLE FOR THE ENGINE I DID CALL A FEW OTHER REPAIR PLACES AND WAS TOLD SAME THING (3 TOTAL)SO I AGAIN TOWED CAR TO HOME AND HAVEN'T ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE. I SPOKE TO DEALERSHIP TO BE TOLD MY CAR WASN'T IN PREVIOUS RECALL BUT STATED THEY HAD A SLEW CALL AND REPORT ENGINE FAILURE AND HE VOTED THE FORTE BE IN THE STANDING RECALL OR PLACE A RECALL FOR THE KIA FORTE AND SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE.. ZERO TR

DRIVING DOWN AN INTERSTATE AROUND 75MPH THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING AN ABNORMAL LOUD ENGINE KNOCKING NOISE SO I PULLED OVER TO THE MEDIAN AND THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE SEIZED, AND THE CAR DIED AND WOULD NOT START. CAR HAD OIL. TOWED 100+ MILES TO OUR LOCAL KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID #2 ROD BEARING "SEVERELY WORN AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MAKE NOISE AND STOP ROTATING". THEY RECOMMENDED A COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF AROUND $5700 (COST AND LABOR). 2012 KIA FORTE SX WITH 2.4L ENGINE AND 106,XXX MILES (6,000 OUTSIDE THEIR 10YEAR/100,000 MILE WARRANTY). CAR HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES AT THE PROPER TIMES. THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM (WORN ROD BEARINGS) KIA/HYUNDAI HAD WITH THEIR OTHER ENGINES WHICH REQUIRED A RECALL TO ADDRESS THE THOUSANDS OF GRIEVANCES. I WOULD LIKE THESE 2.4L FORTE ENGINES TO ALSO BE INCLUDED IN A FUTURE RECALL BECAUSE I BELIEVE THESE ENGINES ARE EITHER DEFECTIVE IN THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESS OR JUST FAULTY BY DESIGN. HAD I NOT PULLED OVER WHEN I DID THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE SEIZED WHILE I WAS DRIVING INTERSTATE SPEED WITH THE TYPICAL INTERSTATE TRAFFIC (SEMI TRUCKS ALL OVER) WITH MY WIFE AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN ON BOARD. KIA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AND SO FAR HAVE OFFERED NO SATISFACTION. A MODERN CAR SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 7 YEARS, UNLESS IT WAS DESIGNED WRONG OR DAMAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

CAR HAVING KNOCKING, PINGING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY AND START THE CAR. NOW, IF YOU KEEP ON DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL STALL AND THERE IS A RISK OF AN ACCIDENT. SOON WILL LOCK. MY CAR STARTED WITH A KNOCKING SOUND IN ENGINE. THEN LIGHT CAME UP AND THE CAR STARTED LOSING SPEED IN MIDDLE OF HIGH WAY. THE FORTE HAS THE SAME ISSUE THAN THOSE SUBJECT OF A RECALL. THREE STRANGERS BROUGHT THE NOISE TO ME IN THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS: 2 PEOPLE SAT WORK AND ONE WHILE PARKED AT THE STREET BEFORE I EXPERIENCED THAT ISSUE. I WENT ONLINE AND MANY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. MY CAR DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE ONLY WAY IT CAN BE FIXED WAS TO BUY A NEW ENGINE. THE MILEAGE ON IT IS JUST 77,000 .

2012 KIA FORTE EX SEDAN 2.0 THETA 2 ENGINE PISTON SLAP CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PISTONS AND THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE HAD THE PROBLEM WHEN STATIONARY AND GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WHILE IN MOTION. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND NOT DRIVEN SINCE DUE TO RESEARCH FINDING THIS IS A MUCH TOO COMMON PROBLEM WITH KIA FORTE OWNERS

TAKATA RECALL. ALRIGHT I ALSO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE MOST PEOPLE HAVE. MY ENGINE START MAKING HORRIBLE NOISE AROUND 129000. ONE DAY , I STOPPED AT RED LIGHT LITERALLY MY WHOLE CAR WAS SHAKING. I THOUGHT EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAVE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL.

WHEN STARTING MY VEHICLE IN PARK, I PUT IT IN REVERSE, AND IT BARELY GOES. IT SEEMS TO LACK POWER, OR IS BEING BOGGED DOWN. IT ALMOST COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND THEN IT SUDDENLY KICKS IN, AND JERKS YOU BACKWARDS VERY FAST. IT IS SCARY BECAUSE I COULD EASILY HIT SOMETHING OR CRASH, BECAUSE THE CAR BECOMES ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO KICK BACK IN EITHER. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE KIA DEALER, BUT THEY SAID IT DID NOT DO IT FOR THEM OF COURSE. SO I AM STUCK WITH A CAR THAT IS HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THEM RIGHT NOW. I AM NOT WORKING, AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE CAR RIPPED ME OFF. I HAVE ALREADY PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT. IT SEEMS TO DO IT THE WORST WHEN IT RAINS FOR SOME REASON.

MIELG 105000 I CHENG OIL AVERY 3000 MILES NO ENGINE NOISE TAK TAK TAK I'M GOING TOO MY MECHANIC TOLD ME NEED NEW ENGINE THAT PIG PROPLM IT'S A BAD CAR AND ENGINE I'M NAVR USD KIA I'M TOLD ALL FRIENDS AND RELATIVES DON'T BUY KIA BURN YOUR MONEY..THANKS

VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD TICKING NOISE WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE EXACT COMPLAINT OF RECALL SC147. HOWEVER, SC147 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FORTE. VEHICLE HAS 104,000 MILES AND HAS HAD FREQUENT OIL CHANGES CONDUCTED BY A KIA DEALER. ALL DESCRIPTIONS AND VIDEOS ONLINE POINT TO THE ROD BEARING CAUSING THE TICKING NOISE.

MY ENGINE HAS BEGUN MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND AND TWO MECHANICS HAVE SAID THE ENGINE HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE KNOCKING STARTED WITH NORMAL USE AND REGULAR OIL CHANGES. STARTED WHILE IDLING AND GOT LOUDER WITH FASTER RPM