Owner complaints · every model year, every system

Kia Forte problems, by model year and system

982 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Kia Forte 2016–2024, and the 1 system the record is deep on — engine (395). Each system has a page across the years; 3 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.

The systems the record is deep on

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

395complaints, engine

Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

Kia Forte complaints, year by system

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Model year	engine
2024 25 in all	7
2023 63 in all	9
2022 27 in all	6
2021 68 in all	22
2020 76 in all	21
2019 147 in all	40
2018 136 in all	62
2017 303 in all	159
2016 137 in all	69

Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).

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Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Which Kia Forte system draws the most complaints?

Engine: 395 complaints across 9 model years, 40% of everything owners filed about the Kia Forte. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.

Which Kia Forte year has the most complaints?

2017 (303), 2019 (147), 2016 (137). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.