2024 Kia Forte: owner complaints and recalls

The 2024 Kia Forte has no recall campaigns on file, but owners have still filed 23 complaints, most often about unknown or other.

23
Complaints
0
Recalls
5
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
1
Injuries
121.7
Severity index

Severity index 121.7 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 121.7p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2024 Kia Forte sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 9 complaints (39.1%)9 39%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 6 complaints (26.1%)6 26%Air BagsAir Bags: 6 complaints (26.1%)6 26%EngineEngine: 6 complaints (26.1%)6 26%Power TrainPower Train: 3 complaints (13.0%)3 13%Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 2 complaints (8.7%)2 9%Lane DepartureLane Departure: 2 complaints (8.7%)2 9%SuspensionSuspension: 1 complaints (4.3%)1 4%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
UNKNOWN OR OTHER939.1%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM626.1%
AIR BAGS626.1%
ENGINE626.1%
POWER TRAIN313.0%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING28.7%
LANE DEPARTURE28.7%
SUSPENSION14.3%

Complaints filed per year

05102024: 52025: 102026: 8 (partial year)24251026
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20245
202510
2026 (year to date)8
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.