Six problems related to tire have been reported for the 2010 Kia Motor Forte. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2010 Kia Motor Forte based on all problems reported for the 2010 Forte.
Extreme dry rot to a 3. 5 year old tire. Tire leaks air. Yokohama also refuses to do anything.
Vehicle was slowly losing pressure in all four tires for about one week prior to incident. Failure of driver's front tire occurred while driving to service station approximately eight miles after inspection of pressure. Service inspection after the incident found that all four sensors were leaking. Tires had less then three thousand miles of wear at the time of the incident.
The tire deflate rapidly when driving at 70mph on freeway. When in the tire shop technician reveled there was no puncture but the stem was missing. After removing the tire the stem was found inside the tire with visible corrosion signs. By inspecting the rest of the stem, was found that all three stem supporting nuts have traces of corrosion but one of them on the passenger front wheel the nut was cracked. We concluded as cause of the problem was the crack in the nut that secure the stem in position. The failure can be verified by the corrosion mars present of the failed wheel stem. The component is identify as fcci kr5s180052015b ic:267t-s118015b id:0c2bde37 s180052017e 09096 continental pa66 gf30 52933-2m000.
Kia case #[xxx] after inform kia on wheel stem failure due to corrosion(kia case number[xxx]) kia decided not to issue nor elevate the problem on wheel stem supporting nut failure. Kia did not accept my offer to ship the failed stem and nut for test or inspection. Kia denied to warrant the involved parts after offer the car for 100,000 miles or ten years "bumper to bumper" information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
After incident at 70 mph and taking the car to the kia ann arbor michigan, the service manager refuses to write in the service report the observed cracked nut supporting the front passenger wheel stem. The complaint was issue under kia #[xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
Front tires on 2010 kia Forte koup was worn so severely on the inside edge the cords was showing. Took it back to dealership to have alignment checked. Dealer advised alignment was within specs. You can not see the tire wearing unless you get under the car and look at the inside edge. The rest of the tires still look in good condition.