Air Bag Related Problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Forte

Table 1 shows three common air bag related problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Forte. The number one most common problem is related to the air bag (ten problems). The second most common problem is related to the air bag not deploy (seven problems).

Table 1. Air Bag related problems of Kia Motor Forte

Problem Category Number of Problems
Air Bag problems
10
Air Bag Not Deploy problems
7
Air Bag Light On problems
1

Recently reported Air Bag problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Forte

The Air Bag problem

The contact owned a 2013 kia Forte. The contact stated that her daughter was occupying the front passenger's side seat while the wife of the contact's daughter was driving 65 mph. The contact stated that another vehicle that was driving approximately 100 mph crashed into the rear driver's side of   Read details...

The Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Tl- the contact owned a 2013 kia Forte. The contact stated that while attempting to place the vehicle into park and the vehicle would not shift gears. The contact tried to depress the brakes but they failed to operate as well.   Read details...

The Air Bag Light On problem

I have a 2013 kia Forte with the airbag light on. I found a recall on 2011-2013 kia Forte for air bag: air bag/restraint control module where in an event of a crash, the air bag control may short circuit preventing the frontal air bags and seat belt pretensioners from deploying.   Read details...


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