Four problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2013 Kia Motor Forte. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Kia Motor Forte based on all problems reported for the 2013 Forte.
I was driving home like usual not even a week after my regular oil change and as I was pulling up a small hill close to my apartment my engine sputtered, backfired and stalled. I lost all power steering and brakes at this point. I put the car in neutral and coasted to a stop. After some troubleshooting I finally got the car to turn over and the engine immediately started knocking very loudly. It is clearly unsafe to drive at this point and an obvious manufacturers defect. The car is at 62,000 miles and the warranty is good to 100,000 miles. I have seen dozens of complaints about this model of car worth the same issue and hundreds of complaints with other models using the same engine. It is quite an issue to take care of monetarily for the customers of kia and should be investigated further.
~tl the contact owns a 2013 kia Forte. While driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle stalled. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle lost steering and braking ability. The contact coasted the vehicle into an empty parking lot and had it towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine seized. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 68,000.
On 10/13/17, my son was driving home on the FL turnpike from college when his engine seized. Lucky he was not seriously injured or killed. Had car towed to the nearest kia orlando w dealer, found out the engine rod was blown through top and bottom of block. Engine was replaced with a short block and reused parts. During test drive car stalled due to a timing chain failing. Replaced timing chain, then the ignition coil went and had to be replaced. Next, the car began to misfire and they replace all 4 fuel injectors. Then told cylinder 2 failed the compression test which means the new motor failed. Kia sent new heads to a machine shop after several weeks we were told they were bad and had to order new ones. Now waiting on new heads to arrive be sent back to the machine shop the replaced on existing block. Still with out a car nearly 2 months later. I see kia had several recalls but not on the Forte. . . The kia Forte contains theta ii 2. 4-liter engine. Currently, the same engine in the Hyundai sonota which was manufactured by the same company was recalled in the 2013 - 2014 cars. Very frustrated with kia's process the fact that when we ask for documentation they will not provide. Sent us a preliminary invoice with a majority of the information missing. We do have documentation of proof. Our son has been without a car at college for 2 months.
The contact owns a 2013 kia Forte. While driving 60 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed with a blown bearing in the engine, and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact found an upcoming recall online, but the vehicle was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 91,000.