Engine Failure problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Forte

Constituent has experienced a total engine failure with their 2013 kia Forte and would like to know hy their vehicle is not included in the kia engine safety recall.

Coming home on September 25th 2020 at 1am on NJ turnpike car started to tap very loudly and lost power at 65 mph. Car has 83,659 miles. Car was towed to dealer on September 29th ,2020 dealer notified us on October 1st that the engine failed and it is not covered under any recall. Bought the car with 21,530 and was told we had the full factory warranty. Car has full service records, very well maintained and still looks new. Kia consumer affairs has escalated this claim twice and still refuses to fix. They know about this problem and still will not honor the repair. We also own an 2013 optima that had same problem at 90,000 and they fixed it right away. Car is still sitting at dealer for 83 days now and they are starting to get aggravated.

My motor slung a rod without reason at 90k miles. I have the same 2. 4 liter motor in my kia Forte as the motors previously recalled in the optimas. The just found that this engine failure is happening in the 1. 6 liter souls as well yet they refuse to fix my car because the car itself isn't listed under the recall. Please help! I was driving about 50 mph down the hwy when all of a sudden I heard a loud "thunk" and a light tapping from the engine. No dash lights ever came on, the car never ran hot, and I had plenty of oil but just to be safe I pulled over anyways. I had a mechanic come meet me on the side of the road to take a look at it to be sre it was ok to drive and when he jacked the car up oil came pouring out and he could see a visible 4 inch hole in the block where a rod had seemingly slung without reason. I took it up to kia to get it replaced as the motor was under recall and not only did they not replace it because they said it was a "different model # of the 2. 4 liter motor" but they also charged me $125 bucks just to look at it and tell me they weren't going to fix it.

My kia Forte koup 2013 sx has engine failure with no notice. My son was driving 73mph on the interstate and almost lost his life trying to get the car to the side of the road. The car would not turn over after said failure. My car has 92k miles and I am the second owner. I have had all maintenance done at kia on time and as recommended. Dealer tells me that connecting rod pierced a whole in my engine block and want $4800. 00 + tax to install a used engine with 76k miles on it. I am guessing that is kia is now doing a 200k warrenty as their products are junk.

We bought this 2013 kia Forte koup in October 2014. It had 29,000 miles on it. We had it serviced regularly and on schedule. My daughter was driving home from college on December 19, 2017 and her car started smoking, shaking and lost all power while driving 70 mph. The car had 73,405 miles on it. After having the vehicle towed at my expense back to our dealership in lufkin, TX, I researched what she described and it was identical to the engine failures experienced by the kia optimas and sorentos that were recalled. After consultation with the service department it was decided the best course of action would be to replace the block. According to kia it would take a couple of weeks to get the block in. We chose to send her back to school in our personal family vehicle. 2 weeks turned into 5 months. The kia service manager upon beginning repair in may 2018, said the engine experienced a manufacture's defect full catastrophic failure similar to the optimas and sorentos even though the Forte was not recalled. Because of the severity of the failure multiple engine components had to be replaced besides the block. Total invoice: labor $2464 parts $7435. 34 tax $613. 42. Total cost $9762. 76 nada value of car $9600. Kia consumer service response: initial offer $1500, final offer $2461. 70 (price of the reman engine). Not to mention loss of use for 5 months. Kia service manager said the engine did not show any sign of user neglect and that the failure of the engine was 100% manufacture defect.