Two problems related to oil pump have been reported for the 2015 Kia Motor Forte. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2015 Kia Motor Forte based on all problems reported for the 2015 Forte.
The car keeps cutting off while driving. Was told by the mechanic at first that it was the oil pump. Got it in the shop and they said after inspection that the oil pump is working fine, but is only pushing 1 psi of pressure into the engine. They said the engine is shot and needs to be replaced. It cuts off when we are in stop and go traffic.
Tl- the contact owns a 2015 kia Forte 5. The contact stated that while driving at 80 mph, an abnormal noise was detected as the vehicle stalled and completely shut off. The contact mentioned that it was a small fire located under the hood that was put out by a truck driver. Neither police or fire report was filed. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was towed to kendall kia of nampa 15700 n idaho center blvd, nampa, id 83687 (833) 904-0460 where the contact was informed that the engine had a hole in the engine block. The vehicle was repaired but the failure reoccurred while driving at 20 mph. The vehicle was towed to white's mountain motors 2400 e yellowstone hwy, casper, wy 82609 (307) 237-2438 where the timing chain, oil pump and camshaft was replaced and the vehicle was taken for a test drive but failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage 33,000. Dr.