Kia Motor Forte owners have reported 10 problems related to engine stall (under the engine and engine cooling category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Kia Motor Forte based on all problems reported for the Forte.
My 2014 kia Forte with a 1. 8 l engine randomly stall and lost all power while driving. Oil emergency light comes on. We took our 2014 kia Forte to our mechanic. They drained the oil and found metal shavings in the oil panel and said we need an engine replacement. We took our vehicle then to our local kia dealership and they said our rod bearings are scraping causing the metal shavings. Our kia Forte has 112,000 miles and is out of warranty and kia said we have to pay out of pocket to replace the engine. We believe that this should be covered by an extended warranty due to the class action settlement against kia.
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The engine light suddenly came on and engine was tapping stalling and I smelled burnt melted plastic smell. The oil light was intermittently coming on and off. The fuel was consumed quickly than normal. I had brakes remaing engaged when foot not pressing pedal and could feel contact to road. Engine has failed car was moving.
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Got my car at 60 miles. That was a lil over two years ago and now my car is at 68000. The engine is stalling and it's not accelerating properly. When I have to break or even break pulling into a parking spot the car cuts off. No lights are popping up and I've never had this issue before. I see a lot of other people on here who are also having these problems.
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The car in question is a 2014 with about 160k miles, bought used on 12/2019 from dealer who sold it to previous owner. Low oil light was flickering. Checked level and nothing showed on dipstick, despite oil change at dealer before purchase. Added a quart and decided to go to oil change place. While accelerating in to traffic, engine was hesitating then lost nearly all power accompanied by loud rattling (like marbles) from engine. Managed to get off road with engine getting increasingly louder and vibrating badly, clearly out of balance somehow. Engine stalled and would not restart. After towing to mechanic, they also noted that it was running very rough. Checked oil and noted that it was full of metal shavings. I've attached a photo of the oil control valve packed with these shavings. Technicians advised that engine was a total loss. The 2. 0l engine in this car is the exact same engine built in the exact same time period that kia was forced to recall (sc147) in other models but for no apparent earthly reason it was not included! how can this happen? why wasn't the engine recalled across the board? all symptoms noted in the complaints here and in the recall match: sudden low oil level, loss of power, metal shavings working their magic throughout the engine internals, catastrophic failure soon after. Replacement engines seem to have been discontinued and aren't available in the rebuild market. I've already sunk money on towing and diagnostics on the thing, and I'm going to have to pay to get what is basically a brick right now towed back to the house. I'm going to try once again to get through to somebody at kia customer support, but I think we all know how that's going to turn out, don't we?.
Problem 1, long crank hard start. Have to cycle the ignition key several times to get engine started. No pcm codes. Had to kia dealer multiple times. Cannot duplicate issue. Problem 2, instrument cluster goes blank, radio goes blank and engine stalls while driving. This is a safety concern.
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Tl-the contact onws a 2011 kia Forte. The contact stated that the engine stalled. The failure was experienced numerous times when the contact drove at various speed. There was no warning lights before during of after the failure occurred. The contact was able to start the engine back after the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to taylor kia dealer, 7870 market street boardman, ohio 44512, phone (330)-295-2376 the dealer porformed a diagnostic that was unable to locate a failure code. The dealer also test drove the vehicle and was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was also taken to taylor kia dealer, 1460 north hermitage road, hermitage, PA 16148, phone (724)418- 4999. The dealer perfomed a diagntostic that was unable to locat a failure code this dealer also test drove the vehicle and was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact also advised that the vehicle was taken to an unknow personal mechanic. The mechanic replaced the trottle body sensoro and the fuel econony sensor. However the engine light and sensor light illuminated after the repair. The manufacturer was contacted and provided the contact case number 12872729. The repair did not correct the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000. Li.
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Tl- the contact owns a 2013 kia Forte koup. The contact stated that while driving at 73 mph, the engine stalled without warning. The contact pulled over to the side of the road. The contact waited for the vehicle to cool down, then tried to restart the vehicle but the vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic thomas r. Norris located at jacksonville, florida where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted and was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 76,039. Sj.
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I was driving the car for about 2 days and the engine oil light came on with some noise, and noise started to get louder and louder, I stopped the engine and I had to take the engine apart to see inside to see what was going on, I found metal debris from the engine in the oil ban and cylinder #2 and # 4 rod bearing worn out, and from what I read about the Hyundai problem, all Hyundai under recall for the same problem, I dont know how come kia no recall so far and this is the same engine installed on Hyundai.
The contact owns a 2010 kia Forte. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the engine stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle but the problem recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 43,000.
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While driving my kia Forte the engine stalled. It happened two times in the last past two months. After bringing my car twice to the dealership they said they can not find anything wrong with the car because they do not find any code on the computer. They keep sending me home and telling me that they can not do anything.