10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
11,900 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

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problem #1

Oct 302015

Forte LX 1.8L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 11,851 miles

Transmission disengaged while attempting to merge onto the freeway. The engine would rev and a large plume of bluish white smoke came from the tailpipe. I had to coast immediately off of freeway and while doing that the transmission re-engaged and I was able to pull into a gas station. (I seriously could have been killed by a semi!) The vehicle seemed to operate normally on the way to the dealership. Dealership performed full inspection, found nothing abnormal, nothing even coded! This was only the beginning of a series of issues ultimately leading to Kia buying the vehicle back under the Lemon Law.

- Brenda B., Napa, US