10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
4,932 miles

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problem #3

Mar 082022

Forte

  • miles
Water in the rear tail light. Dealer is trying to collect money from me, even though the other service tech said if it was not moisture but water retention that is would be under warranty. It is evident in the internet car forums that this has been happening to many current and previous Forte models and a factory know defect. The other issue is the gas tank lid won't opened. I had it in to be checked 7 times. They've replaced the spring, the replaced the lid. The Tech claimed yesterday that he couldn't replicate and when I picked up the car I couldn't open the gas tank lid.

- Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

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problem #2

Apr 152018

Forte

  • 6,800 miles
I was entering an onramp at about 15mph; a car yielded in front of me. I hit my brakes and yet slid into the rear of the front car. I did not stop, even with brakes applied, and slid in to the front acre. No airbags deployed and my Kia was totaled and undrivable.

- Bedford, PA, USA

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problem #1

Jun 012018

Forte

  • 7,996 miles
Takata recall. I was involved in an accident and crash head on into another car. The vehicle was totaled but the airbags never deployed.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

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