10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
5 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,960 miles

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problem #5

Jan 042023

Forte

  • miles
Air bags did not deploy during car accident. I sustained severe injuries to the face. Puncture wound to jaw, forehead laceration to skull, spinal cord damage, and fractured ribs. Unknown if problem has been reproduced or confirmed by dealership. Car was totaled not sure if it-??s available for inspection. Vehicle is being investigated by insurance and police did complete a report. Check forward avoidance assist system.

- Corinth , MS, USA

problem #4

Jan 212020

Forte

  • miles
The air bag did not deploy, lighting was limited, the sensors did not work

- Lindenwold, NJ, USA

problem #3

Oct 202019

Forte 4-cyl

  • 16,000 miles
The contact owns a 2019 Kia Forte. While driving approximately 20 mph at night, the headlights were very dim and the contact did not see an animal in the road. To avoid the animal, the contact veered off the road and crashed into a ditch. The frontal air bags did not deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 16,000.

- West Point, GA, USA

problem #2

May 112019

Forte

  • 2,300 miles
The diver of he vehicle had front impact damage at 40 mph and hit the side of another car. The entire front end including the steel frame was bent in but no airbags deployed.

- Fairfield, CA, USA

problem #1

Nov 122018

Forte

  • 1,500 miles
On November 12,2018 I was on the highway doing 65 mph when I was rear ended by a hit and run driver that seemed to be doing full speed, and I say that because I never heard any screeching brakes behind me. The impact totaled my car, with the majority of the damage to the trunk. The impact made my car spin around and at some point my front bumper hit something, but no airbags were deployed whatsoever. My seat belt was still locked in place, but somehow my seat reclined back just enough for me to be dislodged from the drivers seat and end up in the back seat, resulting in a broken vertebrae in my neck. Why did not one airbag go off and why did my seat belt not hold me in place?

- Kansas City, MO, USA