23V652000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2013 KIA FORTE
5 safety recall campaigns, 5 defect investigations (1 open), 272 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations51 open
Owner complaints272
Complaints citing a crash26
Complaints citing a fire23
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
20V750000
ENGINE
An engine compartment fire increases the risk of injury.
18V363000
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
If the frontal air bags and seat belt pretensioners are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.
17V773000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
If the brake light switch plunger does not retract as it should when the brake pedal is not being pressed, the brake lights may stay illuminated preventing accurate communication to following vehicles that the vehicle is slowing or stopping. Additionally, if the brake switch plunger is not retracted, then the transmission can be shifted out of PARK without depressing the brake pedal. Either condition increases the risk of a crash.
16V312000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
If a retaining plate breaks during a crash, pieces of the plate could strike the occupants, increasing risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 107ENGINE
- 24ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 24SERVICE BRAKES
- 16AIR BAGS
- 14EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 13SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 13STEERING
- 13UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 KIA FORTEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.