20V750000
ENGINE
An engine compartment fire increases the risk of injury.
2014 KIA FORTE
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 641 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints641
Complaints citing a crash60
Complaints citing a fire53
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 3 of 3
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.
15V015000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
If the cooling fan resistor overheats and melts, there is an increased risk of a vehicle fire.
What owners report most
- 213ENGINE
- 62STEERING
- 61AIR BAGS
- 56ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 50UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 26SERVICE BRAKES
- 24FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 18EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2014 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.