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vehicle
2024 / kia / forte
known issues
4 clusters (reviewed 2026-07-16)
complaints
24 on file (2024-03-03 → 2026-07-27)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
15 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
Gear grinding and failure to engage gearsPOWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER2 complaints2024-10 → 2025-09forte-2024-gear-grinding
11687028 Car has been in several times for repair clutch assembly clutch plate, flywheel transmission, and the problem continues with shifting it does not want to go into gear it grinds even with the clutch fully to the floor…
11618351 There is grinding in the gears when pressing on the gas as well as down shifting and in reverse. The car will rev high and will not shift or down shift at the appropriate time and is stuck in gear.
Loss of power and stalling while drivingENGINE5 complaints2025-09 → 2026-06forte-2024-power-loss-stalling
11731156 My car would not go when i gave it gas on a major highway with mu 3 children in the back seat. We almost got into a wreck.
11691108 I purchased this brand new in 2024 and about 5 months ago it started to just loose power. It almost caused me to be hit several times and the car just won’t go it looses all power and you can press the gas and it won’t go but eventually will start going again…
11688947 While the vehicle was approximately ten months old with approximately 11K miles, it was continuously not functioning properly and would not start/accelerate. My 2024 KIA Forte, which was purchased new from a KIA dealership, has continuously failed to function properly…
Voltage malfunction and airbag fault codesELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES3 complaints2026-02 → 2026-03forte-2024-voltage-airbag-faults
11722834 Exposed electric wires, airbag system failure codes, breaks non resistance in functional limitation of human safety. Voltage malfunction involves hazardous crash impact results
11720535 AIRBAG SYSTEM UNIT, AIRBAG SENSOR, VOLTAGE CRONIC MALFUNCTIONING POWER SUPPLY
Lane assist steering pull into guardrailSTEERING, AIR BAGS, LANE DEPARTURE2 complaints2024-04 → 2025-09forte-2024-lane-assist-pull
11583959 The lane assist stopped working properly and pulled me into the guardrail
11684783 The contact owns a 2024 Kia Forte GT. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH on an off-ramp and making a right turn, the lane assist feature had malfunctioned, causing the vehicle to steer and crash into the guard rail…
FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2024 Kia Forte vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2024/kia/forte
@misc{wrenchpro_2024_kia_forte_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2024 Kia Forte},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2024/kia/forte}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
