Federal complaint record · Kia Forte · model year 2023

2023 Kia Forte

Owners submitted 56 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 33th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2021 to 2025 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is driver assistance. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Driver assistance · 23% · group n = 22Steering · 14% · group n = 13Electrical · 10% · group n = 9Engine · 9% · group n = 8Powertrain · 7% · group n = 7
56
Complaint records on file
23%
Of classified component reports name driver assistance · group n = 22
33th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 29 model years

Driver assistance · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Driver assistance23%

Driver assistance reports

Kia Forte · model year 2023

Reports in this group22
Share of classified reports23%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Steering effort · 9 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 1 of 32023 Kia Forte
Brake performance · 7 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 2 of 32023 Kia Forte
Fire or smoke · 6 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 3 of 32023 Kia Forte

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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