Federal complaint record · Kia Forte · model year 2010

2010 Kia Forte

Owners submitted 221 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 27th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2008 to 2012 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 26% · group n = 82Airbags · 13% · group n = 42Tires · 8% · group n = 24Powertrain · 7% · group n = 23Electrical · 7% · group n = 21
221
Complaint records on file
70,130
Median mileage at the reported problem · 151 complaints reported mileage
26%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 82
27th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 35 model years

Engine · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine26%

Engine reports

Kia Forte · model year 2010

Reports in this group82
Share of classified reports26%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Airbag concerns · 35 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 1 of 32010 Kia Forte
Engine damage · 24 reports

Reports describe engine damage or oil consumption

Cluster 2 of 32010 Kia Forte
Brake performance · 19 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 3 of 32010 Kia Forte

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

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