Federal complaint record · Kia Forte · model year 2021

2021 Kia Forte

Owners submitted 67 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 24th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2019 to 2023 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 23% · group n = 22Other · 20% · group n = 19Electrical · 10% · group n = 9Steering · 10% · group n = 9Powertrain · 7% · group n = 7
67
Complaint records on file
23%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 22
24th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 31 model years

Engine · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Engine23%

Engine reports

Kia Forte · model year 2021

Reports in this group22
Share of classified reports23%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Steering effort · 13 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 1 of 32021 Kia Forte
Stalling or shutdown · 7 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32021 Kia Forte
Transmission behavior · 6 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 3 of 32021 Kia Forte

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

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