23V652000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2010 KIA FORTE KOUP
2 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints17
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire1
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 2 of 2
18V363000
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
If the frontal air bags and seat belt pretensioners are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.
What owners report most
- 6ENGINE
- 2SEAT BELTS
- 1EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2010 KIA FORTE KOUPs 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.