22V031000
AIR BAGS
Air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
2017 KIA FORTE
3 safety recall campaigns, 431 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints431
Complaints citing a crash38
Complaints citing a fire14
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 3 of 3
21V622000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCH
A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.
21V260000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:PUMP
A damaged engine may stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 144ENGINE
- 49UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 44ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 39EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 29FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 18AIR BAGS
- 17VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 12POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 KIA FORTEs 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.