22V031000
AIR BAGS
Air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
2018 KIA FORTE
3 safety recall campaigns, 188 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints188
Complaints citing a crash20
Complaints citing a fire4
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
- 57ENGINE
- 30UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 16AIR BAGS
- 14ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 9VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 8POWER TRAIN
- 7FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 7STRUCTURE:BODY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 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.