Vehicle
2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Kia is recalling 2019 Forte vehicles because the left front axle driveshaft may not have been heat-treated, which can cause it to break and increase crash risk.
Kia is recalling 2019 Forte vehicles with LED headlights because they may not be aimed correctly, potentially reducing driver visibility and increasing crash risk.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
636 manufacturer service bulletins across 15 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.