NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Kia Forte Recalls
The 2011 Kia Forte has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Kia Forte. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 154
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 Kia Forte, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2011 Kia Forte
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V652000
- Reported
- September 25, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,730,192
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2013 Forte, 11 other models
Air bags: air bag/restraint control module
- Campaign
- 18V363000
- Reported
- June 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 507,587
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2013 Forte, 4 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: cooling unit and lines
- Campaign
- 16V070000
- Reported
- February 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,240
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2011 Kia Forte
2011 Kia Forte complaints by year
NHTSA has received 154 owner complaints about the 2011 Kia Forte, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 28 describe a crash (18%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 35 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2011 Kia Forte, the component group named most often is the engine (29%), followed by the air bags (23%) and the power train (12%).
1 of the 2011 Kia Forte's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2011 Kia Forte owners gave the mileage (97 complaints), the median was 77,706 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine45
- Air Bags35
- Power Train18
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic18
- Electrical System16
- Unknown Or Other13
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 31 | |
| 2019 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2011 Kia Forte peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 31. 16% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Kia Forte drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Kia Forte year in the same window: 11th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Kia Forte years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 154 complaints about the 2011 Kia Forte are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Forte by model year
Other 2011 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted