NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Kia Forte Recalls
The 2013 Kia Forte has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Kia Forte. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 195
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Kia Forte, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2013 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 Forte, 11 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 20V750000
- Reported
- December 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 294,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014–2015 Forte, 5 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 Forte, 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 17V773000
- Reported
- December 1, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 134,366
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014 Forte, 1 other model
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 16V312000
- Reported
- May 17, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,245
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2013 Kia Forte
2013 Kia Forte complaints by year
NHTSA has received 195 owner complaints about the 2013 Kia Forte, the newest on April 9, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (8%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2013 Kia Forte, the component group named most often is the engine (55%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the service brakes (12%).
1 of the 2013 Kia Forte's 5 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2013 Kia Forte owners gave the mileage (121 complaints), the median was 79,979 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine107
- Electrical System25
- Service Brakes24
- Air Bags16
- Exterior Lighting14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic14
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 22 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 28 | |
| 2024 | 16 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2013 Kia Forte peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 28. 15% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Kia Forte drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Kia Forte year in the same window: 12th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured Kia Forte years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 195 complaints about the 2013 Kia Forte are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Forte by model year
Other 2013 Kia models
Newest record on this page: April 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted