NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Kia Forte Recalls
The 2014 Kia Forte has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 2, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 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
- 444
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
36 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 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 2014 Kia Forte
Engine
- Campaign
- 20V750000
- Reported
- December 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 294,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013, 2015 Forte, 5 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 2012–2013 Forte, 1 other model
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 15V015000
- Reported
- January 16, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 86,880
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2014 Kia Forte
2014 Kia Forte complaints by year
NHTSA has received 444 owner complaints about the 2014 Kia Forte, the newest on October 5, 2026. Of these, 32 describe a crash (7%) and 36 a fire; owners reported 29 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Kia Forte, the component group named most often is the engine (49%), followed by the steering (14%) and the air bags (14%).
1 of the 2014 Kia Forte's 3 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2014 Kia Forte owners gave the mileage (264 complaints), the median was 78,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine216
- Steering64
- Air Bags63
- Electrical System57
- Unknown Or Other51
- Service Brakes26
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2015 | 21 | |
| 2016 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 42 | |
| 2019 | 60 | |
| 2020 | 49 | |
| 2021 | 82 | |
| 2022 | 38 | |
| 2023 | 42 | |
| 2024 | 21 | |
| 2025 | 27 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2014 Kia Forte peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 82. 14% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Kia Forte drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Kia Forte year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 444 complaints about the 2014 Kia Forte are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Forte by model year
Other 2014 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted