NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Kia Forte Recalls
The 2015 Kia Forte has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on December 2, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Kia Forte. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 260
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
20 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Kia Forte, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2015 Kia Forte
Engine
- Campaign
- 20V750000
- Reported
- December 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 294,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014 Forte, 5 other models
2015 Kia Forte complaints by year
NHTSA has received 260 owner complaints about the 2015 Kia Forte, the newest on September 30, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (6%) and 20 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2015 Kia Forte, the component group named most often is the engine (61%), followed by the electrical system (11%) and the air bags (9%).
The 2015 Kia Forte's only recall also concerns the engine.
Where 2015 Kia Forte owners gave the mileage (150 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine158
- Unknown Or Other31
- Electrical System29
- Air Bags23
- Power Train17
- Service Brakes15
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 43 | |
| 2021 | 47 | |
| 2022 | 36 | |
| 2023 | 21 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 23 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2015 Kia Forte peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 47. 15% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Kia Forte drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Kia Forte year in the same window: 10th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 260 complaints about the 2015 Kia Forte are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Forte by model year
Other 2015 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted