NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Kia Forte Recalls
The 2016 Kia Forte has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 9, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 136
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2016 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 2016 Kia Forte
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: latch
- Campaign
- 21V622000
- Reported
- August 9, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 253,074
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 401, interior trunk release
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 Forte, 1 other model
2016 Kia Forte complaints by year
NHTSA has received 136 owner complaints about the 2016 Kia Forte, the newest on October 3, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (12%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Kia Forte, the component group named most often is the engine (49%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the power train (12%).
The 2016 Kia Forte's only recall does not concern the engine.
Where 2016 Kia Forte owners gave the mileage (60 complaints), the median was 44,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine66
- Electrical System22
- Power Train16
- Unknown Or Other15
- Vehicle Speed Control14
- Air Bags13
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 12 | |
| 2026 | 13 |
Complaints about the 2016 Kia Forte peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 20. 38% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Kia Forte drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Kia Forte year in the same window: 6th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 136 complaints about the 2016 Kia Forte are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Forte by model year
Other 2016 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 3, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted