NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Kia Forte Recalls
The 2017 Kia Forte has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 25, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 305
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Kia Forte
Air bags
- Campaign
- 22V031000
- Reported
- January 25, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 410,619
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Forte, 3 other models
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 2016, 2018 Forte, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: engine: oil/lubrication: pump
- Campaign
- 21V260000
- Reported
- April 13, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,069
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Forte
2017 Kia Forte complaints by year
NHTSA has received 305 owner complaints about the 2017 Kia Forte, the newest on October 5, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (8%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2017 Kia Forte, the component group named most often is the engine (48%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the exterior lighting (14%).
None of the 2017 Kia Forte's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2017 Kia Forte owners gave the mileage (135 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine145
- Unknown Or Other49
- Electrical System47
- Exterior Lighting44
- Fuel/Propulsion System29
- Air Bags18
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 40 | |
| 2020 | 31 | |
| 2021 | 40 | |
| 2022 | 40 | |
| 2023 | 40 | |
| 2024 | 30 | |
| 2025 | 43 | |
| 2026 | 13 |
Complaints about the 2017 Kia Forte peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 43. 32% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Kia Forte drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Kia Forte year in the same window: 1st highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the Kia Forte years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 305 complaints about the 2017 Kia Forte are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Forte by model year
Other 2017 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted