Oct 30, 2022EngineFire
While driving I heard a pop then the lights on my dash lit up my car came to a stop i.e cut off tried to start back up the engine caught fire burned the whole front end off total loss
NHTSA ODI 11491504
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What 71 owners told NHTSA about the 2020 Kia Forte Koup
These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
All (71)Crash / fire / injury (11)Engine (15)Transmission & drivetrain (15)Electrical system (11)Driver assistance (5)Airbags (4)Speed control (4)Engine & cooling (3)Fuel system (3)Lane Departure (3)Steering (3)
1 of 71 complaints match · Engine · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters
Working with the data? Download all 71 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 26, 2026
How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2020 Kia Forte Koup verdict →