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What 56 owners told NHTSA about the 2023 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 (56)Crash / fire / injury (14)Steering (13)Driver assistance (9)Electrical system (9)Engine (8)Transmission & drivetrain (7)Lane Departure (6)Suspension (6)Airbags (5)Body & structure (4)Brakes (3)

1 of 56 complaints match · Driver assistance · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Mar 5, 2024Driver assistance1 injury

Auto Emergency Breaking & Forward Collision Warning: Yes it available for inspection ASAP My safety was risk, while driving on the freeway I was staying in my lane driving and all of a sudden it said Forward Collision: warning when passing a vehicle that was driving in the next lane to the right , then immediately the auto emergency brakes turned on and once it did that I had trouble with steering the vehicle it felt as if it was pulling me to the right lane where the vehicle next to me was driving. Then following moments when stepping on gas peddle it vibrates, puts the other driver at risk if we crashed due to the malfunction.

NHTSA ODI 11575453

Working with the data? Download all 56 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 2023 Kia Forte Koup verdict →