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2019 Kia Forte driver assistance problems

The 2019 Kia Forte has 29 driver assistance complaints filed with NHTSA — 14% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

29

Driver Assistance complaints

14%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Driver Assistance complaints by year

Forte driver assistance complaints by model year29 complaints2010: 4 complaints2012: 1 complaints2013: 2 complaints2014: 6 complaints2015: 2 complaints2016: 2 complaints2018: 2 complaints2019: 29 complaints2020: 7 complaints2021: 3 complaints2022: 5 complaints2023: 22 complaints2024: 4 complaints
Forte driver assistance complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

Forward Collision Obstruction light keeps popping on while driving very randomly steering sometimes doesn’t work and brakes sometimes don’t work all very random sometimes car is completely fine sometimes it’s not… it’s very scary I haven’t taken it in to be inspected yet. Headlight fail…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Driver Assistance · November 28, 2022

Common questions

How many driver assistance complaints does the 2019 Kia Forte have?

NHTSA has 29 complaints about the 2019 Kia Forte driver assistance — 14% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.