2019 Kia Forte

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 KIA FORTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE RPMS WOULD REV UP TO APPROXIMATELY 4,000 RPMS OR MORE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY WOULD INTENTIONALLY SLOW THE VEHICLE TO REDUCE THE RPMS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD UNINTENTIONALLY. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT WHERE THE VEHICLE STALLED HOWEVER, THE TIRES CONTINUED TO SPIN WITHOUT MOVING THE VEHICLE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GENE MESSER KIA (6006 19TH ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79407, (806) 776-5600) WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE SAME DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT RECEIVED A SECOND DIAGNOSTIC TEST OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

EVERYTIME I AM ON THE HIGHWAY, THEN EITHER COME TO A COMPLETE STOP OR TRY TO TURN TO GO UP A HILL. IT WON'T KICK IN TO GEAR. THD RPMS GO WAY UP AND IT ALMOST STOPS RUNNING. ITS BEEN HAPPENING LIKE FOR A WEEK NOW. ITS GETTING WORSE. MY HEADLIGHTS ALSO SEEM LIKE THEY ARE POINTED TO LOW TO THE GROUND. PLEASE HELP I USE MY CAR FOR WORK. THANK YOU

IVT TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR HAS ABOUT 27K MILES, PURCHASED AT 22K USED. AFTER DRIVING OFF THE HIGHWAY FROM 70MPH TO A NEAR STOP AT THE FEEDER ROAD STOP SIGN, THE CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE, SEEMS LIKE THE GEAR RATIO DID NOT ADJUST BACK DOWN. THEN NOTICED SEVERE JERKS WHEN TRANSMISSION TRIES TO CHANGE THE GEAR RATIONS, AND RPM WOULD SHOOT UP ERRATICALLY. TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST KIA DEALER, HAD TO WAIT ABOUT 10 DAYS FOR AN APPOINTMENT. THEY CONFIRMED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND REPLACED TRANSMISSION IN ABOUT 5 DAYS.. NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS WILL LAST. DEFINITELY A SCARY AND SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DESIGN

1: THE CAR RANDOMLY SENDS A COLLISION WARNING MESSAGE WHEN THERES NOTHING IN FRONT OF IT, SEVERAL TIMES ON THE INTERSTATE AND SEVERAL TIMES ON SURFACE STREETS WHEN NOTHING WAS IN FRONT OF IT. ONE TIME IT AUTOMATICALLY SLAMMED ON BRAKES SLOWING THE CAR TO A CRAWL WHEN NOTHING WAS IN FRONT OF IT. ON A SURFACE STREET. THE DEALERSHIP BLAMED THE ISSUE ON A MICROSCOPIC CHIP MISSING IN THE WINDSHIELD AT THE EXTREME 7 O'CLOCK POSITION OF THE CAMERA. WE WERE TOLD THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE ISSUE UNTIL THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE, WHICH WOULD COST OVER $800.00 JUST FOR THE WINDSHIELD. 2: THE CAR ALSO RANDOMLY SWITCHES DRIVING MODES ON ITS OWN. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE REP THAT THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY CHANGED ON ITS OWN ACCORDING TO INPUT FROM THE GAS PEDAL FROM THE DRIVER. THE LEAD TECH INFORMED US THAT WE WERE SOMEHOW ACTIVATING THE SWITCH BY TOUCHING IT SOMEHOW WHILE ITS BEING DRIVEN CAUSE THERES NO WAY IT SWITCHED ON ITS OWN. THE CAR IS AN INHERENT SAFETY HAZARD AS THESE ISSUES RANDOMLY POP UP WITH NO NOTICE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2019 KIA FORTE IN DECEMBER OF 2018. STARTING AROUND 7,200 MILES, I NOTICED THE ENGINE RPMS WOULD FLUCTUATE ESPECIALLY UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION. FLUCTUATIONS WERE BETWEEN 200-500 RPMS. THE VEHICLE WENT IN FOR SERVICE WITH ABOUT 7,450 MILES AND I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT WAS COMPLETED QUICKLY BY THE DEALER. T SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A HIGH FAILURE RATE EARLY ON WITH THESE KIA IVT TRANSMISSIONS. THESE SHOULD BE RECALLED. I IMAGINE IN ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF I WILL BE BACK INTO THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. VERY DISAPPOINTING AS THIS IS NOT A VEHICLE YOU CAN RELY ON FOR LONG TRIPS. *TR