2010 Kia Forte: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jun 29, 2026 · Electrical, Engine · MO

My car wasnt getting enough power and it just died while driving it on the interstate to go home.

Filed Sep 12, 2023 · Engine · 130,000 miles · DE

The contact owns a 2010 Kia Forte. The contact stated while driving at approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled. On two other occasions, the vehicle shut off and the driver was able to steer the vehicle off the roadway. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that there was no oil in the engine. The independent mechanic informed the contact to check the oil level while refueling. The vehicle was consuming an excessive amount of engine oil. There was an abnormal rattling sound detected. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Filed Jun 6, 2021 · Engine · AR

Randomly the car refused to accelerate, rpms would not go past 3k. It happened it different time points of a drive. There was never any check engine light. Mechanic drove the vehicle and ran a check on it and said with out a warning light there isn’t much I can do. Suggested replace crank shaft sensor. There was no change to the point the entire car died while driving up hill with no shoulder and a very large truck behind. My children would be dead right now if there had been another vehicle in the lane next to me I was able to barely to get the cat into. The car started back up after 30 mins. Was looked at again, informed it could have something to do with the engine tick, still no warning lights. The car stalls, jerks like a misfire and had refused to keep a stable speed while on the interstate

Filed Sep 15, 2020 · Engine · 135,090 miles · GA

I had a mild engine knocking noise for a several weeks, but just had an oil change a few days prior to the incident. I was driving down the road and the car seemed to be struggling to shift gears and go. I pulled over and heard terrible rod knocking and engine clanking noises. I turned the car off to call my father and ask if he thought I could make it home, and I agreed to attempt it. When I turned the car back on the rod knocking was worse than before, it made a very loud clicking noise when I accelerated, and the oil light came on. I got back on the road and the engine stalled within minutes, in the middle of a busy intersection.

Filed Jul 26, 2020 · Driver assistance · 95,000 miles · TX

When trying to accelerate my vehicle stalls and hesitates to increase speed. Before picking up speed, it jerks forward before gradually getting faster.

Filed Jan 3, 2018 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 105,000 miles · LA

Hello, I am currently having issues with my 2010 kia forte. The vehicle has been struggling to accelerate and soon eventually began to feel as if it were going to stall out all together every time I stepped on the gas. The check engine light came on and after diagnosing the code, it read p0336 (crankshaft position sensor a circuit range/performance). After some research I found that apparently there is a recall on these engines for what appears to be the same issue I am currently having. I looked up my vehicles VIN on this website and was notified that there is not currently an open recall even though I had just read that hundreds of thousands of vehicles of the same make and engine type (theta 2) were being recalled for crankshaft issues. Would like to have my car checked out via recall measures. The safety of my family is in question due to these known issues.

Filed Aug 31, 2017 · Fuel system · 55,000 miles · CA

On two occasions now the kia forte has stalled with the original fuel sending unit located in the fuel tank. First occurrence was in september 11 2016 (~55,000 miles) where car was parked for ~30 minutes while shopping and would not start-investigation found the fuel pump connector within the fuel tank got hot enough to melt the plastic and disconnect the positive terminal (see images attached). This is a serious issue and kia dealerships in the chicagoland area would not do any warranty repair or replacement. After repairing the connection and re-socketing the terminals the pump was able to work for another year until the second incident. On august 29 2017 (~75,000 miles) the very same connector again within the assembly for the fuel sending unit failed while in motion on a residential road causing the engine to stall which in turn caused loss of power steering. Again, the connector for providing power to the fuel pump opened causing the engine to be starved of fuel. The unit is no longer repairable as the open circuit is occurring within the right-angle pass through the metal divider of the internal portion of the fuel tank. The entire unit required replacement even though all other elements on the assembly are working. Other owners have reported this exact issue however the manufacturer refuses to acknowledge the possibility of a recall. This is an obvious safety mechanism issue and could cause accidents due to abrupt loss of steering, ability to accelerate, and fire hazard.

Filed Jul 7, 2014 · Engine · 43,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 kia forte. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the engine stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle but the problem recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 43,000.

Filed Oct 28, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 47,100 miles · UT

Our 2010 kia forte ex lost 90% of power repeatedly (rpms drop to idle, regardless of throttle position) at speeds from 0-35mph. This is not the first occurrence, but I think it is the same problem. This is very dangerous if you are making a left turn and you lose acceleration, you can be in the way of oncoming traffic by losing power. About 2 years ago (25,000 miles or so) the tps (throttle position sensor) went out. Kia could not diagnose it until it threw a code (lame). Now we get the same issue, the vehicle is stalling, or "stumbling" when the speed should be constant or accelerating, but there is no engine code for the code reader to pickup yet, so the mechanics can't figure out what to do. Apparently this is a problem on many models of kia/hyundai and the mechanics don't recognize it so they can't fix it, and you are stuck with a dangerous condition. I think there should be a recall of these faulty tps sensors. Kia/hyundai should at least issue a safety tsb (technical service bulletin) to clue in their mechanics as to what the problem is. Here's a great article showing the problem: http://www.kia-forums.com/kia-carnival-sedona-2006/80251-tps-sensor-symptoms-tps-failure-cel.html thanks for your attention to this matter.

Filed Aug 31, 2012 · Engine · 10,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 kia forte. The contact stated that while driving 10 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact restarted the vehicle and it functioned properly. The contact vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 10,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Aug 31, 2010 · Engine · 4,100 miles · FL

While driving my kia forte the engine stalled. It happened two times in the last past two months. After bringing my car twice to the dealership they said they can not find anything wrong with the car because they do not find any code on the computer. They keep sending me home and telling me that they can not do anything.

Filed Aug 17, 2010 · Engine · 11,600 miles · VA

Second incident of stalling while operating a 2010 kia forte ex w/ auto tran and the "fuel economy" package. In both instances I had come to a stop -- the first time (about 2 mos. Ago) was upon executing a hard stop, but today I had slowed gradually and then stopped for a red light. Both times, the dashboard lights and radio remained on but the engine simply cut out. Car was in "drive" and in both instances was traveling at approximately 35 MPH prior to stopping. The steering did not lock. I was able to restart the car without difficulty after putting it in "park." I was unable to recreate the problem once I had a chance to safely try doing so. The first time it happened, there were only about 5,000 miles on the car. I called the dealership and they said that I could bring the car in but that if they couldn't recreate the problem, they couldn't diagnose/fix it. They did not seem to have any idea what could have caused the vehicle to stall. Today's incident occurred after the dealership had closed but I will call them in the morning to report it. This time I intend to take the vehicle in for diagnostic testing as I have a long daily commute with a small child and am now concerned about the safety of the car.