I bought a 2011 kia forte and was having issues where the car seemed like it was dying after initial starting of the vehicle and sometimes wouldn't go into gear. After driving it seems to correct itself and I brought it into kia. They put it under a specific claim number incase the warranty went out it is still covered. A few months later the car started to not go into gear even more and issue of dying seems more prevalent. Now kia is trying to say it could be a number of things which are not covered because the warranty is up from factory, and the extended warranty they claim doesn't cover powertrain which last time I checked powertrain includes shifter/gear shifter. They are now refusing to fix the issue because they have no clue what the actual problem is but have seen the issue first hand. This car has less than 70,000 miles and 70% of the time you cant put it into gear. This is a major safety concern since it could pop into any gear it wanted to and if I am doing 70 MPH and it decides to go into park it wont be a fun ride.
2011 Kia Forte transmission complaints
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Tran. Wentout still not working.
While driving and attempting to gain speed to enter the interstate highway in san antonio texas the transmission would not change gears and had to pull over. I then had the vehicle towed to a kia dealership 10 miles away. I am awaiting a call from them regarding repairs.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia forte. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 to 45 MPH, the vehicle lost power and the odometer read 40 MPH. The vehicle would not accelerate or reverse. There were no warning lights illuminated during or after the failure. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to have a diagnostic test performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 24,000.
When going 60 on the highway the car suddenly dropped down to 40 and I had to pull off the highway. Car was then taken to the dealership where the whole transmission was replaced. Upon recieving the car again it would jerk and stall when accelerating. Car was then taken back to the dealer and a "relearn" of the transmission was performed. This has not stopped the problem and has made it worse. It now jerks when stopping and when accelerating and peeds of 5 mi/hr or more. As well as when first shifting the car out of park.
Was driving at normal highway speeds felt this sudden jerk (like I had been hit from behind) and the car would not go. When I got pulled over I placed it in park and then back into drive it would not pull forward. Tried to put into the manual shift side and it would not do anything there either.
Car will not shifting correctly under manual.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia motor forte. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH the check engine light began to illuminate on the instrument panel and the vehicle would no longer accelerate further. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the transmission was replaced. Upon receiving the vehicle from the dealer, the contact stated that she could hear screeching noises coming from the engine. The vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer where they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 16,532. Updated 09/02/11*lj updated 2/9/12
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