2014 Kia Forte: fuel pump failure

Filed May 2, 2019 · Engine, Fuel system · 86,000 miles · NJ · fire

Engine knocking and they replaced under warranty. Car had 86,000 miles. Drove car to work next day and it caught on fire while driving home on busy highway. Kia corp knows of a problem with fuel pump and lines needing to be replaced once engine is replaced but failed to let their dealerships be aware of this issue. Also why is the forte not on recall list as many kia fortes are also catching on fire due to engine/ engine repairs.

Filed Nov 27, 2018 · Engine · 75,000 miles · KS

I already know about kia and their loud engines due to being an gdi engine. But this was not the high pressure fuel pump. This was a slapping type of noise that is not relative to the engine rpms. After thinking it was the timing chain being loose, it was discovered that the engine has was they call engine slap. After reading and seeing a lot of videos online about this, the engine has a design flaw in that the piston skirts are to short. Replacing the engine with new or remanufactured is only going to fix the problem for a short amount of time. Not thrilled that my 2014 kia forte ex with the 2.0 has only 76000 miles and now the engine needs replaced. Even called the dealer and they said they are replacing a lot of the 2.0 engines and of course the 2.4 due to the recall on those. Of course there is no recall on the 2.0. This noise occurred the day of my oil change and while going down the highway at 75 MPH. No lights, no warning. And yes the oil level was good. Mobile 1 synthetic.

Filed Jun 22, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 15,085 miles · NY

When driving at any speed, and often times when coming to a stop and then starting to accelerate again, the vehicle loses power and turns off. At this point the check engine light, battery light, oil light and others come on. The vehicle then needs to be put in park, and turned off, and restarts with no issue. The fuel pump has been replaced but has failed to resolve the issue. Fucillo kia is also refusing to honor the warranty and continue working on the vehicle until the issue is identified. A flight recorder box was put in the vehicle to record the issue if it were to happen again on one of the occasions they gave me back the vehicle stating they were unable to duplicate the problem. The issue did occur again with flight recorder box in place but they said it did not send any signal stating there was an issue with the vehicle. The vehicle has been to them 6 times and at this point they will no longer work on the vehicle despite it being well within the 100,000 mile/10 year warranty. The issue started at 15085 miles and now at 19,000 miles the problem persists.

Filed Feb 11, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 13,000 miles · MO

I have had two accidents ,the first time when I went to try and start my car up and it would not start up. Kia replace my fuel pump,believing that was the issue. The second they told me they could not diagnosis a problem so it was nothing that they could do.

Filed Nov 26, 2014 · Fuel system · 13,007 miles · TX

On thursday, august 28th, 2014 at around 7:45am, my 2014 kia forte stalled in the middle of the road as I was driving. It was a most terrifying experience as I was in the middle of the road, in the turning lane under an overpass. I had to wait over an hour for kia roadside assistance and therefore the police had to call in a separate tow company so that I would not continue to illegally block traffic. I was advised that the problem was due to the fuel pump causing the 15 amp fuse to blow.