2014 Kia Forte: jerking or lurching

Filed Mar 2, 2025 · Electrical, Engine · TN

The car will randomly cut off while driving, to restart the car must be put into neutral to restart and the lights go off during that time. If you are on the interstate going over 50, it will jerk and restart itself but the steering gets really stiff and you have to pull over and cut car off and restart to get the steering to work properly again.

Filed Aug 2, 2024 · Steering · 11,503 miles · FL

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Forte. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel made an abnormal sound and jerked abnormally. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the flexible coupling valves needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to an unknown recall and to Customer Satisfaction Program: CS1604/WTY006. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The failure mileage was 11,503.

Filed Aug 31, 2023 · Engine · 48,374 miles · OH

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Forte. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle jerked and hesitated while depressing the accelerator pedal. The failure persisted and the check engine warning light illuminated, and the vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed with dark, heavy scoring on the cylinder walls and the engine was replaced under warranty. Recently, the check engine warning light flashed on the instrument panel and the vehicle shifted into LIMP Mode. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to the dealer however, the cause of the failure could not be determined. The check engine warning light was cleared. The failure returned soon after leaving the dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 48,374.

Filed Mar 23, 2023 · Steering · VA

Steering wheel started feeling loose then progressed to jerking back and forth. Jerks from side to side simply driving easy down the road. Making ticking, clicking, grinding noises too. I do not feel safe and can no longer drive my car. I’m taking it to the dealer tomorrow (a long wait) and suspect it is the same mdps coupler kia and Hyundai have issued an extended warranty on - for all vehicles except the Kia forte. What gives with that? Ridiculous.

Filed Jan 2, 2023 · Steering · LA

My husband was driving down a street going roughly 45 miles an hour and all of a sudden there was a jerking feeling and the steering wheel locked up on him and he could no manage the direction that the car would go.yes it is available for inspection upon request. The steering and the direction of the car going 45. miles an hour definitely endangered us that was in the car and those that were on the road at the approximate time that we were. There was only 42000 miles on the car and we had only had it 58 days. We had it towed to the dealership Kia Nissan in Monroe La. And was told that it would cost 2000 to fix. So I then had it towed to another mechanic and got a completely different story. that the car had been wrecked before even though it didn’t show on the Carfax and they were there was ways to tell it and also told that rack and pinion‘s don’t break usually until 220 300,000 miles. I spent every penny I had saved after losing everything in hurricane Laura to buy this car. Not only do I feel very lied to by the dealership that I bought it from and misinformed and uninformed a certain issues that would’ve prevented me from buying a car on top of that I’m paying 24% interest rate and now they want to increase the interest rate because the car is broke down and they had to defer some payments because I can’t get to work because I don’t have a vehicle. I’ve had Kia check out the car and I’ve had two other mechanics check out the car and both of them told me separate stories different problems different prices and I need some help establishing where is the fault lies. Because I don’t think I should be responsible for a injury to a car or is it something that broke on its own and almost endangered our lives when the car had only been driven 42,000 miles. There was absolutely no warning signs no flashes of light no nothing to warn of this problem it happened out of nowhere and it was very scary and not rush I wanna keep the car anymore because I was scary.

Filed Jun 26, 2022 · Engine, Steering · KS · crash · 1 injury

On June 24, 2022 I was driving my vehicle on 435N to work. My steering wheel jerked to the left and started spinning out of control. I was driving at 60mph in the inside lane. When my steering jerked it caused me to turn headfirst into the inside wall. I proceeded to spin out of control across 3 lanes of rush hour traffic, clipping a second vehicle, before smashing into the outside wall and then resting in the outside lane horizontally. I was rushed to the emergency room where I suffered a broken back. Upon looking at the recalls and safety issues with my vehicle there was a recall #17V773000 for the brake pedal stopper; a most recent

Filed Nov 17, 2021 · Airbags, Engine · TN · crash

My Kia Forte when I put it in reverse it will jerk back then pause and hardly push itself backwards I have no control same as putting the car into Drive. I also consistently hear water in the bottom of my car swishing around.

Filed Nov 15, 2019 · Engine · 137,000 miles · TN

After repairing my car the first time 3 months ago for some major catalytic converter issues causing the car not to run, my car has now completely seized up. Since my car has hit 120k miles it has been consuming an alarming amount of oil. There were no leaks that could be identified and no major issues at the time explaining the oil consumption issue. I have had to continuously put quarts and quarts of oil in this vehicle and had repaired the cat converter issue along with replacing the spark plugs and the wiring and the normal tuneups. As I was driving down the road yesterday I noticed that my car was not accelerating as it normally does so I pulled over and to my surprise the oil I had just put in it was completely gone, no leaks, no lights, no warnings, no indication as to what was going on. I then put 2 quarts of oil in the car and drove home and realized the car was rattling a little bit, I let it sit in park while on and then headed out down the road where the car made a loud hiss noise and jerked across the road. My engine had seized up with no explanation and almost caused me to wreck. I now have a vehicle with a seized engine and still owe 7k on it. I really hope that these year/make/model is looked into because this could have been potentially dangerous and it is not fair to the people who have spent their hard earned money on a brand new car.

Filed Nov 12, 2019 · Brakes, Engine · 112,000 miles · GA

Car had began burning through oil rapidly but upon inspection at oil changes, no leak or cause could be detected. The oil light indicator never came on either. The car would begin ticking while driving, and noticeably drove differently but problem could not be determined. No check engine light ever came on. On a clear day while driving about 45 MPH on highway, vehicle gave a loud and forceful jerk and popping sound, and promptly lost power and speed, and the brakes quit working. I was fortunate to pull off and use ebrake to stop car once coasted to a safer spot. I could have been rear ended. The car had once again burned through all oil with no indication from the panel, and I was told the engine had blown. Apparently this is a very common problem with these vehicles, this make and model, with no recall being done; however, there is a class action lawsuit because of same issue with this engine in other kia models.

Filed Mar 20, 2019 · Steering · 70,155 miles · GA

Play in steering wheel ,when looking it up ,problem seems common for the steering coupler to go out,causes a jerk in the wheel at times while driving. Sitting still it will have alot of play moving left and right and a noise. A extended warranty has been given for some models except mine.

Filed Apr 8, 2016 · Seat belts, Seats · 66,000 miles · TX

The driver side seat track breaks after 66,000 miles or nine months making the seat shift wildly while driving. The dealer has no seat tracks in stock and no eta for back order. The seat lets do no unclasp unless jerked in several times after the release button is pressed.

Filed Apr 13, 2014 · Brakes, Electrical · 1,000 miles · TX · crash

Turned onto a fairly narrow street with cars parked on both sides; I was driving down the middle of street until I passed all parked cars; attempted to move back into my lane and steering wheel froze and started jerking; I was headed toward a stop sign pole; I jumped the curb and scrapped right from bumper and tire rim; ignition shut off. Took car to dealer; they kept it for testing and inspection for about 2 weeks and found nothing; we wanted to exchange it but they refused since they did not find anything mechanically wrong with it; we took car back and it has been driving well so far but incident is still in the back of our minds every time we drive it. *tr updated 10/1/2014