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Kia Forte

For the Kia Forte, model years 2010–2024 on this site have 34 matched recalls and 2,558 matched complaints (recall file dated Oct 23, 2026; complaint file dated Oct 23, 2026). Matched complaint counts run from 26 in 2024 to 444 in 2014. These are raw counts, not rates. EPA rates non-electric configurations 24–35 mpg combined (file dated Sep 29, 2026).

ABOUT THIS DATA

Kia Forte by model year puts the same counts in one sortable table.

Model years

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.
Year	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Fire	Investigations	Stars	Comb mpg
2010	3	221	21	4	3	Pre-2011	26–30
2011	3	154	28	13	3	4	26–30
2012	4	292	20	23	4	4	26–30
2013	5	195	16	13	5	4	26–30
2014	3	444	32	36	1	4	24–29
2015	1	260	16	20	2	5	24–30
2016	1	136	16	6	0	5	24–30
2017	3	305	23	10	0	5	25–32
2018	3	136	13	3	0	5	25–32
2019	2	149	11	4	0	4	31–35
2020	0	78	9	2	0	4	28–35
2021	2	69	11	0	0	4	28–35
2022	1	28	3	1	0	4	26–35
2023	3	65	11	5	0	4	26–34
2024	0	26	6	0	0	4	26–34

Fuel economy by model year

Combined mpg below is EPA's figure for non-electric configurations in the file dated 2026-09-29. Electric configurations are shown as MPGe when that is the only figure. Annual fuel cost is EPA's published fuelCost08 range for the configurations of that year.

EPA combined fuel economy and annual fuel cost by model year
Year	Comb mpg	MPGe	kWh/100 mi	Range	Annual fuel cost
2010	26–30	—	—	—	$2,250–$2,600
2011	26–30	—	—	—	$2,250–$2,600
2012	26–30	—	—	—	$2,250–$2,600
2013	26–30	—	—	—	$2,250–$2,600
2014	24–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$2,800
2015	24–30	—	—	—	$2,250–$2,800
2016	24–30	—	—	—	$2,250–$2,800
2017	25–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$2,700
2018	25–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$2,700
2019	31–35	—	—	—	$1,900–$2,150
2020	28–35	—	—	—	$1,900–$2,400
2021	28–35	—	—	—	$1,900–$2,400
2022	26–35	—	—	—	$1,900–$2,600
2023	26–34	—	—	—	$1,950–$2,600
2024	26–34	—	—	—	$1,950–$2,600

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