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2014 KIA FORTE Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1019625
Internal NHTSA #	10549909
Manufacurer	Kia Motors Corporation
Brand	KIA
Model	FORTE
Model Year	2014
File date	26/10/13
Component	STRUCTURE:BODY
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I was in a three vehicle accident as the third car. I hit the car in front of me and in turn caused that vehicle to hit the vehicle in front of him. I had the brakes pressed down all the way to the floor and still couldn't stop in time to prevent impact, there were not even any skid marks on the pavement. The impact was so strong that my back seats folded down and the things i had in my trunk flew forward and hit the back of the driver seat. I had glass bottles of drinks in the trunk and they were all busted in the floorboard from being thrown through the back seat that folded down. Fire and rescue had to open my door to let me out of the vehicle because i tried to get out and couldn't pry the door open. To me that is a hard impact, i was injured and still seeking medical attention. My concern is with a frontal impact of such force, none of my airbags deployed! My accident has already happened and i am hurt but i don't want that to happen to anyone else. Luckily i was wearing my safety belt because my airbags certainly didn't protect me. I made a complaint with kia and there representative told me..."ma'am with your vehicle, you have "smart airbags" they only deploy in a catastrophic event." how can the car tell what is a catastrophic event... My 8 year old could have been in that back seat that folded or even my newborn niece that i care for, that could have been not only catastrophic but fatal!!! What can be done about this? Please help, i don't want someone else to suffer.
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Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	GAINESVILLE, GA
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	35
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2014 KIA FORTE Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2014 KIA FORTE Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

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