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2017 KIA FORTE Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1483207
Internal NHTSA #	11112914
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	FORTE
Model Year	2017
File date	16/07/18
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The car was involved in an accident and the insurance company informed the lienholder that the vehicle was possibly a total loss and the lienholder ignored them and sold the vehicle to a public auction without contacting the original owner of the car to pay on the vehicle either. The owner of the car was injured in the vehicle in question as well as a passenger and the lienholder is aware and still sold without proper notice and they changed the locks of the vehicle to prevent the insurance company from doing a proper inspection of the vehicle. The vehicle cannot be driven on a highway and shakes at 30 miles at an in less than 10 mins. The vehicle also operates on its own. The lienholder had been aware of the issue since april 2018. Less than 2 weeks after the accident.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	6900
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	RIVERDALE, GA
VIN pattern	3KPFK4A7XHEXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?	Y
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	2
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	15
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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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2017 KIA FORTE Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2017 KIA FORTE Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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