2015 Kia Forte Fuel system Problems

“Engine light on when driving - just had filled with gas that day - car has 38,000 miles. I am original owner. I had to have evaporation control canister replaced as it had a crack. I had to have it replaced immediately to get my state inspection sticker. The vehicle has been in no accidents. The total cost was $458.73.”

“Takata inflators? Receive voluntary emission recall notice from Kia 1/16/18 took car in to be service for the recall 2/3/18 to Kia of east hartford, ct- drove car off the lot onto the highway. Loud sound and black smoke from rear end of the car, all lights came on and car stalled. Call service department immediately and was told to turn car on and off, that the computer had to reset. Car came back on but the airbag, low tire pressure and engine light remained on. Brought car back to Kia of east hartford several times was told nothing was wrong, instead that the sensor were off. …”

“When the car accelerates from a stop, there is severe valve pinging sound. Kia motors america is aware of the issue, but are not taking any steps to address the issue as it does not do anything to the car . The noise is very severe on the 2015 Forte and it is a defect in the design of the car. The wind noise and the valve ping make the car very loud. The dealer says that since Kia motors america is not addressing the issue, nothing can be done. Kia motors america has been aware of this issue for years but have failed to do anything about as they are do not care about their customers. …”

“The car is jerking while driving. It's caused the car to overheat. It's hard to start up and usually stalls out. It has stalled out while driving almost causing a accident. The engine light came on. I took it for a diagnostic and it was code P0172 for high pressure fuel pump. Before the incident date it was already hard to start prior to the engine light coming on. It sometimes causes smoke to come out of the exhaust. There was also smoke from under the hood in the engine compartment and as soon as I put gas in the car it runs out very quickly. …”

“Car goes into limp mode or cuts power when trying to accelerate. Refuses to shift or will shift down and revs highers rpms then necessary, especially at any incline. Started around 70k miles and got worse when brought in for other recalls.”