Vehicle profile
2016 Kia Forte Forte Koup
Sedan · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 126 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 1.6L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 6-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2016 Compact Cars
- 0.56× the 1.8 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2016 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
21V622000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCHKia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Forte 4-door, Forte Koup 2-door, and 2018-2019 Rio 4-door vehicles. The trunk latch may become damaged, preventing the opening of the trunk from the inside. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 401, "Internal Trunk Release."
Consequence: A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the trunk latch assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on February 10, 2022. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC216.
09/08/2021
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