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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
KNAFT4A21D5••••••2013 Kia FORTE
That is about average for the 2013 Kia FORTE — 3 complaints per build across 59 builds.
4on this build
183on the model
59builds in total
2involved a crash
2injuries
Most reportedAir Bags 2Electrical System 1Exterior Lighting 1Steering 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashJul 2018
I received a letter from kia dated july 27 regarding a recall on airbags. On july 28, I was in a car accident with a drunk driver, and my airbags did not deploy. The car is totaled, and I no longer have it. There is a police and collision report. - (recall related incident) ts
SteeringSep 2023
As a loyal customer one of my KIA was stolen and the officer said to contact KiA so the cars can get the update on anti- theft software and a safety car lock to prevent this from happening again. Spoke with [XXX] and gave me this # [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE…
Electrical SystemFeb 2019
I am the second owner of this vehicle which I purchased at 21,000 and it now has around 65,000. In the last three years I have had to replace several different lights multiple times. It began shortly after I purchased it with replacing rear driver's side brake light three times…
Air BagscrashJul 2018
I was traveling at a speed of 40mph, on a two lane state highway, when a vehicle veered into my lane going the opposite direction and hit the car in front of me. The vehicle in front of me was pushed into the front passenger side wheel. The front corner panel was damaged upon…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN KNAFT4A21D5648851 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.