Ive had my car since 38 miles. this is my second year owning it. it has been well kept and it started having problems about a month ago that has gotten worse. it shakes really bad at 30mph and stays in 6th gear. it also has major problems picking up speed and shifting in general. sometimes it just stalls and dont go. when switching lanes on the interstate it slows way down and doesn't shift. it doesn't matter my speed. from 10-50mph and up it skips gears and stalls.
This problem happened 2 times this week & on 2 separate days while i was driving & since i only drive this car once or twice a week this has me concerned.. the car started ok and drove for a couple of miles just fine when suddenly the car felt like i was trying to drive while the car was in neutral & even with my foot was on the gas pedal the car wasn't going anywhere.. i pulled off the road to get out of the flow of traffic & tried to put the shift lever in a different gear but it was stuck in drive even when my foot was firmly on the brake pedal, so i tried to 'jiggle' it a little from left to right but the shift lever wouldn't really move so i just sat there.. after a few minutes i made an attempt to safely pull out into traffic & the car hesitated a little but then drove fine.. when this happened the first time this week i ignored it and treated it as a 'one time only' issue, but then it happened a second time so i got concerned and made an appointment with citrus kia for 3/15/19 to have this checked out.. i'm not sure if anyone else is experiencing this but felt i should report it and will update this after the kia dealer has a look at it..
Well at present my car only has about 400 miles on it i only picked it up on 4/4/2018 & it's starting to sound like the 2016 ford fiesta i traded in.. when stopped at a light the idle gets rough and if this was the 1960's i would say it had a bad spark plug or carburetor issues; however, this is 2018 so not sure but it's the only thing i can relate the idle issue with.. i spoke with the salesperson at the dealership that sold me the car but he said he knows nothing about inner workings of cars so i made an appointment with the service department for 4/25/2018 since i cannot get there at the times they want me to; and until then i can only monitor it.. this issue started after i had the car approximately one week; nothing like florida car dealers selecting a car for me off their lot that has issues..
This is a follow-up to my original complaint # 11088519 on 4/10/18.. when i brought the vehicle to the dealer on 4/25/18, i was told it was a bad spark plug huh on a new car; what would be next.. in any event the dealer had to order the spark plug another huh on that too.. spark plug is in & i have an appointment tomorrow 5/2/18 to replace & repair & none too soon because the car sounds & runs 'terrible'.. sitting at a light it sounds worse than the 2016 fiesta i traded in terrible rough idle & really bad when accelerating from a light which could be dangerous.. this kia forte at present has 465 miles on the odometer..