# 2010 KIA FORTE — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
> NHTSA complaint `1205362` · 2015-08-03 · Kia America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** KIA
- **Model:** FORTE
- **Year:** 2010
- **Manufacturer:** Kia America, Inc.
- **Component:** UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- **Miles at failure:** 30
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT VERTICALLY WHEN I NEEDED TO GIVE THE CAR SOME GAS RATHER THAN JUST LIFT FOOT OFF BRAKE TO GET OUT OF SPOT.  THE CAR DELAYED--WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I TRIED AGAIN AND IT SHOT OUT  RAPIDLY UNCONTROLLABLY OUT OF THE SPOT, SIDE SWIPING THE CAR NEXT TO ME AND GOING INTO A REVERSE FIGURE EIGHT SWERVING OVER PARKING LOT AND WOULD NOT BRAKE. THE CAR ENDED UP SWERVING INTO THE BACK OF A PARKED RANGE ROVER AS I THREW MY CAR INTO PARK SINCE IT WOULD NOT STOP. THERE WAS ANOTHER COMPLAINT LIKE MINE ON LINE ABOUT SOMEONE WITH THE SAME MODEL AND ABOUT 38 K ON CAR WHOSE CAR ACCELERATION DID THIS MOVING GOING FORWARD.  I ENDED UP WITH SUSTAINED INJURIES WITH BODY OUT OF ALIGNMENT, HIP, AND BACK PAIN. NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT BECAUSE NO ONE WAS IN PARKING LOT OR CARS.
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