FaultScore

Forest River Salem vs KIA Amanti

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure Forest River Salem KIA Amanti
Complaints on file 143 353
Model years covered 2001–2025 2004–2009
Worst model year 2020 2004
Best model year 2015 2007
Crashes reported 0 31
Fires reported 8 2
Injuries reported 3 21
Deaths reported 0 1
Most complained-about part Equipment & Accessories Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm 7.7% 15.6%

Forest River Salem by year

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Body & Structure 27 18.9%
Electrical System 20 14.0%
Tires 19 13.3%
Suspension 14 9.8%
Other & Unspecified 13 9.1%
Wheels 10 7.0%
Brakes 3 2.1%

KIA Amanti by year

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 40 11.3%
Engine & Cooling 36 10.2%
Suspension 22 6.2%
Other & Unspecified 20 5.7%