Factory build sheet
2011 Kia Forte GLS
Build KNAFU5A2-B · 2L · Hatchback
VIN positions 1 through 8 read KNAFU5A2 and position 10 reads B. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Forte whose VIN starts KNAFU5A2 and carries B in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1,289 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1,289 known VINs
- 12 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Kia with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2 L
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 5
- Manufacturer
- KIA CORPORATION
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$5,995 median asking price · 16 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 16 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Kia used the VIN pattern KNAFU5A2 for 3 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2011 You are here code B $5,995
- 2012 GLS 2L Hatchback · 1,471 vehicles code C $4,999
- 2013 EX 2L Hatchback · 1,015 vehicles code D $5,950
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | KNA | KIA CORPORATION · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | FU5A2 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | B | Model year — 2011 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2011 Kia Forte as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
3 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2011 Forte. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
1,289 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to KNAFU5A2-B shares the specification above.
- 1,289 Known VINs
- 12 Listed for sale now
- 16 Priced listings
- $5,995 Median asking
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Prices are asking prices from 16 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 1,289 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.