Explore the comprehensive list of OBD-II parameters supported for the Kia Forte. This includes real-time data for engine performance, fuel efficiency, and diagnostic trouble codes. Sidecar provides access to these PIDs to help you monitor your vehicle's health.
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Year |
Overall |
Fuel |
Speed |
Range |
Odom |
Tires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008-2017 |
Tester needed |
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Estimatable |
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2018-2025 |
Tester needed |
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Estimatable |
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Legend
Vehicle is fully onboarded.
Feature is supported via OBD. Requires a connected OBD-II scanner.
Feature is supported via Connected Accounts (Beta).
General support
Sidecar supports the SAEJ1979 OBD-II standard for vehicles produced in the USA since 1996 and vehicles worldwide in the 2000’s. For vehicles that support OBD-II — typically combustion and hybrid vehicles — this enables out-of-the-box support for odometer, speed, fuel tank levels, and 100s of other parameters.
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Parameter support by model year
Battery
| Parameter | 2008-2025 |
|---|---|
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12V battery charge (percent)
FORTE_VPWR
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Climate
| Parameter | 2008-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Defog light on (noyes)
FORTE_DEFOG_LIGHT
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Defogging? (noyes)
FORTE_DEFOG_SW
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Control
| Parameter | 2008-2009 | 2010 | 2011-2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016-2017 | 2018-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Brake pressure (percent)
FORTE_BRAKE_P
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
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Handbrake engaged? (noyes)
FORTE_HANDBRAKE
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Steering wheel angle (degrees)
FORTE_STEER_ANGLE_V2
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Steering wheel angle (degrees)
FORTE_STEER_ANGLE
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Doors
| Parameter | 2008-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Door lock front left (scalar)
FORTE_LOCK_FL
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Door lock front right (scalar)
FORTE_LOCK_FR
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Front left door open? (noyes)
FORTE_DOOR_FL
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Front right door open? (noyes)
FORTE_DOOR_FR
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Rear left door open? (noyes)
FORTE_DOOR_RL
|
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Rear right door open? (noyes)
FORTE_DOOR_RR
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Trunk open? (noyes)
FORTE_TRUNK
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✓ | ✓ |
Electrical
| Parameter | 2008-2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016-2017 | 2018-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cluster voltage (volts)
FORTE_CLUSTER_VOLTAGE
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Engine
| Parameter | 2008-2009 | 2010 | 2011-2012 | 2013-2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018-2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Engine oil temperature (celsius)
FORTE_EOT
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
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Injection duration cylinder 1 (seconds)
FORTE_INJ_DUR_1
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Injection duration cylinder 2 (seconds)
FORTE_INJ_DUR_2
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Injection duration cylinder 3 (seconds)
FORTE_INJ_DUR_3
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Injection duration cylinder 4 (seconds)
FORTE_INJ_DUR_4
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Intake air temperature (celsius)
FORTE_IAT
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
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Knock learn cylinder 1 (degrees)
FORTE_KNOCK_LEARN_1
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
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Knock learn cylinder 2 (degrees)
FORTE_KNOCK_LEARN_2
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
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Knock learn cylinder 3 (degrees)
FORTE_KNOCK_LEARN_3
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
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Knock learn cylinder 4 (degrees)
FORTE_KNOCK_LEARN_4
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
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Knock retard cylinder 1 (degrees)
FORTE_KNOCK_RETARD_1
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Knock retard cylinder 2 (degrees)
FORTE_KNOCK_RETARD_2
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Knock retard cylinder 3 (degrees)
FORTE_KNOCK_RETARD_3
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Knock retard cylinder 4 (degrees)
FORTE_KNOCK_RETARD_4
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Misfire count #1 (scalar)
FORTE_MIS_1
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Misfire count #2 (scalar)
FORTE_MIS_2
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Misfire count #3 (scalar)
FORTE_MIS_3
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Misfire count #4 (scalar)
FORTE_MIS_4
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Turbo boost pressure (gauge) (psi)
FORTE_TURBO_BOOST
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Waste gate duty (percent)
FORTE_WG_DUTY
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Waste gate position (percent)
FORTE_WG_POSITION
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Waste gate setpoint (percent)
FORTE_WG_SETPOINT
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
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Waste gate voltage (volts)
FORTE_WG_VOLTAGE
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Fuel
| Parameter | 2008-2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016-2017 | 2018-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Fuel level (volume) (liters)
FORTE_FLI_VOL
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lights
| Parameter | 2008-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Hazard switch (scalar)
FORTE_HAZARD_SW
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Headlight high beam on (noyes)
FORTE_HL_HIGH
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Headlight low beam on (noyes)
FORTE_HL_LOW
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Headlight switch (noyes)
FORTE_HL_SW
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Movement
| Parameter | 2008-2009 | 2010 | 2011-2012 | 2013-2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Front left wheel speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_TIRE_FL_VSS_V1
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Front left wheel speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_TIRE_FL_VSS_V2
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✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
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Front right wheel speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_TIRE_FR_VSS_V2
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✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
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Front right wheel speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_TIRE_FR_VSS_V1
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Rear left wheel speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_TIRE_RL_VSS_V2
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✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
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Rear left wheel speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_TIRE_RL_VSS_V1
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Rear right wheel speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_TIRE_RR_VSS_V1
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Rear right wheel speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_TIRE_RR_VSS_V2
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✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
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Vehicle speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_VSS
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✓ | ||||||||||
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Vehicle speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_VSS_V3
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✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
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Vehicle speed (milesPerHour)
FORTE_VSS_V2
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Vehicle speed (kilometersPerHour)
FORTE_VSS_AVG
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Wheel traction control switch (noyes)
FORTE_TC_SWITCH
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Seatbelts
| Parameter | 2008-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Driver seatbelt latched? (noyes)
FORTE_BELT_DRIVER
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Passenger seatbelt latched? (noyes)
FORTE_BELT_PASSENGER
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✓ | ✓ |
Tires
| Parameter | 2008-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Front left tire pressure (psi)
FORTE_TP_FL
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Front left tire reading invalid? (noyes)
FORTE_FL_INVALID
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Front left tire temperature (celsius)
FORTE_TT_FL
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Front right tire pressure (psi)
FORTE_TP_FR
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Front right tire reading invalid? (noyes)
FORTE_FR_INVALID
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Front right tire temperature (celsius)
FORTE_TT_FR
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Rear left tire pressure (psi)
FORTE_TP_RL
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Rear left tire reading invalid? (noyes)
FORTE_RL_INVALID
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Rear left tire temperature (celsius)
FORTE_TT_RL
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Rear right tire pressure (psi)
FORTE_TP_RR
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Rear right tire reading invalid? (noyes)
FORTE_RR_INVALID
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Rear right tire temperature (celsius)
FORTE_TT_RR
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✓ | ✓ |
Transmission
| Parameter | 2008-2012 | 2013-2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017-2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Automatic transmission fluid temperature (celsius)
FORTE_ATF_T
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Clutch #1 temperature (celsius)
FORTE_CLUTCH_1_T
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Clutch #2 temperature (celsius)
FORTE_CLUTCH_2_T
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Current gear (scalar)
FORTE_GEAR_CUR
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Current gear
FORTE_GEAR
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Next gear (scalar)
FORTE_GEAR_NXT
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✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
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Reverse gear selected (noyes)
FORTE_REVERSE_GEAR
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Trips
| Parameter | 2008-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Odometer (imperial) (miles)
FORTE_ODO_MI
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✓ | ✓ | |||
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Odometer (metric) (kilometers)
FORTE_ODO_KM
|
✓ | ✓ |
Apple CarPlay support
Model years |
CarPlay support |
|---|---|
2017-2024 |
✓ Supported |
* From Apple's CarPlay support site: CarPlay support is either standard or available as an option on many new 2016 cars and later, with some manufacturers offering software updates for earlier models. Some models may support CarPlay or car keys only in certain configurations, and not all models are available in all areas. CarPlay support is subject to change. See your dealer for details.