Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - DOORS - LATCH | |||
| 09/22/2001 | 5000 | 8 | 06/15/2001 |
| Over the span of the last 1 1/2 years i have had the following problems *rear seat belts locked up wouldn't loosen far enough to get my child out of the car. *front seat belts (both) would come open while the vehicle was in motion. *drivers side door wouldn't latch when trying to close it, had to jiggle the inside handle *spare tire arm wouldn't stay in the locked position when open. still won't *four wheel drive wouldn't engage *lifter noise--collapsed lifter *head warped *check engine light had come on a few times *cup holders (front and rear) fell apart *outside trim was fallling off. *jb | |||
| 10/31/2001 | 13 | 08/14/2001 | |
| The air condition was not cooling the vehicle, the engine light illuminated and it was determined the gas cap was loose, there was an electrical short in the windows which caused them not to work, the purge valve leaked, the hold light flashed at times, the left rear door did not open from the inside, it was discovered the door lock was out of adjustment, the cup holder was coming apart, the brakes were noisy and the master cylinder was leaking. *scc *jb | |||
| 10/01/2001 | |||
| Front passenger door does not latch correctly. when opening door consumer has to pull up on the door. took vehicle to dealer, and they replaced vehicle with another same make and model. consumer states new vehicle is duplicating the same problem. please provide any further information.*ak | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - TAILGATE - LATCH | |||
| 06/01/2005 | 13623 | 1 | 10/23/2001 |
| Dt: consumer states that the tire latch on the back of 2001 kia sportage i broke. this was latch that held the spare tire carrier, it also has to open in order for the consumer to open truck. the owners mechanic has oiled and fixed the tire carrier for a temporary fix. the owner has taken the vehicle to the dealership for repairs, and they said they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle and couldn't fix the latch until it was broken, and then they could repair it. the owner has not called kia. the latch has been broken for about 2 months. the owner suggested that the latch could have rotted out. the owner had taken the vehicle last year on june 12, 2004 to have the tail pipe fixed. the kia dealership body shop that was suppose to fix the tailpipe, did not repair the tailpipe. the car was rattling from the exhaust. the owner's mechanic removed the rotted exhaust system, the kia dealership was suppose to fix this and did not at this point the vehicle on had 13,623 miles on it at this point. the dealer is no longer with the address or phone number they closed down.*ak | |||