Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 07/28/2005 | 36000 | 15 | |
| I have a 2002 kia sportage 2 door. we bought it brand new for our son thinking it would be a fun little car for him. 36,000 miles later it has been in the shop 15 times for various things such as air bag needing repaired to engine cooling system exploding on me in the middle of the dessert and me alone for 6 hours before i could get help. this suv if you can call it that is nothing but a headache and i am very concerned about my sons or in fact anyone that is in it when it is on the roads safety. *nm | |||
| 03/30/2005 | 41000 | 2 | 12/22/2002 |
| March 30th i was involved in an accident, a lady pulled accross traffic and i had no time to stop, needless to say i slammed into her drivers side door at about 30mph. the entire front end of my kia sprortage was damaged with about $6700 in damages and the air bags didn't deploy and myself and my passengers were in our seat belts but badly bruised and thrown about. i was informed by kia that i didn't hit the sensors ... ok the whole front end was gone where exactly are the sensors? i don't feel safe in the car and my children are in it , please can some one tell me what to do? i feel that i'm stuck with a vehichle that isn't safe and i don't seem to have any recourse. thank you for your time. | |||
| 07/01/2004 | 2 | 05/15/2002 | |
| While driving on a straight stretch of highway my daughter felt her car jerk to the right. she attempted to turn into the jerk and was not able to control anything on the car. it began to rock despite her efforts and then immediately rolled over multiple times. the front end of her kia sportage sustained considerable damage, the airbags did not deploy and she suffered almost complete loss of use of her left arm. she is still undergoing treatment and therapy for the injury and also will probably have to have further surgery. there were witnesses behind her that reported that the car was going straight, did not run off the road just began to flip. she did not lose conscience, did not look away from the road. also the driving conditions were normal and she was going 5 miles under the speed limit. we requested that the insurance company investigate but they stated they do not do investigations. we really believe that there was a steering malfunction as well as failure on the airbags. *jb | |||
| 1 | 02/20/2003 | ||
| Problems with air bag light, and windows on kia sportage. *mr also problem with a cracked motor head. *tt *jb | |||
| 09/01/2002 | |||
| Air bag sensor module failed.*ak | |||
| 04/12/2002 | 3 | ||
| Airbag indicator light is illuminated. vehicle was taken to dealer 3 times before issue was resolved. | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 09/05/2005 | 73861 | 1 | 01/15/2002 |
| Dt: the contact stated that while driving at 40 vehicle wa sinvolved in a collision and air bags did not deploy. someone pulled out in front of the contact's vehicle and sit hit the other vehicle. there were not lights on the dashboard to indicate the air bags would not deploy. dealer did not say anything about the air bags to her. manufacturer has not been contacted yet. police came and a report was taken. *ak | |||
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| While driving 35-40 mph vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. upon impact, air bags did not deploy. *ak | |||
| 01/06/2004 | 17000 | 1 | |
| Upon impact air bags deployed with such force that the under frame of the dashboard detached from the body of the vehicle. when this occurred, it broke an occupant's ankle and foot. dealer indicated it was not his problem, and urged consumer to call the manufacturer. *ak | |||
| 06/13/2003 | 1 | ||
| Consumer's vehicle was involved in a frontal collision while traveling approximately 65mph, and neither front driver's/ passenger's or knee air bags deployed.*ak | |||
| 12/02/2002 | |||
| While traveling about 55mph on the highway. without prior warning a deer ran in front of the vehicle. the consumer hit the deer. the dual airbags didn't deploy please provide additional information. ts | |||
| 09/22/2002 | 1 | ||
| While driving the vehicle at 30 mph, consumer has an frontal accident and the air bags didn't deploy. dealer has been notified. please provide further information. mr | |||
| 01/14/2002 | 1 | ||
| Consumer was traveling about 15mph and coming off the off ramp on the highway, another vehicle was coming towards the consumer and collided with consumer's vehicle. upon impact, airbags did not go off. dealership was aware of problem. *ak one person was injured in the accident. *jb | |||