2001 Kia Sportage complaints

TRANSMISSION LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, ALSO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT. *AK

I BOUGHT MY 2001 KIA SPORTAGE NEW IN MARCH OF 2001. WITHIN TWO MONTHS IT WAS AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS IT HAS BEEN BACK 10 TIMES! THE PROBLEM IS ALWAYS RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES! THE LAST TIME WAS IN JUNE 18TH. ON JULY 13TH THE CONVERTERS PLUGGED AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY WERE RED-HOT. I'M LUCKY THEY DID NOT EXPLODE AND/OR CATCH FIRE. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND UNDRIVABLE. ATTEMPTS FOR RESOLUTION WITH BOTH MY STATE LEMON LAW AND THE BBB AUTO LINE HAVE FAILED. IF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME KIND OF PROBLEM, SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT. *AK

THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND FLIPPED OVER THREE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *MR *CB *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES BRAKES WILL LOCK UP ,CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURNED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHICH CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK *CB *NLM

THE VEHICLE FUEL SYSTEM FAILED. THE FAILED PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED. *MR *CB *NLM

CONSUMER STATE VEHICLE BACKED INTO A TREE, THEN INSTEAD OF BUMPER CATCHING THE IMPACT THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER WAS CRUSHED. BUMPER WAS NOT STRONG AT ALL.

THE FUEL SYSTEM DID NOT ACCEPT FUEL, AND DIDN'T SHUT OFF, AND GAS POURED OUT. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS KNOWN FOR FUEL LINE PROBLEMS. THE MANUFACTURER WASN'T CONCERNED. *AK *SCC *JB

TRAVELING AT 60 MPH, I HYDROPLANED AND LOST CONTROL OF MY 2001 KIA SPORTAGE, IMPACTING A BARRICADE WITH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT KEEP ME RESTRAINED ALLOWING MY HEAD TO IMPACT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. *NLM

SEVERAL: LOOSE BOLTS AT HEAT SHIELD, LOOSE MUFFLER BOLTS, PROBLEM WITH FAN PULLEY, MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER DEFECTIVE, T-STAT, ENGINE LIGHT, DEALERSHIP COULD NOT IDENTIFY MOST RECENT PROBLEM, SAID THEY PUT A NEW COMPUTER IN. REFLECTED LAST DATE BELOW........ *NLM

CAR SEEMS TO NOT WANT TO START WHEN IT RAINS, MOISTURE CAUSES SPORTAGE TO STALL NUMEROUS TIMES UNTIL I DRIVE A FEW MILES. *NLM

LEFT REAR WINDOW STOPPED FUNCTIONING WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF PURCHASING CAR (NOVEMBER2001). DEALER REPLACED REGULATOR/MOTOR. RIGHT WINDOW FUNCTIONS MOST OF THE TIME, BUT WHEN I GET READY TO TAKE TO DEALER IT FUNCTIONS CORRECTLY. BOTH REAR WINDOWS STOPPED FUNCTIONING SUMMER OF 2003. TOOK TO DEALER & BOTH REGULATORS/MOTORS WERE REPLACED. GEAR SHIFT IS SLIPPING BETWEEN GEAR BY ITSELF. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS ADJUSTED JUNE 2003.*AK

I WAS DRIVING A KIA SPORTAGE 2001 AND WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE IMPACT WAS SO GREAT IT BROKE THE BACK SUPPORT OF MY SEAT. THE TRUCK FORCED ME INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME SO HARD THAT I CRUMBLED THE TRUNK OF THAT VEHICLE. IN ALL 5 VEHICLES RECEIVED DAMAGE. MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MY SEAT BROKE AND MY AIRBAGS INCLUDING A KNEE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I RECEIVED WHIPLASH TO THE NECK AND DAMAGE TO MY RIGHT LEG. I FEEL THAT HAD MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED I WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED THE DAMAGE TO MY LEG. ALSO I BELIEVE HAD MY SEAT BACK SUPPORT STAYED UPRIGHT I WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED THE INJURIES AS BAD. *NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. *JB

DEALERSHIP CONTENDS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE ALTHOUGH IT OVER HEATED WITH ONLY 34,000 MILES ON IT. I SPOKE TO TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, INCLUDING ANOTHER DEALERSHIP MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLES DO NOT OVERHEAT WITH JUST A "LITTLE" COOLANT LOSS. KIA CLAIMS I WAS A "LITTLE" LOW, FILLED IT UP & SENT ME ON MY WAY. *NLM

VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE FOR THE DRIVER, PASSENGERS AND OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD. WHILE DRIVING TWICE, CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND WAS NEARLY INVOLVED IN COLLISION. *AK *JB *TS

THE VEHICLES FRONT POWER WINDOWS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *NLM

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

I WAS STOPPED BEHIND TWO CARS WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. I WAS REARENDED BY A MAN GOING APPROXIMATELY 50MPH AT IMPACT, I WAS SLAMMED IN TO THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, AND SHE HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF HER KNOCKING THAT SUV IN TO ON COMING TRAFFIC. ALL FOUR CARS WERE TOTALLED AND EVERYONE'S AIRBAGS WENT OFF EXCEPT FOR MINE. MY FACE TOOK OUT THE VISOR AND HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FRONT SEATS RECLINED AT IMPACT AS WELL.

THE SEAT BELT WAS TIGHT AND IT LOCKED UP. PH

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

RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM BOLTS SHEERED OFF

VEHICLE WILL HEAVILY JERK AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED.DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

BRAKE SYSTEM/ROTORS. THE VEHICLE IS A YEAR OLD AND WAS PURCHASED NEW, TWICE THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED DUE TO WARPING.THE INCIDENT DATE IS THE FIRST TIME IT WAS IN THE SHOP, THE SECOND TIME WAS ON 1/13/03

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN, THE CAR HIT BUMP AND THE LIGHTS WENT DIM, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPED WORKING, RADIO WENT OFF, INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM, AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHING ON AND OFF, THEN CAR REFUSED TO GO, ALMOST CAUSED WRECK. THIS WAS THE 2ND OCCURANCE, CONTACTED DEALER. THEY KEPT TRUCK FOR A WEEK AND STILL COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. JUST HAPPENED AGAIN TONIGHT(1-8-03) NO BUMP WAS HIT.

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE RIDING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE RADIATOR WOULD OVER HEAT CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER STATED WHEN DRIVING 55MPH VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENLY LOSE ALL POWER AND EMIT A "BURNING WIRE" SMELL. DEALER IS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE CAUSE. TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE NOT BEEN STABLE. ALSO STATED THAT WHEN SHE IS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY ANY VEHICLE THAT PASSES BY THE VEHICLE WITH THE WIND IT WILL PUSH THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE STABILITY AND WILL SWING LANE BY LANE ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT SINCE SHE HAS MADE HER FIRST PAYMENT YET THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANY TYPE OF WORK ON IT. TS

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, CONSUMER STATES' VEHICLE GEAR SHIFTER WILL JUMP UP TO NUETRAL, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOOSES POWER. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER AT ANYTIME. COULD RESULT IN A REAR END COLLISION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE GLASS PORTION (ONLY) OF THE LEFT OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR WAS BROKEN AND THE DEALER ADVISES THAT REPLACEMENT IS AVAILABLE ONLY AS A COMPLETE ASSEMBLY WHICH THE DEALER SAYS MUST BE PURCHASED AS A COMPLETE ASSEMBLY AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $350 INCLUDING PAINTING OF THE MIRROR SURROUND. I LOOKED AT THE UNIT AND FIND THAT THE MIRROR GLASS IS BONDED TO A BLACK PLASTIC BACKING THAT SNAPS IN PLACE. THERE IS NO REASON OTHER THAN TO PAD THE BILL FOR THE ENTIRE UNIT TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WILL NOT SHOW US THE PARTS FICHE AND KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NON-RESPONSIVE. CAN YOU PROVIDE A COPY OF THE PARTS BOOK BREAKDOWN OF THE LEFT OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR FOR THIS VEHICLE? I WILL APPRECIATE IT AND WILL THEN BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE BROKEN MIRROR AND RESTORE THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE AT A REASONABLE COST. I CAN SEE NO REASON FOR THE BROKEN PART TO COST, AT RETAIL, MORE THAN $35 AND THE INSTALLATION LABOR IS INCIDENTAL AS IT ONLY INVOLVES SNAPPING IT IN PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DT

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE THROTTLE CABLE FELL OFF CAUSING LOST OF ACCELERATION. MR

CONSUMER STATED THE RADIO FAILED THE RADIO FAILED. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING HEARD A LOUD NOISE. PASSENGER REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. MODEL RADIAL 798 SIZE R205/75R15.DOT #H2AMYP1H3380. ORINGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *MR

ENGINE LIGHT ON VEHICLE WILL CONTINUOUSLY COME ON AND STAY ON. CONTACTED DEALER NINE TIMES ALREADY ABOUT THAT PROBLEM, BUT THEY CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. HAD IT CHECKED OUT. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND LOCATE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE FILLING GAS TANK, FUEL WILL SPILL OUT ONTO THE GROUND. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AKCONSUMER STATED WHILE FILLING TANK, A MOTOTRIST INFORMED HER THAT GAS WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER LOOKED AT THE NOZZLE BUT NOTHING WAS COMING OUT, ALL THE DASH LIGHTS WERE ON AND VEHICLE WAS ACTING IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REACH THE DEALER, AND BY THAT TIME THERE WAS A GAS SMELL, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, CONSUMER STATED AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS, THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE CHAROCOAL CANISTER AND WAS FINALLY REPLACED.*JB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AT 40 MPH. DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK COLLAPSED ON IMPACT ONTO A SMALL CHILD SITTING IN CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN REAR. CONSUMER FELT IT WAS DANGEROUS FOR SEAT TO COLLAPSE ON A SMALL CHILD. *AK THE SEAT DID NOT SUPPORT CONSUMER WHO SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE BACK. THE CHILD HOWEVER WAS NOT INJURED. *JG

WHILE DRIVING LOSS ALL POWER/DASH LIGHT, AND EVERYTHING WENT DEAD ON HIGHWAY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE STEERING WHEEL IS PEELING, I HAVE HAD IT REPLACED BUT THE NEW ONE IS DOING THE SAME THING. THE WINDOW STRIPS ARE ALL TWISTED UP AND MAKE A ROARING SOUND WHEN I DRIVE. I HAVE HAD THEM REPLACED BUT THEY STILL ROAR. THE DASH RATTLES, BUT THEY DIDN'T FIX IT. THE REAR WINDOWS DO NOT ROLL DOWN. THE RADIO HAS STATIC MOST OF THE TIME. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO GO WHEN I ACCELERATE. IT KIND OF SPUTTERS AND THEN GOES. THE BANDS SQUEAL BAD. THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT THEY STILL SQUEAL.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, CONSUMER HIT A DEER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD HIT ANOTHER DEER ON DRIVERS SIDE AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CUTS OFF AT ANY GIVEN TIME WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER STATES HE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE AUTO CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE.*JB

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

BRAKES AND ROTORS WEAR OUT WITHOUT EXCESSIVE USE. HAD IT REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 2000 MILES.*AK

CONSUMER WAS HAVING CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH FRONT BRAKES. HAS HAD THEM REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP.*AK DEALER FOUND ROTORS WERE WARPED AND REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS. *TT

FRONT COLLISION AT 6 MPH, IMPACT WAS ON FRONT RIGHT. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 6500.00, CONSUMER SUFFERED LIGHT INJURIES.*AK

SPEEDOMETER MALFUCTIONED/JUMPED AT APPROX. 30MPH TO 40 MPH THEN BACK DOWN TO 20 TOOK BACK 3X. SUV SHIMMIED AT 60+ MPH 3X'S TOOK BACK TO DEALER DEALER REPLACED TIRES, ELECTRIC BACK WINDOWS 3X'S TO DEALER REPLACED TWICE, WIRING ASSY-ENGINE, COIL IGNITION, CONV. ASSY-CAT. REPLACED (MAY HAVE CAUSED SPEEDOMETER , WINDOWS ETC TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY. R/R MAIN WIRE HARNESS, R/R BOTH CAT CONVERTORS, R/R COIL AND SPARK PLUGS, REPAIRED FUEL INJECTOR WIRE HARNESS. VEHICLE IDLED AT HIGH RPM (SUV POWER SURGED TO 80 MPH, THE SLOWEST I COULD GET THE VEHICLE TO GO WAS 40MPH AND HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. (THROTTLE CABLE IN WRONG POSS. AT THIS TIME TRANSMISSION IS STILL SLIPPING VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP PLUS I AM GOING THROUGH THE LEMON LAW AND BBAUTOLINE. THIS IS THE 10 DAY LIMIT. KIA HAS NOT BEEN VERY HOSPITABLE ABOUT THIS SITUATION, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THEIR VEHICLE.

AFTER DRIVING FOR SOME TIME AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE TROUBLE ACCELERATING. CONSUMER WILL STEP ON GAS PEDAL, BUT VEHICLE WILL JUST DO NOTHING. *AK

TRANSMISSION SURGES AND STOPS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FULL FRONTAL CRASH. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURY TO DRIVER. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH SPEEDOMETER WOULD JUMP. COULD NOT TELL WHAT SPEED WAS DRIVING. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER PUT IN NEW MODULATOR, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK