10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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2000 Kia Sportage electrical problems

electrical problem

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2000 Kia Sportage Owner Comments

problem #5

Jul 152002

Sportage

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The safeguard keep failing on key remote, dealer has been notified and replace the safeguard and it keep on failing.

- Deluth, MN, USA

problem #4

Jun 012001

Sportage

  • miles
Car loses power while in motion, taken to dealer on 4 occasions in a time span of three months, everytime they say something different is wrong with it, yet it has been the same type of failure everytime. I have been in one near fatal accident on the highway when the car lost power going 70mps, I had to drive off of the hwy so that I wouldn't be hit from behind, then my husband has almost been in atleast 4 accidents, when the car loses power while turning onto a busy intersection (car stalls in the middle of the road). Dealer can't seem to find anything wrong with the car, yet I keep having the same problems. I just got the car back from the dealer this past Friday, and it is still stalling out on me. Is it going to take me, or one of my family members, dying in this car to see what the real problem is? please help me. I don't know where else to turn to.

- Abilene, TX, USA

problem #3

Mar 252000

Sportage

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Connsumer was traveling 55mph on highway, and said that vehicle was turning right on highway without turning wheels. Vehicle was turning on its own dealership was aware of problem. But, mechanic could not duplicate problem. The vehicle had other problems also. There were electrical shocks when placing key in ignition. The battery was losing power for unknown reason. There was a clicking sound on right front of the vehicle.

- Riverhead, NY, USA

problem #2

Sep 292000

Sportage 4WD

  • miles
One numerous attempts to get these diffrent probelms fixed always something elsewent wrong with the vehicle within a hour or so of time after picking vehicle up from the dealership. I currently have a major engine probelm that still exists with a very strong odor of sulfur smell. Vehicle has left me stranded along roadside with 3 children in it on at least 4 separate occasions. I have contacted the manufacter and they will not repurchase this vechile back nor do they acknowledge current engine probelms and the safety issue of this vechile. I have a techinical no partial party report about this vechile and the ( maufacture will still not repurchase this vechile from me) I need everyone to know what kind of probelms this vechile has given me as of this point only owning this for 6 months with 4000 + miles on it.

- Honey Brook, PA, USA

problem #1

Sep 202000

Sportage

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Vehicle stalled with no warning. Dealer fixed it, and said it was an electrical short. The vehicle stall four times. The cause was found to be transmission going into safety mode when the vehicle was in defrost mode.

- Franklin Square, NY, USA

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