This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
No airbag in steering wheel, brakes goes down to floor, oxygen sensor bad in bank one, popping in tires. My frame can break from car at any time, dealer knew I had kids, we could get seriously hurt riding in this car.
On April 12, 2013 I got into my 2000 Kia Sportage to go to work. As soon as I got into the car I hit the windshield wipers to get the dew off of the windshield and instead of just going once they went off extremely fast with out stopping for about 45 seconds. Once I got them turned off I went up the road and turned to head to work via the back roads. I drove about 1 miles when out of the blue my windshield wipers started going off again then a second later I heard a loud bang and 2 of my airbags had deployed and I felt a throbbing pain in my right shin. The passenger airbag and the lower airbag on the driver side deployed. My car was the only car involved and has a clear carfax. The road I was driving on was smooth and I did not hit anything. The car had to be towed back to my house where it sits.
Consumer hit another vehicle in the rear end causing extensive damage to the front end frame and fire wall area, both of the air bags failed to deploy, no injuries indicated on the report.
- Muldrow, OK, USA
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Air bag light keeps coming on, vehicle been in dealer shop on four occasions for repairs; each time dealer would inform consumer repairs were completed, and each time air bag light would come back on. Currently, wiring harness was replaced, but air bag check light would not come on upon starting vehicle. The dealer left the air bag unhooked during the previous repair. It was hooked back up but the light began flashing again one week later.
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- Anderson, SC, USA