1999 Kia Sportage Service and Repair Manual

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VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ALSO, BOTH SEAT BELTS FAILED TO LOCK IN PLACE. INJURIES WERE SUSTAINRD BY BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN OF DECEMEBER 241999.ONE PERSON DIDE.BECAUSE THE KIA DID NOT STOP ON TIME.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN THE KIA SPORTAGE.*AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END SUSPENSION. WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL STARTED STEERING BACK AND FORTH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON ITS OWN. THE CONSUMER WAS THROWN OUT OF VEHICLE AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH AN IMPACT WAS SUSTAINED AT 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ALSO, VEHICLE CAME EQUIPPED WITH KNEE BOLSTERS UNDERNEATH THE STEERING COLUMN. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

NO RECALL NOTICE #99V325000 WAS RECEIVED ON VEHICLE. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER NO RECALLS ON VEHICLE. LATER, FOUND THERE WAS RECALL. TOOK VEHICLE BACK. MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER REPAIRS FOR ENGINE STALLING WILL NOT BE DONE DUE VEHICLE NOT PURCHASED AT THAT DEALER.*AK ABS LOCKED UP AND CAUSED CONSUMER TO HIT A DEER, CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *SLC

VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A GUARD RAIL AND AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *PH ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE CONSUMER HAD A FALT TIRE, AND WHEN SHE REMOVED THE SPARE TIRE, THE DOOR AND GATE WOULD NOT CLOSE. *JB

UPON BEING AT A STOP ENGINE REVVED, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED, LANDING IN AN INTERSECTION; WHICH CAUSED A COLLISION. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT A SEMI TRUCK. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DUE TO A PREVIOUS INCIDENT VEHICLE WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE. HOWEVER, VEHICLE ACCELERATED, AND TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, INJURIES WERE INVOLVED, INCLUDING A BROKEN NECK AND RIBS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 HIT A SLICK SPOT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE HIT SIDE OF A BRIDGE AND SLID ACROSS THE BRIDGE. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S AIRBAG CAME OUT A LITTLE, BUT DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CONSUMER TRIED TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN IT STARTED TO ROLL OFF THE ROAD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO A FROZEN SPOT. CRASHED VEHICLE INTO A GUARDRAIL, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED.*AK THE SEAT BELT FAILED. *YH

IN JUNE OF 2004 MY HUSBAND WAS ON HIS WAY TO DROP SOMETHING OFF TO ME AT WORK. HIM AND MY SON MADE A RIGHT ONTO ONE OF THE BACK ROADS. THEY HAD TO COME AROUND A BIG CORNER HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN GOING 25 MPH. THE REPLACEMENT TIRES I HAD PURCHASED AT SEARS, AMERITRAC SUV TIRES P20575R15 THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT A HOLE THE SIZE OF A FIST ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE TIRE BOTH MY SON AND HUSBAND HEARD THE BANG. THE VEHICLE WAS THROWN OUT OF CONTROL WENT INTO A DITCH DID A HALF ROLL ON ITS SIDE TOO

WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY ON AN OFF RAMP, APPROX. 20-30 MPH, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE FORCING THE VEHICLE TO SLAM INTO A GUARDRAIL AND DAMAGING THE FRONT CORNER AND SIDE OF VEHICLE FROM FRONT TO BACK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.INSURANCE COVERED THE DAMAGE AND ALSO TRIED TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER OF TIRE FOR DAMAGES BUT THEY DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY. THE CAR ONLY HAD 12000 MILES AND VERY LITTLE TIRE WEAR AND THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER SAID IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED FROM A DEF

CONSUMER STATES HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR AT 34MPH. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MR