2000 Kia Sportage

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT CLAIMED TO SMELL AND WITNESS GAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 76,000.*AK THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM LISTED ABOVE. THE CONSUMER HAS PROVIDED THE INVOICE OF REPAIR. UPDATE 04/30/07*TR

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE GAS TANK OF THE 2000 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEAKING HAPPENED WHETHER SHE WAS DRIVING OR THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP, AND STATED THAT THEY WERE REPAIRING VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE FOR THE SAME FAILURE, BUT THIS VEHICLE DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2000 KIA SPORTAGE AND COMPLAIND ABOUT TJHE FUEL PUMP AND GAS TANK WHICH WERE REPLACED ON 1/10/07 BECAUSE THE GAS TANK WAS RUSTED AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING GAS. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE PARTS FROM THE DEALER AND THEY WERE INSTALLED BY THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND. THE FAILURE MILAGES WAS143500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 144000. *AK

THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE ON MY KIA SPORTAGE 2000 HAS STOPPED WORKING. MY MECHANIC IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM WITH THE KNUCKLE/HUB ASSY W/O ABS (PART # QK081-33-020-DQ). IT'S A SYSTEM THAT WORKS BY AIR PRESSURE TO ENGAGE THE 4X4. THE DEFECT WITH THIS PART IS THAT AIR LEAKS OUT OF IT AND CAUSES THE 4X4 TO STOP WORKING. KIA HAS MADE A NEW VERSION OF THIS PART (PART # QK082-33-020-EQ) THAT CORRECTS THE ISSUE BY DOUBLE SEALING THE AIR PRESSURE LEAK. THEY ARE NOT HOWEVER WILLING TO MAKE THE REPAIRS FREE OF CHARGE, WHICH I THINK THEY SHOULD. THE REASON WHY THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IS BECAUSE THIS CAR HAS REAR WHEEL DRIVE AND WE LIVE IN UTAH WHERE IT SNOWS EVERY WINTER. REAR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES IN SNOW-COVERED ROADS ARE USELESS AND CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR THE 4X4 FACTOR THAT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN SNOWY WEATHER. WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECT THE ISSUE FREE OF CHARGE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN THIS KIND OF WEATHER. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS DEFECT WAS ALSO IN THE 98, 99, 00 AND 01 MODELS OF THIS CAR. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THIS UNTIL AFTER THE PART BROKE. CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WHEN THE ROADS ARE COVERED WITH SNOW. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY THE $800.00 PART + LABOR FEES. I WAS TOLD BY KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT RECALLS ARE ONLY MADE WHEN YOUR COMPANY DETERMINES THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT. I DON'T KNOW IF MY SINGLE REPORT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE SITUATION WITH THIS VEHICLE. *JB

I OWN A 2000 KIA SPORTAGE. I HAD GONE TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM, USED LAST AUGUST AND HAD MANY OF THE RECALL ITEMS REPAIRED. I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED AN INVESTIGATION FOR REPAIR ON A GAS FUMES ISSUE. I WAS ADVISED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, DESPITE THE OVERPOWERING GAD SMELL EMITTING FROM MY VEHICLE. I SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO OFFICIAL "RECALL" YET ESTABLISHED, BUT FIND THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING HEADED UP BY NHTSA FOR ALL 199 & 2000 KIA SPORTAGES. THE COST OF THE REPAIRS THAT THIS MAY ENTAIL APPEAR AT THIS POINT TO BE WELL OVER 500 TO 1000.00 DOLLARS. PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE TO THE INVESTIGATION, AND WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY RECALL NOTICE INITIATED SOON.

TL* - THE CONTACT PURCHASED A 2000 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. ON 1/1/2007, AFTER DRIVING 1.5 MILES THE CONTACT'S SMELLED GAS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ,AND WHEN THE CONTACT CHECKED THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING. THE CONTACT FOUND A SIGNIFICANT FUEL LEAK ,AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE LEAK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GAS WAS LEAKING ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE SCREWS THAT HELD THE FUEL PUMP IN THE GAS TASK RUSTED , AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE PUMP WHICH FITTED INTO THE FUEL TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED KIA, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THE CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS STALLING ,AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT A WIRE WAS LO0SE AND IT WAS REPAIRED. PRIOR TO THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATED DUE TO AN OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE. *AK

CURRENTLY THERE IS A CANADIAN RECALL FOR THE 2000-2001 KIA SPORTAGE FOR A FUEL LEAK IN THE FUEL PUMP OUTLET SPIGOT, AND THIS IS TO BE REPAIRED BY A DEALER. MY 2000 SPORTAGE IS HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I CALLED THE COMPANY AND SINCE THERE IS NOT A RECALL IN THE US THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY SAID MY WARRANTLY IS UP. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 8749 VEHICLES IN CANADA THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL, SO HOW MANY VEHICLES HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM IN THE US OR HOW MANY HAVE ACTUALLY CAUSED HARM BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT LOOKED AT IN THE US. I FEEL THAT A RECALL NEEDS TO BE INSTITUTED IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD AND KIA SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE. ALL THAT THESE VEHICLES NEED IS A SMALL FIX AND IT'S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR HAPPY CONSUMERS.