2005 Kia Sportage

IT STARTED IN JANUARY 2007 WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN THE CAR JUST DIED WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. ALTHOUGH YOU CAN PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND RE-START IT, IT CAN TURN RIGHT AROUND AS YOU MAKE YOUR TURN AND DIE AGAIN. AS COMING TO A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN IT WILL DIE WITHOUT EVEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. JUST SLOWING DOWN IT WILL DIE. THE RPM'S WILL REV UP WHEN YOU LET UP OFF THE GAS OR SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PRESS THE BRAKES THE RPM'S WILL REV UP. WHEN SITTING AT AN IDLE THE RPM'S WILL DROP WAY DOWN TO 500 AND BOUNCE UP AND DOWN. HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES AND THEY SAY " IT DIDN'T DIE ON US" OR " WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG". IT IS AT THE SHOP RIGHT NOW JUNE 2008. THIS IS AN OFTEN OCCURRENCE. *TR

WHILE FINDING A PARKING SPOT MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SUDDENLY QUIT. AFTER RESTARTING IT, I FOUND A PARKING SPOT AND JUST BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN PARK, IT STALLED AGAIN. APON LEAVING TO GO HOME, A 10 MILE TRIP,EACH TIME I CAME TO A STOP THE VEHICLE STALLED ON ME AN ADDITIONAL 5 TIMES. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INTANCE OF THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP PREVIOUSLY FOUR OTHER TIMES. EACH TIME SAYING THAT IT WAS DUE TO A LOOSE AIR INTAKE VALVE. I ACTUALLY ALMOST HAVE PANIC ATTACKS NOW WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON A BUSY INTERSECTION FOR FEAR MY VEHICLE IS GOING TO STALL AND I AM GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I WILL BE TAKING THE VEHICLE INTO KIA, YET AGAIN, TOMORROW TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED.

VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIFT IMPROPERLY AND THE ENGINE "REVVED" ITSELF WHILE IN PARK WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING ON. A WEEK OR SO LATER, CAR LOST POWER WHILE TRYING TO PARK WITHOUT WARNING. TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO FOUND NOTHING WRONG USING THE COMPUTER. CAR CONTINUED TO DO THIS FOR OVER A MONTH, WITH NO PATTERN, TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO ONCE AGAIN GAVE THE VEHICLE BACK AND SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I FIND THIS TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM SINCE IT TURNS OFF WHILE STOPPING AND OR TURNING. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA SPORTAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL # 05V120000 (SUSPENSION:AUTOMATIC STABILITY CONTROL (ASC)). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RIGHT REAR BRAKES ARE NOW SQUEALING AND THAT THE BRAKES SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSPECTED WHEN THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ROTOR HAS GLAZED OVER. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 33,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, A PASSERBY ALERTED THE CONTACT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER, THE DRIVER SIDE TAILLIGHT WAS REMOVED, AND THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE POWER CONVERTER SHORTED, CAUSING THE FIRE. THIS WAS A HIDDEN HITCH POWER CONVERTER, PART NUMBER 31828.

I WAS INVOLVED IN 2 LOW IMPACT CRASHES WITH THIS KIA SPORTAGE 2005 MODEL. ONE WAS A REAR END COLLISION AT 20 MPH AND THE OTHER I WAS HIT FROM THE SIDE IN A PARKING LOT. BOTH TIMES THE OTHER DRIVER DROVE AWAY WITHOUT DAMAGE. I SUFFERED 3500 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE FROM THE FIRST INCIDENT AND 7500 FROM THE SECOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE BOTH TIMES. AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. I AM VERY CONCERNED AS ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENTS THAT IF THE SPEED HAD BEEN ANY GREATER THE PERSONAL INJURY WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE SUSTAIN SO MUCH DAMAGE FROM WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FENDER BENDERS. *JB