Front Seat Belt Anchorage problems of the 1998 Kia Motor Sportage

Three problems related to front seat belt anchorage have been reported for the 1998 Kia Motor Sportage. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Front Seat Belt Anchorage problem

Failure Date: 03/21/2002

While traveling and without prior warning a deer appeared in the street. To avoid him, consumer swerved and hit an enbankment. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy. Consumers seat belt popped causing consumer to lurch forward and and hit her head. Consumer sustained multiple injuries.

2 Front Seat Belt Anchorage problem

Failure Date: 02/07/2000

Seat belts were cut out of car by dealer.

3 Front Seat Belt Anchorage problem

Failure Date: 03/25/1999

Front windshield has air leaks & at high speeds the wind is annoying. The front passenger seat belt locks into place as soon as the passenger clamps into place. One doesn't have to press brake peddle for it to tighten around person. When driving and particularly engaging the clutch to down shift the gear linkage disengages and the gears can't be located especially in second, third or fourth gears and because of such has almost caused three crashes. We had this checked by the dealer and they said they found nothing wrong with the gear shifting mechanism. I beg to differ because I drive that car every day and I've driven many manual shift transmissions cars and I believe that after driving for sometime (I. E. , one to two hours) the transmission heats up and causes problems with gear selection.


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