Four problems related to trunk lid have been reported for the 1998 Kia Motor Sportage. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Center consol lid broke unable to open- replaced with new one.
No summary listed for this vehicle.
There are many of problems with this vehicle as of today ther are only 1700 mile on the vehicleas where mor than 1/2 those miles are from going back and forth to the service dept as it is an 80 mile trip to the service dept. As for kia they are totally ignorant as they do not ever return any of my phone calls. This suvis a lemon if I ever saw one . You would thin. No safet defect (s) listed in the summary.
Hatch/trunck unable to be opened because wheel release will not release. Nlm.