Five problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 2000 Kia Motor Sportage. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Kia Motor Sportage based on all problems reported for the 2000 Sportage.
My wife was driving down the road and her air bags deployed, after talking to kia they stated that the Sportage had over 100,000 miles and they have nothing to do with it.
: the contact stated while driving 30 mph the frontal air bags deployed without prior warning. There were no obvious road hazards or crash. There were no previous problems with the airbags. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer. The dealer was unable to determine why the air bags deployed. No injuries were sustained.
The consumer lost control of vehicle while driving 60-65 mph. The vehicle hit a embankment and flipped over three times and none of the air bags deployed. The consumer was transported by ambulance to the local hospital due to injuries to the head and body.
While traveling at 35 mph, another driver lost control of vehicle and hit consumer's vehicle head-on. Consumer's vehicle spinned, and hit rear of the other vehicle, landing on a medium in the road. None of the airbags deployed. Consumer felt if there was a passenger, he/she could have been killed. Please provide any further information.
Consumer was traveling about 22mph on a side road. There were vehicles parked ahead of her vehicle. Consumer applied brakes, and vehicle slid into them. Upon impact, airbags went off, driver and passenger were hurt.