general problems of the 2000 Kia Motor Sportage

The chassi, and the auto body for this particular vehicle is not safe deteorizet and complete hoden I just tolk the car to the mecanic when was find out. We believe that is manufacture problems.

I took my 2000 kia Sportage in to my mechanic to have the brakes redone. As he was out testing to make sure the brakes worked he noticed that the rear end was moving around quite a bit. He takes it back to the shop to look up underneath and noticed that the chassis was rusted away so bad that there was s fist sized hole in it. He told me this needed to be fixed ASAP! this is a serious concern not only for me but for everyone else who owns the vehicle. Its a scary thought to know that at any given time my chassis can literally fall apart on me. We need this to be recalled due to the amount of complaints that it already as and the extremely poor design of this chassis.

Brakes not working properly. ,when you step on brake you can feel the brake or tire spending and your car is still rolling when your are stepping on the brake. Engine, turning the car engine on and off. When you start the engine the engines clicks but does not start. Its not the transmission. I have replaced the battery several times but still the same problem.

The contact owns a 2000 kia Sportage. Hi, I'm really not sure what category my situation falls into but I'm really upset. My wife and I smelled gas coming from the rear of our kia. I thought it was from a faulty gas cap which I replaced. The problem persisted and when I brought the car in for it's next oil change I had it checked out. The mechanic told me that the gas tank and the shield were corroding. He explained to me that kia has had this on going problem for sometime and that the tank with it's parts were defective. That there was a recall and to contact kia. First I went online to research to see if there was a recall and there is. I then contacted kia headquarters and was told to take it to a kia dealership to have it checked out. That there was a recall. I did just that. . I brought it to loman Ford kia in woodbridge NJ. Here's where it gets confusing. I left my kia there and later on that day they called me. They told me that the tank and shield needed to be replaced, but that it wasn't covered. Being very confused I said that I spoke to kia and I was told of the recall problem. He told me that I was not covered by the recall because my warranty expired which was 100,000 miles or ten years. I have 173,000 miles. He said that the recall is only acknowledged if the car is in warranty. I told him thats a bunch of crap. I said it's been recalled by the dealer and the dealer is responsible for the replacement free of charge regardless of warranty thats the purpose of a recall. He again said it's not covered. Hope you can help me. Very truly your's. . Richard weintraub 732-609-6260 from NHTSA web site. Close window.

Power locks go on and off by themselves. Power windows don't work , then suddenly works. Computer failure with brakes.

The vehicle only got 80 miles to a half tank of gas, and the brakes collected an excessive amount of brake dust.

The vehicle experienced problems with the radio. There were also problems with the power steering and on another occasion the consumer heard a clunk noise and found that there were no brakes as the consumer pulled out of a parking lot. The consumer feels that the vehicle should be replaced.

Transmission went outand it shouldn't of car is only 3years old.