general problems of the 2008 Kia Motor Sportage

Was parked and after driving to pick up please came back out and it was in flames.

The contact owns a 2008 kia Sportage. The contact stated that there was an abnormal burning odor detected. The vehicle failed to drive forward or reverse as needed. Additionally, the brakes seized. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the abs hydraulic module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle was not covered under a recall. The failure mileage was approximately 145,000.

2008 kia Sportage. Consumer writes in regard to vehicle catching fire while parked.

The contact owned a 2008 kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 40-45 mph, the check engine warning light was illuminated and the vehicle was shuddering. Additionally, the contact stated while driving on another occasion, the vehicle experienced brakes failure, which nearly led to a crash. An unknown dealer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The contact decided to total the vehicle. The vehicle was totaled. The failure mileage was approximately 117,000.

I was driving on the highway with the cruse control set at 65 and the vechile started to increase speed on it's own I attempted to turn off the cruse control by pressing the brake and turning off the system the car slowed until I removed my foot from the brake, then it began to accelerate again. Once I was able to stop the vehicle the engine continued to try and force it's way back to moving speed on it's own, I was able to get the vehicle in park and the engine speed increased to full throttle on it's own. I was able to shut down the engine and restart the vehicle, it was behaving normally about 10 minutes of driving later I attempted to stop the vehicle and the problem returned and it started accelerating again on it's own. I was able to shut the vehicle down.

My kia Sportage was parked in front of a garage was not turned on and was in park when the engine suddenly caught fire it sounded like a loud bomb. The front of the vehicle was destroyed the vehicle was not salvageable.

Catalytic converter problems. Keeps failing emissions inspection.

2008 kia Sportage. Consumer writes in regards to engine catching fire and is seeking reimbursement for the value of vehicle and damage to the home. The consumer stated the manufacturer declined assistance due to the vehicle not being available for inspection.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 kia Sportage. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked in the contacts driveway, the vehicle burst into flames. The fire was coming from the engine compartment of the vehicle. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. A police report was filed and fire report filed. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact stated that he received a recall letter campaign number: 16v81500 (electrical system) after the vehicle burst into flames. The manufacture was notified and informed the contact that there was nothing they can do. The failure mileage was 125,000. Hk.

This will be 1 of 3 part statement. . . About a week ago (give or take a few days), a couple of my mother's 2008 kia Sportage's dash lights came on. The abs light, the esc light, and I think one other (possibly the traction control light but mind you this is not my car and I am not that familiar with her dash). She was told that there was a recall for a part that was causing one of the lights to come on (I believe the esc light). She took the car to get the part replaced, however, the lights did not go off. I have wheel hubs on my SUV crossover and I told her that when my wheel bearing/sensor starts going bad that is when my light comes on. Well a couple days later, her driver side wheel bearing started to roar, so we figured that the abs light was on due to that. She took it back to the kia dealership shop and they replaced the bearing and although the ride was quieter due to the new bearing replacement, the abs light and other lights did not go off. The mechanic told her that she does not have a wheel hub with sensor and bearing in the hub but that all of her parts were separate. He said that the light may be on due the sensor may have debris from the wheel bearing going bad or possibly the sensor is going bad itself. I planned on pulling and cleaning the sensor for her in the upcoming weekend. Well before the weekend, she went shopping at the grocery store and when she came out, the vehicle would not start. The battery was dead. We call a tow truck driver who came and gave it a quick jump and said she must have left her lights on. She drove home, pulled in driveway and I told her to leave it run a bit to charge the battery back up. She did so and then after about 10 minutes, shut it off and immediately started it again to ensure the battery was charged. Later that day, it would not start again. . . Battery dead again. (continued in next post) 2 of 3. . .

She is 73 years old and on a fixed income. She has already paid thousands for the car and now does not have a car due to a faulty part. No car should catch on fire due to normal use. Now she is going to have to find a way to pay for another car. Hopefully that car manufacturer produces a vehicle that does not just catch fire at random and if it does, they take credit for building and selling you a vehicle with a fault that is there own. She struggled to pay thousands of dollars for a car that she took good care of to just burn up infront of her. She looked forward to finish paying the car off. Blue book is roughly $9,000. 00 she paid more that half of it off and still owes $7,000. 00 but now, insurance will give her the $9,000. 00 of which she will have to pay $7,000. 00 out to pay it off, leaving her with $2,000. 00. What can you buy with $2,000. 00 - nothing! so now she must start over and use the $2,000. 00 to get back into a full car payment and struggle again for another 5 years or more. W. T. F. !?!? I see on this website, people talking about the same thing happening to them. If there is more than 1 or 2 cars that have caught on fire the same way, why isn't it looked into, and why isn't there a recall. Sure it maybe hard for kia to replace many vehicles, however, I think it is harder for my mother of 73 to go out and buy another vehicle at $15,000. 00 - $20,000. 00 just because the one she trusted to be a solid vehicle was build crappy. It is kia's design and mechanics that caused the problem, they should be held responsible. And it should be illegal for them to keep selling the vehicles to people with a problem as such.

I am an owner of a kia 2008 Sportage with approximately 12,000 miles. About 9 months ago, the engine and brake lights went on. It was evident that car had a transmission problem, you can hear the engine knocking when you would go park to drive or reverse to drive etc. . . The dealership said I needed a new transmission and all new brakes. They couldn't explain why the transmission was faulty on a car that had at the time less than 11,000 miles. The car was at the dealer for a month because they learned that the computer system needed repairing as well which wasn't covered under my plan they needed corporate to provide an approval to repair. It eventually got repaired. 3 weeks ago at 12k milles, my drivers panel turned into a christmas tree. The esc on/off, abs, brakes, engine and tpms lights are all on. I also feel the engine beginning to knock again. The dealer said I need a new abs pump and module and that it would cost me $2700 to fix. I decided not to repair because I believe their some type of electrical design flaw causing these issue. I have read that abs and transmission problems are very common for kai Sportage owners - I have read that engine fires have been reported in these cars. I feel unsafe for myself and my family and I am looking for advsice on how best to handle this problem. Kia refuses to take ownership of these problems.

The kia Sportage 2008, has the modules misfire and the kia Sportage completely turns itself off while in drive at 45 miles per hour. This happened to me on five different occasions randomly, and the kia depot in santa ana, said that they could not find the problem on the vehicle, and decided not to keep the vehicle longer to find out what was causing this problem that could be a fatal hazard for anyone that would be driving this vehicle. I was almost hit by other cars while driving this vehicle. Kia depot has so far not done anything at all to assist me for my car and told me I had two days to get this car off there lot there at kia depot santa ana, or they would start charging me for keeping my car there.

I purchased a kia Sportage 2008 Aug of 2010 about 1 month after purchasing I noticed the esc light that came on, when this light comes on the engine forces itself to do more work, the car won't go more then 40mph, I took the car to the dealer they said it was fixed, 2 months later it happened again, here we are 1yr later and it's still happening. The dealer I take it to tells me "this always happens this type of car" and know the battery light is coming on at the same time the ecs light is coming on. I have an appt. To go to the dealer back on Monday for the same problem and I'm still getting no answers.

I recently purchased a 2008 kia Sportage at an auction. It has sustained an engine compartment fire that appears to have been caused by the wiring harness and / or abs pump. This is the lx model with 2. 7 v6 automatic 4wd. I just saw another Sportage 2010 model that had a fire in the same abs pump area at an auction. Thought you might be interested as there seems to be a problem . .