Six problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2009 Kia Motor Sportage. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Kia Motor Sportage based on all problems reported for the 2009 Sportage.
6 months ago air bag indicator light came on for 2 days. That went out and another one came on (can't remember which one) and that stayed on for 2 days. Then all was good for 5 months. Now air bag indicator light is on again. Yes, it's available upon request. Have appt with dealer on 2/25/22. Of course the air bag indicator light could cause risk if there is something wrong with the bags. I'm wondering if it is just an electrical problem with the lights.
Airbag above passenger curtain has defective module. Vehicle has only 53375 miles on it, is always garaged. Kia has issued 507,000 vehicle recall for airbags defects, going back to year 2010. Normal warrenty is 5 years or 60,000 miles. Kia told me I am not a loyal kia customer because I do not routinely bring my car to dealers for services, opposed to my local garage. Replacement of airbag is $1956. 00 not including labor and tax.
At approximately 40,000 miles the clock spring malfunctioned disabling the air bags and horn.
The clock spring is not working which deactivates the air bag system and horn. This is an extremely dangerous condition. This should result in a recall immediately.
We really do not know what went wrong, we were on route 19 n. At hico,wv and we turned onto a side road,the car sled on the gravel we hit the bank and turned on our side. The air bags did not go off and we couldn't get the seat belts to release so we were trapped in the car. The car was a total loss.
The clock spring is broken which causes an air bag and horn malfunction.