Carrier/rack problems of the 2015 Kia Motor Sportage

Two problems related to carrier/rack have been reported for the 2015 Kia Motor Sportage. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2015 Kia Motor Sportage based on all problems reported for the 2015 Sportage.

1 Carrier/rack problem

Failure Date: 12/27/2019

I was driving along the interstate at a high speed when all of a sudden I heard this terrifying sound like glass breaking and then my sunroof violently exploded with the glass hitting the drivers behind me. The sound itself was extremely startling and I am very lucky to have not caused an accident because of it. I am thankful that my sunroof shade was closed during this incident so I wasn't injured. There were no cracks in my sunroof and I did not hear anything hit it, like a rock or some other hard object prior to it exploding. I have researched and it looks like this is a known issue with kia Sportages years 2011-2015 and it doesn't seem like anything has been done to resolve the issue. My insurance is going to cover the replacement, but I wanted to report this incident to help save someone from a similar situation.

2 Carrier/rack problem

Failure Date: 12/10/2018

While driving approximately 10 miles per hour while approaching train tracks the vehicle shut off the entire instrument panel lights came on when I tried to accelerate it wouldn't do so. I had just enough momemtium to get me over the tracks. I pulled onside the shoulder shut the car off completely. When I tried to cut on car again it shut immediately off. I sat there 10-15 mins and it cut back on. When I started driving it again it cut off again after 5 mins. This went on for almost and hour for me to get home which was only 1/4 mile away. Now when I try to cut it on it shutters and cuts off. The engine shakes uncontrollably. All of this happened on a main street.


Other Equipment related problems of the 2015 Kia Motor Sportage

Equipment problems
12
Carrier/rack problems
2


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