Seat Belt Related Problems of the 2016 Kia Motor Sportage

Table 1 shows one common seat belt related problems of the 2016 Kia Motor Sportage.

Table 1. Seat Belt related problems of Kia Motor Sportage

Problem Category Number of Problems
Seat Belt problems
2

Seat Belt problem #1

My daughter, was involved in an accident on 1/29/19 at 7:45am. She was stopped and a truck hit her from behind and she hit the vehicle in front of her. The air bags did not go off and she hit her head on wheel, and windshield. Her son who was in back in his car seat, also hit his head. They both sustained severe concussions, black eyes, head aches, whip lash. The seat belt did not hold either of them in place nor did the air bags go off.

Seat Belt problem #2

Air bag came out but did not inflate in head on collision seat belt did not restrain 40 mph head on in motion.


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