general problems of the 2023 Kia Motor Sportage

Kia opted for leather like material for the steering wheel cover. This material with only 14, 828 miles on the vehicle is starting to peel off causing a bad gripping scenario. The material is more like a vinyl instead of leather. I have brought the vehicle to the dealer who is attempted a warranty submission but I believe they will maybe only replace it with the same material and it will do it again. In all my years of driving I have never seen a wheel cover peel like this material is doing. It has been slowly failing over time and not all at once.

On several occasions the lane keeping assistance has attempted to steer my vehicle into energy absorbing barrier, both with me driving and with my sister driving. Vehicle speed approximately 40 mph, lane splitting, I was taking left lane. Forty feet from point of barrier, wheel jerks hard right, setting me up for dead center collision with point of barrier. If I had not immediately jerked the wheel left the results would have been catastrophic. I would have hit the barrier in a single second after the cars action. I took it to the kia dealer service who claims he cannot disable "lane following". Additionally, that I have to disable it every time I start the car. Also, when going thru intersections the car will switch traffic lanes on it's own. I feel this is an incredibly unsafe system. For god's sake, the car just veers off on its own.

The awd/4wd is failing in multiple 2023 Sportages. I have a 2023 Sportage x-pro that was purchased 12/30/2022. Current mileage is 7,731. The viscous coupling is faulty/failing in these vehicles. The sensor does come on in the car. The dealer has deemed the car “unsafe to drive”. The vehicle has been at the dealership since 8/29/2023. Currently the car has been dispatched to 4 different kia master technicians for diagnosis, but no repairs have been done and no additional communication from the dealer service department. I spoke to kia consumer services and they didn’t care one bit.

Multiple service repairs to replace failed tie rods on front passenger side, both inner and outer, vehicle mileage ranging from 27000 to 31000. Ultimately yesterday, vehicle was in for another inner tie rod replacement when it was found that steering rack and pinion failed on vehicle at 31000~ miles.

The contact owns a 2023 kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph, the forward collision avoidance warning light illuminated. The contact stated that while driving, the forward collision avoidance safety system disabled message was displayed. The contact stated that several other unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that the steering wheel was shaking and there was an abnormal rattling sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the struts and spring were incorrectly installed. The dealer was unable to determine the causes of the other failures. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was contacted and provided the contact case number. The failure mileage was approximately 13.

Please answer these questions using my words what component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? I was unable to accelerate the gas pedal after the car started bouncing up and down and smelling mid driving. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? I was on a major road at the time this occurred. Thankfully the time of day was in my side. If this was a few hours later there would have been a collision as I was in a main lane and had to veer to a turning lane. I am frightened every time I’m in the car now. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? the dealer ship has confirmed. Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? no just the dealership. Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? no, the warning came on after it happened.

As I was driving my 2023 kia Sportage sx prestige at 70+mph on highwy, suddenly "hybrid system failure" appeared on the dash along with evey other lights you can think of. I lost power and steering and only by the grace of god was able to safely get to the side of the road and stop. Car was at kia dealership for 4 weeks and I was told it only needed a software upgrade and nothing was wrong with the car!! this is very dangerous and could get someone in major car accident.