Kia Motor Sportage owners have reported 50 tire related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 8 most common tire problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's tire (20 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's tire blowout (8 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
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Tire failure. Total tread separation. Traveling 65mph on a clear, straight state highway I heard a loud band and almost lost control. The right rear tire blew and the tread separated entirely, I was able to recover the entire piece of tread from the roadway. Read details...
The contact owns a 2022 kia Sportage equipped with kumho tires, tire line: crugen kl33 blackwall, tire size: 225/55/r18, and dot number: 27lzyanh1921. The contact stated while driving 25-30 mph, the vehicle shuddered. Read details...
235 60r18 103h sidewall popped like balloon at under 40mph. Instant flat. Tire hadn’t been touched since last rotation 2 months ago. No sensor indicator for low tire pressure. 23 kia Sportage hybrid. 20k miles. Never seen tire tear like this in my 53 years. Read details...
We have a new 2008 kia Sportage. The tpms (tire pressure monitoring system) comes on intermittently, four times in 10,000 miles. We have had to take the car back to the dealer on two occasions to have the light turned off. It went off by itself on the other two occasions. Read details...