Manual Transmission Problems of Kia Motor Sportage

I own a 2000 kia Sportage ex [4x4] and add I done more research on this I never would've purchased it. Like all Sportages apparently the 4wd doesn't work. I live in cleveland ohio and we normally get 6months of snow. There is no way I can drive a vehicle with only rear wheel drive. It's incredibly dangerous and a safety hazard because the back wheels always spin out during bad weather conditions. Kia has been aware of this problem for years and hasn't recalled this unsafe vehicle for some strange reason. I won't complain about some of other minor defects of this SUV, but something has to be done about the faulty 4wd!!!! recently I got stuck in 2inches mud in my backyard and it took 4 hours of rocking, lifting the SUV with a jack and 2x4's, and clever idea's to get unstuck. Keep in mind I recently purchased 4 brand new tires and had the SUV in 4wd the entire time. This is a major fault of kia that shouldn't be ignored!!!.

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99 kia Sportage timing belt snapped because of a freezing valve, cause head to warp, the vehicle stopped working with no warning and stalled on the freeway.

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While driving at any speed, consumer states' vehicle gear shifter will jump up to nuetral, vehicle suddenly looses power. Consumer feels this is unsafe because vehicle looses power at anytime. Could result in a rear end collision. Please provide any further information. Ts.

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While driving at 10-15 mph applied brakes and without warning, brakes did not function, driver had to run a red light, resulting in a head on collision, driver sustained major leg injuries. Consumer states that the airbag failed. Consumer also states that the accelerator and transmission stuck.

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While driving 10-20 mph applied on brakes and without warning brakes did not function. Consumer then tried to shift vehicle manually; however, transmission malfunctioned, resulting in a head-on collision. Driver sustained major leg injuries. Consumer adds that the accelerator was stuck. The air bags failed to deploy.

Help!! I have tried for 6 weeks now to contact kia with little success, after a month of trying a factory tech finally came out to look at my car and did confirm some of the problems, including the random accelration, he promised to contact me within 4 days and it has now been 3 weeks, I have left messages and faxes with their consumer affairs dept and as of yet have received no response. These are some of the problems I have had: transmission replaced 3 times, 4 trans has problems, rear shocks broken - manuf. Refuses to repair, seatbelt randomly disengaged, front right door continually jammed, catalytic converter came loose, engine randomly reves and accelerates, engine would not idle at all, engine idles roughly, motor fan broke loose and embedded in radiator, power mirrors switch defective, dome light inoperative, left rear door very stiff, hub caps falling off, wind shield motor defective, antilock brake sensor defective, right rear window defective, ect. . . .

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When backing out sometimes & when pushing on the gas, car will not move. Car will just eject back unexpectedly.

Power train vibration, causing rearview mirror to blur/poor visibility.

While trying to shift gears, gears stick in between shifting. Dealer has been contacted.

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