Spare Tire Problems of Kia Motor Sportage

Kia Motor Sportage owners have reported 4 problems related to spare tire (under the tire category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Kia Motor Sportage based on all problems reported for the Sportage.

1 Spare Tire problem of the 1998 Kia Motor Sportage

Failure Date: 11/27/1999

Spare tire release cable rusted causing difficulty in releasing.

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2 Spare Tire problem of the 1999 Kia Motor Sportage

Vehicle collided with a guard rail and air bags failed to deploy. On a separate occasion, the consumer had a falt tire, and when she removed the spare tire, the door and gate would not close.

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3 Spare Tire problem of the 2001 Kia Motor Sportage

Consumer state vehicle backed into a tree, then instead of bumper catching the impact the spare tire carrier was crushed. Bumper was not strong at all.

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4 Spare Tire problem of the 2000 Kia Motor Sportage

The spare tire blew out while driving at 65 mph,spare tire was on vehicle at time, and damaged other vehicle components. This resulted in loss of control, and almost caused an accident.

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