10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
4 / 0
Average Mileage:
80,682 miles

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problem #3

Jul 122018

Sportage

  • 145,000 miles
On 12 July 2018 at 0530 am I was driving down county road 26 mankato mn to pickup my semi as I was aproaching 3rd ave stop sign I applied the brakes pedal went to floor I went through intersection slammed into a boulder wall head on at an estimated speed of 40-45mph. Air bags did not deploy, seat belt tensioner broke, wont retract back into holder. After getting car towed can see that the air bag sensor was crushed but no deployment spent 2 days in hospital. Thankfully nothing broke just alot of bruising. Cannot figure out why brakes didnt work ended up using emergency brake to try slowing down impact.

- Mankato, MN, USA

problem #2

Apr 122018

Sportage

  • 40,000 miles
We really do not know what went wrong, we were on route 19 N. at hico, wv and we turned onto a side road, the car sled on the gravel we hit the bank and turned on our side. The air bags did not go off and we couldn't get the seat belts to release so we were trapped in the car.the car was a total loss.

- Mt. Nebo, WV, USA

problem #1

Nov 042014

Sportage

  • 57,047 miles
This is my 82 year old mother in law car she says the air bag light keeps coming on and staying on so she took it to the dealer they charged her $150 to look at it. This was on Nov 4 2014 the car had only 57047 miles on it. So in March it started doing it again so on March 27 2015 she goes to the dealer this time they didn't charge her but told her it would cost $2,600 dollars to fix. The car only has 59312 miles on it. She is freaked out scared to drive her car and is on fixed income. The two codes they found were (B1489 OCS matt defect) and (B1495 belt tension sensor). My son says he thinks that the Kia rio had the same problem and got recalled. I will give my info not my mothers thank you

- Edmonds, WA, USA