Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-16 | 07V161000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN | 35,090 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE IN FEBRUARY OF 2017, AFTER DRIVING IT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS IT ALL THE SUDDEN STARTED ROC… |
| 2016-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WE HAVE RELIGIOUSLY CLEANED OUR 2002 SPORTAGE WITH UNDER WASHING TO KEEP UNDER CARRIAGE AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE...YET WE A… |
| 2016-08-04 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED CARBON MONOXIDE AND CAUSED THE CO… |
| 2016-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE AND FRONT PASSENGER SHOULDER BELTS ARE FRAYED WHICH MAKES THEM UNABLE TO STAY SECURE. IT WON'T STOP UPPER … |
| 2016-07-04 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL I PURCHASED THIS CAR FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER ON 6-6-2016 IT HAS ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF KIA'S RECALL # CS-048 … |
| 2016-05-06 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | REAR SECTION OF VEHICLE FRAME IS ROTTED BEYOND A SAFE CONDITION TO CONTINUE USE. REAR SUSPENSION MOUNT POINTS ARE CRUMB… |
| 2016-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" NOTHING NEW, SAME AS THIS AND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ... COMPONENT(S): FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE FUMES,AI… |
| 2016-01-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A CAR LAST WEEK FROM A PRIVATE SELLER, AND IT HAS A GAS LEAK COMING FROM THE GAS TANK AREA. I HAVE NOT TAKEN … |
| 2015-12-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS HIT WHILE PARKED THE BUMPER WAS DESTROYED THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE TUNE SIGNALS DO NOT WOR… |
| 2015-09-18 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY CAR HAS RUSTED SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.. TO THE POINT WHERE IT APPEARS THAT IT RUSTED THE FRAME AND SHO… |
| 2015-07-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND STARTED BRAKING FOR A RED LIGHT,MY BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY GONE,LUCKILY I WAS FAR ENOUG… |
| 2014-11-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | NOTICING STRONG ODOR OF FUEL COMING THROUGH THE VENTS DURING TIMES OF COLD WEATHER. IT HAS BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE SINC… |
| 2014-10-24 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES WERE PRESENT IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. … |
| 2014-10-10 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | JUST GETTING IN VEHICLE READY TO PUT ON MY SEAT BELT IT WOULD NOT TIGHTEN NOR RETRACT BACK IN SO I COULD TRY AGAIN NOW … |
| 2014-09-23 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH. *TR |
| 2014-09-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL TANK LEAKING. SEAM AREAS AND FUEL PUMP/SENDING UNIT AREA DO TO CORROSION AND VEHICLE WILL NOT MEET EMISSIONS STAND… |
| 2014-09-02 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THERE IS A VERY STRONG RAW GAS SMELL THAT FILLS THE CABIN AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE UPON STARTING … |
| 2014-08-11 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE UNDERB… |
| 2014-07-21 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER LEANING FORWARD, THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT … |
| 2014-07-08 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | CAR WAS AT DEALER FOR SERVICE. WE WERE TOLD THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND THE CAR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. WE PURCHASED THE CA… |
| 2014-06-16 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 0 | TRAVELING POSTED SPEED LIMIT , CAR BEGAN TO SKID. MADE A SLIGHT TURN OF STEERING WHEEL CAR BEGAN TO ROLLOVER TWO OR THR… |
| 2014-02-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS "MISSING" WHILE IDLE AND "BACK FIRING… |
| 2014-01-05 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | THE FRAME AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION WITH THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND I AM UNABLE TO GET IT … |
| 2013-11-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE 2002 KIA SPORTAGE USED ON OCTOBER 1, 2013, WITH 120,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN THE TEMPERATURES BECAME COOL… |
| 2013-09-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLE… |
| 2013-08-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2002 KIA SPORTAGE 4WD 2D CV GAS - 119,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN PUMPING GAS- THE GASOLINE POURS AND SHOOTS RIGHT BACK OU… |
| 2013-07-05 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | Yes | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS CAR KNOWING I HAD TO REPLACE A FENDER AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. AFTER COMPLETING THE BODY WORK THE SHOP … |
| 2013-05-25 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WITHOUT TH… |
| 2013-05-01 | WHEELS | No | 0 | THE WHEEL STARTED SCREECHING AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO FALL APART I HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP AS IT CUT OUT … |
| 2013-04-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WAS FIRST MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM IN JANUARY 2013 WHEN I WENT TO MUNROE MUFFLER IN JOHNSTON, RI FOR A NEW EXHAUST … |
| 2013-03-18 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING DURING A HEAVY RAIN AND AT NIGHT BUT THE PARKING LIGHTS WERE STILL WORKING. WE A… |
| 2013-03-18 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | HAVE A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. BRAKE LINE WAS LEAKING, WENT TO MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE WHOLE FRAME WAS ROTTED AWA… |
| 2012-03-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY 2002 KIA SPORTAGE HAS 112,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER HEARING A CLANKING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE I BROUGHT IT… |
| 2012-03-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | THERE IS A VERY STRONG RAW GAS SMELL THAT PERMEATES THE CABIN AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE UPON STAR… |
| 2012-01-13 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | MY DAUGHTER JUST PURCHASED 2002 KIA SPORTAGE WITH 105164 MILES ON IT. IT WAS PURCHASED DURING THE DAY AND TEST DROVE DU… |
| 2011-11-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | MY 2002 KIA SPORTAGE ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER LEAKS GAS VAPORS THRU THE VENTS, ENOUGH TO GIVE MY WIFE MIGRAINES AND N… |
| 2011-11-17 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, FUEL FUMES WERE E… |
| 2011-10-31 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | LIKE OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT I AM SEEING, WE HAVE A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE WITH 69000 MILES AND ARE HAVING SEVERE PROBLEMS WIT… |
| 2011-10-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRA… |
| 2011-08-05 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A WELL TAKEN CARE OF, 59,000 MILES, 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. I TOOK THE CAR FOR INSPECTION AND WAS… |
| 2011-08-03 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | 2002 KIA SPORTAGE *TT |
| 2011-07-04 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE | No | 0 | FUEL SPILL AT WAWA GAS STATION. RECENTLY MY SON FUELED MY 2002 KIA SPORTAGE AS I WENT IN WAWA; HE DIDN'T KNOW FUEL PROB… |
| 2011-06-15 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | I JUST REPAIRED MY EXHAUST ON MY 2002 KIA SPORTAGE 4X4 TODAY AS IT KEEPS RUSTING OUT ON ME. TODAY I NOTICED THE ENTIRE… |
| 2011-05-27 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | THE FRAME IS ROTTED AWAY ABOVE THE REAR SPRING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE (BROKEN IN TWO). *TR |
| 2011-05-04 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | THE FRAME ON MY 2002 KIA SPORTAGE HAS RUSTED THROUGH. I CAN STICK MY FINGER THROUGH IT LITERALLY. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN… |
| 2011-04-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | FRAME ROTTED OUT. *TR |
| 2011-04-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WELL MAINTAINED, DAILY DRIVEN, VEHICLE WITH 145,000 MILES HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT PASSENGER SIDE RAIL OF FRAME. SUB … |
| 2011-03-05 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | AT 245K,ONLY RIGHT SIDE FRAME ROT INSIDE OUT. THEREFORE SHOWING NO NOTICE OF DETERIORATING WITH ORIGINAL ENGINE AND ORI… |
| 2011-02-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GASOLINE FUMES WERE EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH … |
| 2011-01-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPORTAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AROMA OF FUEL WAS PRESENT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ST… |