This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2017 Kia Sportage. While driving approximately 75 mph attempting to pass another vehicle, the speed dropped to approximately 50 mph and the accelerator pedal did not respond when depressed. The contact drove the vehicle home at a very slow speed. The failure had been occurring since the beginning of January and the check engine warning indicator was constantly illuminated. The dealer did not have the remedy available to repair the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 5,343.
I have had 4 instances of what feels like the car slipping out of "drive". while in drive, when I press on accelerator but while the RPM's go up, the car doesn't move.. once I remove my foot and then press again on the accelerator, it proceeds normally. Kia cannot find anything wrong with vehicle but last instance was less than 30 days ago. This is after Kia had to replace the block the first month of ownership of this brand new vehicle.
When pushing on the gas the RPM go up but the car doesn't kick in right away. The transmission? it like you have a manual transmission and you haven't let out on the gas. Doesn't do it all the time, but is doing it about once every time I drive. It is getting more frequent, wondering if its due to cold weather.
The contact owns a 2017 Kia Sportage. While driving 60 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred on another occasion while driving 50 mph. The vehicle was taken to be repaired, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was diagnosed as having a faulty spark plug and the engine was replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 10,000.
2017 Kia Sportage. Driver remote starts vehicle, unlocks vehicle and immediately shifts from park to any other gear, without pushing start/stop button, and within 10 seconds engine shuts off while in drive, neutral or reverse. Anti-theft programmed to shut off engine 10 seconds after unlocking doors unless the start/stop button has been pushed. There is no way that driver should be capable of shifting out of park until the after the start/stop button has been activated. Note: This is a correction for complaint # 10872312, reference 970797
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- Halifax, MA, USA