1995 Kia Sportage problems
The 1995 Kia Sportage has 88 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (17%) concerns engine. Next are seat belts (12%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 88 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 25th most-complained-about out of 30 model years of the Kia Sportage with enough data (49 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Smoke was seen coming from the hood area. As consumer stopped to see what the problem was, he noticed that the engine had caught fire due to an electrical problem. Dealer has been contacted.
Vehicle lost 4wd, got stuck and cracked body molding, response from dealer was to replace front end components,second occurrence while traveling in snow storm, lost control of vehicle hit tree embankment, when pulled out consumer realized 4wd had gone out, dealer resonse was to bad vacuum seals, third occurrence lost 4wd due to vacuum line being rusted, and fourth occurrence lost 4wd and dealer replace front end components.
While driving the vehicle at 35 MPH and side swiped another vehicle at a direct frontal impact. The driver's airbag did not deploy, which did not protect the occupant in the accident. Dealer cannot determine problem. Please provide details.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 35 MPH the engine locked causing lose of power. There is a special campaign #011, regarding the catalytic converter. The vehicle has the same problems as indicated in the campaign; however it is not included in the campaign due to the VIN.