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1999 Kia Sportage suspension problems

Owners reported suspension problems in 20 complaints for the 1999 Kia Sportage, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
20 4% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
6 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Consumer has been experiencing problems with front end suspension. While driving steering wheel started steering back and forth from left to right on its own. The consumer was thrown out of vehicle and seriously injured. The manufacturer has been contacted.

November 1998 CrashInjury

Rear frame of my 1999 kia sportage rotted, and causing the whole rearend to shift severely. At 30MPH. Causing me to park my sportage. Rest of the frame in good shape.

Reported at 161,000 miles, December 2013

Other problems reported for the 1999 Kia Sportage

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Suspension problems across all Kia models