2000 Kia Sportage problems
The 2000 Kia Sportage has 462 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns fuel system. Next are brakes (13%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 462 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 27 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 20 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 69,000 miles 221 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 39 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 13 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 36 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 37 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 38 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 21 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 22 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 8 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 221 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 69,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 82,000 miles (76 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 27 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 20 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 30 model years of the Kia Sportage with enough data (241 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.
Consumer was traveling about 22MPH on a side road. There were vehicles parked ahead of her vehicle. Consumer applied brakes, and vehicle slid into them. Upon impact, airbags went off, driver and passenger were hurt.
Vehicle spun around & flipped over traveling at 25-30MPH. Consumer feels speed isn't the cause. Dealer is sending a representative to inspect vehicle. The consumer says the vehicle is too light and too high up underneath. It is unsafe.
Auto surges and accelerates while traveling highway speeds. Have had several close calls / near accidents. Dealer "cannot duplicate" and therefore will not do anything. Manufacturer has been contacted and said there is nothing they can do "nothing to fix - if dealer can not duplicate". Have brought in to dealer 2 times. What happens when this causes an accident/injury/ or worse? How can they duplicate it then?
Dt: first got car seemed to drive good, but in the winter the 4-wheel drive didn't work. Kia fixed it, and this happened again, kia fixed it again. This seemed to happen when in high speeds and then slowing, the wheels would shake. At the first attempt to fix it, kia dealer said they changed the kit that puts it into 4-wheel drive. On the second attempt to fix it, they didn't know what they did, but it had to do with 4-wheel drive. At third attempt kia said the hoses were clogged.