Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SPORTAGE / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004261036 Incident Date: Feb, 20 2004
Consumer's City: HULL Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SPORTAGE Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNDJA7235X5 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 22 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 19 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Headlights randomly short out. a few months after i got the car. i brought the car back to dealership 3 times before the headlights would stay on. things were ok for a while but on 02/06/04 headlights shorted out again. 02/07/04 headlights were back on. 02/09/04 headlights out. brought car in to be serviced, and car was fixed. 02/12/04 headlights out again. brought car to dealership 02/13/04. on 02/14/04 car was fixed. headlights stay on. very happy...at least for a week. 02/21/04 headlights out. am afraid of car.*ak