| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005029450 | Incident Date: May, 31 2005 |
| Consumer's City: BAYSIDE | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America |
| Model Name: SPORTAGE | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:tailgate:latch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KNDJA723515 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 18 2005 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 22 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Dt: consumer states that the tire latch on the back of 2001 kia sportage i broke. this was latch that held the spare tire carrier, it also has to open in order for the consumer to open truck. the owners mechanic has oiled and fixed the tire carrier for a temporary fix. the owner has taken the vehicle to the dealership for repairs, and they said they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle and couldn't fix the latch until it was broken, and then they could repair it. the owner has not called kia. the latch has been broken for about 2 months. the owner suggested that the latch could have rotted out. the owner had taken the vehicle last year on june 12, 2004 to have the tail pipe fixed. the kia dealership body shop that was suppose to fix the tailpipe, did not repair the tailpipe. the car was rattling from the exhaust. the owner's mechanic removed the rotted exhaust system, the kia dealership was suppose to fix this and did not at this point the vehicle on had 13,623 miles on it at this point. the dealer is no longer with the address or phone number they closed down.*ak |
