Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SPORTAGE / 1999

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007093425 Incident Date: Jan, 10 2007
Consumer's City: BROCTON Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SPORTAGE Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNDJA7237X5 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 28 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: May, 24 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: During snow/ice weather conditions i lost control of my vehicle on 01/11/07 going straight on rt.380 in stockton, ny. my vehicle rolled over, and landed front end down, upside down in a ditch. during the crash, none of the three air bags engaged/released. because of the impact on the front end of my vehicle, think they should have released. no injury was done to myself, and no one was in my vehicle, but i was very lucky. nothing needed to be done to correct this failure. *jb