2006 Kia Sportage problems, complaints & recalls

2024-05-02 · Electrical System

“the fan for my car worked intermittently. i took the car to the dealership and they said it was the fan. i replaced the fan myself. while replacing the fan, i noticed that one of the connectors was melted. after changing the fan, nothing changed. after that, i decided to remove the bad looking connector. when i did, i realized the damage was …”

2023-05-25 · Fuel System, Gasoline:storage:tank Assembly · 65,000 mi

“the contact owns a 2006 kia sportage. the contact stated that while starting the vehicle, there was an abnormal fuel odor inside the vehicle. the contact was relating the failure to nhtsa campaign number: 11v256000 (fuel system, other). the contact stated that neither the vin nor the year, make, or model was not included in the recall. additionally…”

2023-01-08 · Suspension

“ july 14, 2020 to whom it may concern i [xxx] is owner of kia sportage 2006 [xxx] i purchase this vehicle 12/2005 from kia in paramus nj. this vehicle now has 137,296 miles also what make note it has not never been in accident or given me big issues. in may 2018, i received a recall on this vehicle for application of additional anti- corrosion m…”

2022-04-26 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · 115,000 mi

“the contact owns a 2006 kia sportage. the contact stated that while the vehicle was being inspected, the vehicle failed due to the autolocking brakes and hydraulic electronic control unit (hecu). the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. a dealer was not contacted. the manufacturer had been informed of the failure. the failure mileage was approxim…”

2021-10-04 · Wheels · 🔥 fire

“i purchased this vehicle from a private seller in august 2021 and attempted to obtain records of the vehicle kia america case id #14353653 which kia america has yet to provide me any information. i had a full diagnostic done by a certified mechanic at borst automotive in the state of arizona on 09/18/21 where several concerns were reported to me th…”

2020-12-28 · Engine · 146,367 mi

“i was riding down the road and the airbag light came on. two days later the check engine light came on. my mechanic thinks it is a sensor for the check engine light. having trouble with covid-19 getting the part, been waiting for over a week. my mechanic has recommended me taking the car to a kia dealer ship with the airbag light coming on. he thou…”

2020-11-25 · Engine · 130,000 mi

“this car continues to have problems with speeding up and slowing down on its own, at this point it shut off any time i was slowing down for a light or stop. it cut off multiple times on a highway going 75 mph. very scary with kids in car. was able to get home and it will not turn over or start back up getting diagnosed today, there needs to be some…”

2020-11-19 · Seat Belts · 88,993 mi · 💥 crash

“i hit the side of a car i didn't see while pulling out of a car park onto the road, so i was moving slowly forward. a car had appeared from behind 2 turning cars and i hit the side of it. neither the air bag or the seat belt in my car stopped my head from making contact with the windshield. i was very shaken at the time as anyone would be. the foll…”

2020-10-19 · Engine · 122,000 mi

“ my friend and i were driving home at 55 mph when my sportage starting speeding up on its own. then when i tried to stopped for a red light it wanted to cut off. so when the light changed it started speeding up and slowing on it's own. this went on for about 15 miles. i have never had a car do this. it was really scary. at one point it cut out in…”

2019-12-06 · Service Brakes · 68,000 mi

“brake lights stay on after turning off the ignition and shutting off the lights. have to turn lights on off depress the brake pedal, turn on and off the lights and keep doing it until they go off.. has been happening for over a year. read online that there's a history of this but no recall.…”