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.
1999 Kia Sportage airbags problems
23 complaints (8% of all complaints for this car). 13 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 23
- of this car's complaints
- 8%
- crashes
- 13
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal12
At what mileage
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Kia Sportage airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1999 Kia Sportage airbags
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Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1999 Kia Sportage owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Upon being at a stop engine revved, and vehicle accelerated, landing in an intersection; which caused a collision. Consumer's vehicle hit a semi truck. Upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. Due to a previous incident vehicle was in cruise control mode. However, vehicle accelerated, and took off on its own. Consumer had to slam on brakes to stop the vehicle.
Vehicle collided with a guard rail and air bags failed to deploy. *ph on a separate occasion, the consumer had a falt tire, and when she removed the spare tire, the door and gate would not close.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision in which an impact was sustained at 50 MPH. Upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. Also, vehicle came equipped with knee bolsters underneath the steering column. As a result the driver sustained back injuries, and vehicle was totaled.
While traveling at 60 MPH the consumer lost control of vehicle and rear ended the vehicle in front. None of the vehicles air bags deployed. The consumers right shoulder was injured as a result.
Consumer states that the air bag module failed causing the driver and passenger front air bags to become inoperative. Dealer repaired in 06/02 and now air bag has failed again. Dealer is unable to determine cause of current failure. Mr
Consumer states hit another vehicle in the rear at 34mph. Both driver and passenger air bags did not deploy. Mr
While driving at 40 MPH an accident occurred, and air bags did not deploy, injuries were involved, including a broken neck and ribs. Please provide any further information.
Front end continuously falling off, brakes do not work properly, air bags do not work properly either
Front end continuously falling off, brakes not working properly, air bags not working properly.
Questions about the 1999 Kia Sportage airbags
Does the 1999 Kia Sportage have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 23 complaints about the airbags of the 1999 Kia Sportage, 8% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1999 Kia Sportage airbags problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1999 Kia Sportage airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Kia Sportage have bad airbags?
The Kia Sportage model years with the most airbags complaints are 1997 (39 complaints), 2006 (38 complaints) and 1999 (23 complaints).
Other 1999 Kia Sportage problems
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