When the vehicle was hit while parked the bumper was destroyed the airbags did not deploy. The tune signals do not work, the fuses blow eveytime they are replaced, the hazzard signal blows all the fuses, there is a recall on before this year and some after, but not this one. Gas fumes inside the vehicle, no dealer in our community can find the problem. Shifter is stuck in park, the by pass key works but it will not shift without it.
2002 Kia Sportage: airbags did not deploy in a crash
10 of the 234 complaints about the 2002 Kia Sportage describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Airbags did not deploy in a crash by model year
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 kia sportage. The contact stated that the vehicle emitted carbon monoxide and caused the contact to fall sleep. As a result, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a canal. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The contact drove the vehicle again and the failure recurred. As a result, the contact was involved in another crash. A police report was filed both times. The contact sustained fractured ribs and pelvic injuries that required medical attention. The failure mileage was approximately 148,000. The VIN was not provided.
2002 kia sportage airbags failed to deploy in an accident. Consumer states that the airbags did not deploy and her seat belt did no lock causing injury to her chest. Manufacturer stated airbags did not deploy because force was not sufficient.
Dt: the contact stated that while driving at 40 vehicle wa sinvolved in a collision and air bags did not deploy. Someone pulled out in front of the contact's vehicle and sit hit the other vehicle. There were not lights on the dashboard to indicate the air bags would not deploy. Dealer did not say anything about the air bags to her. Manufacturer has not been contacted yet. Police came and a report was taken.
March 30th I was involved in an accident, a lady pulled accross traffic and I had no time to stop, needless to say I slammed into her drivers side door at about 30mph. The entire front end of my kia sprortage was damaged with about $6700 in damages and the air bags didn't deploy and myself and my passengers were in our seat belts but badly bruised and thrown about. I was informed by kia that I didn't hit the sensors ... Ok the whole front end was gone where exactly are the sensors? I don't feel safe in the car and my children are in it , please can some one tell me what to do? I feel that I'm stuck with a vehichle that isn't safe and I don't seem to have any recourse. Thank you for your time.
While driving on a straight stretch of highway my daughter felt her car jerk to the right. She attempted to turn into the jerk and was not able to control anything on the car. It began to rock despite her efforts and then immediately rolled over multiple times. The front end of her kia sportage sustained considerable damage, the airbags did not deploy and she suffered almost complete loss of use of her left arm. She is still undergoing treatment and therapy for the injury and also will probably have to have further surgery. There were witnesses behind her that reported that the car was going straight, did not run off the road just began to flip. She did not lose conscience, did not look away from the road. Also the driving conditions were normal and she was going 5 miles under the speed limit. We requested that the insurance company investigate but they stated they do not do investigations. We really believe that there was a steering malfunction as well as failure on the airbags.
While driving 35-40 MPH vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy.
While traveling about 55mph on the highway. Without prior warning a deer ran in front of the vehicle. The consumer hit the deer. The dual airbags didn't deploy please provide additional information. Ts
While driving the vehicle at 30 MPH, consumer has an frontal accident and the air bags didn't deploy. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information. Mr
Consumer was traveling about 15mph and coming off the off ramp on the highway, another vehicle was coming towards the consumer and collided with consumer's vehicle. Upon impact, airbags did not go off. Dealership was aware of problem. *ak one person was injured in the accident.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2002 Kia Sportage no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 2002 Kia Sportage?
10 of 234 owner complaints about the 2002 Kia Sportage (4%) mention airbags did not deploy in a crash. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2002 Kia Sportage?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2002 Kia Sportage
Fuel smell 30Check engine light 16Fuel leak 14Stalling 9Fire or smoke 7Jerking 6Grinding brakes 5Fuel pump 5Overheating 5
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