Me and my family were on the way to the beach, as I accelerated on the interstate got to 65 mph, engine light started blinking, car instantly slowed down. Got off on next exit, to check and see what was going on, car started hesitating after acceleration. Was able to get it to an autoshop (O'Reilly's) diagnosis shows knock sensor failure and they told me it has to do with the safety recall, didn't even know the car had a recall on it.
2016 Kia Sportage: hesitation when accelerating
5 of the 134 complaints about the 2016 Kia Sportage describe hesitation when accelerating.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 8 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Hesitation when accelerating by model year
What owners say
The contact owns a 2016 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle hesitated while accelerating. The contact stopped at a stop sign and the vehicle became inoperable. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a dealer. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
The car hesitated or choked when accelerating to change lanes and a cloudy fume emitted from the rear. This has happened 5 times in the span of 2 weeks, both on freeway and surface streets. Several times came very close to getting rear ended.
I have a 2016 kia sportage when I pull out in traffic it hesitates when I push the gas its like we have no gas.it doesnt do it all the time but when it does it that will scare the krap out of you especialy when oncoming traffic is coming at you.you ask when it happened well it has happened numerous times if not fixed this could result in a law suit
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 kia sportage. While driving 10 MPH, the vehicle hesitated and failed to backpedal for 2-3 seconds. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that a certain component failed and needed to be replaced. The contact did not know the exact component. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 19,000.
Service bulletins that may apply
- Transmission fluid application guide
- This bulletin provides information relating to the correct transmission fluid type and fill quantity...
- Pitstop: AWD system concern due to tire circumference
- Transmission fluid application guide
- Voluntary emissions service campaign (SC185): engine control module update
- Technical service bulletin - partial repair of 4WD coupling
- TSB - driveshaft serviceability
- 6-SPD. a/t adaptive value reset /relearn
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2016 Kia Sportage hesitation
Is hesitation when accelerating a common problem on the 2016 Kia Sportage?
5 of 134 owner complaints about the 2016 Kia Sportage (4%) mention hesitation when accelerating. The model year with the most reports is 1998.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2016 Kia Sportage?
There are 0 recalls and 8 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2016 Kia Sportage
Knocking 23Engine failure 20Check engine light 15Fire or smoke 10Stalling 9Loss of power 7Won't start 6
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