Vehicle accelerated on its own causing accident & head on collision to a wall. Airbags was not deployed. I was pulling up the driveway getting ready to park when suddenly the car accelerated on its own which LED to crash through the garage door & hit a wall.
2017 Kia Sportage acceleration complaints
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While pulling into a parking space with my foot on the brake, my engine accelerated as if it had a mind of it's own and hit a post. I pushed hard on the brake with no response. The airbag did not deploy even with $5,500 damage to the front end.
Sometimes when we accelerate the car stalls & revs up, then it will act fine, but the check engine light will stay on for a bit. Then goes off and it acts normal. This is all while driving. This has been happening over a few months,,,it's just every so often.
Several times while driving, no matter if I'm in eco mode or sports mode, my rpms spike, and my engine sounds as though I hit the accelerator very hard. This typically happens whenever I'm stopped at a red light or stop sign and and lightly hit the accelerator to begin moving again. I took my car in (because I received a recall letter for this very issue) and the kia service department essentially said there was nothing they could do, and when they took my car out to re-create the issue, nothing happened. I've been provided with a case number, but they told me that no action was taken. My rpms continue to occasionally spike, and it's very concerning that kia is unable to resolve this problem.
For the last 2-3 months my car has been randomly accelerating on its own, due to this I was recently (aug 14, 2018) in an at fault accident. I have called my dealership multiple times inquiring if there have been any recalls and there haven't been. I am currently in the service department (aug 18, 2018) having the problem looked at but have been told they might not be able to pin point the issue.
When starting to accelerate from the vehicle will start to move and then the engine rpms will drop to idle. At that time the car will not respond to the throttle. It seems to take from three to five seconds before the engine will respond to the accelerator being pushed. This seems it could happen in any location usually from a stop position. It happened several time backing up my driveway but also on a city street when I was starting to make a left turn. Very dangerous situation.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 kia sportage. While driving approximately 75 MPH attempting to pass another vehicle, the speed dropped to approximately 50 MPH and the accelerator pedal did not respond when depressed. The contact drove the vehicle home at a very slow speed. The failure had been occurring since the beginning of january and the check engine warning indicator was constantly illuminated. The dealer did not have the remedy available to repair the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 5,343.
I have had 4 instances of what feels like the car slipping out of "drive". While in drive, when I press on accelerator but while the RPM's go up, the car doesn't move.. Once I remove my foot and then press again on the accelerator, it proceeds normally. Kia cannot find anything wrong with vehicle but last instance was less than 30 days ago. This is after kia had to replace the block the first month of ownership of this brand new vehicle.
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