2000 Kia Sportage 4d 4X4 review from North America

Many smallish things have gone wrong with the vehicle:

The heat shield is shot and loud.

The spare tire rack will not stay open anymore.

The back hatch rattles.

The cup holder sticks.

Two of the speakers went bad, sound system sucks.

AC stopped being cold.

Alarm constantly went off when unlocking, no longer use, car has been broken into three times.

O2 sensor has been replaced three times.

"Something" is wrong with the electrical, supposedly in the wire harness.

We've had OK luck with this car compared to what I've read other people go through. For the most part it's run for us and the 4 wheel drive has not had many problems, though we've used the 4x4 perhaps 6 times in the 5 years we've had the car. But I can relate too many of the common problems like the heat shield and electrical issues.

My biggest complaint is with the service. The techs at the dealership are rude and completely uninterested in fixing the problem. At 75k miles and a so/so experience, now that we've run into an expensive electrical issue, we're selling this thing for anything we can get for it.