2001 Kia Sportage LS
Summary:
The check engine light burned out because it's on so often!
Faults:
My check engine light is on so often that the light burned out!
The easiest way to do this is just list all of the things I have had to replace: battery, starter, idle air control valve, calipers, brake lines, 2 axels, the entire rear end (went out and car dropped to the ground), springs, shocks, timing belt, water pump, gas tank (got a hole in it; this is a factory problem that they won't fix), fuel pump, catalytic converter, tailpipe (everything rusts out on these), muffler, and I know there are more, but I can't remember all of them right now.
This car is junk. Right now, my 4x4 isn't engaging, and I refuse to fix it. At this point, I will pay someone to get the thing out of my life.
General Comments:
Junk, junk, junk, junk, junk, junk.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 17th October, 2010
20th May 2009, 01:37
A generic car.. well yes; that's basically the definition of Kia.
I'm sorry but you bought a seven year old Kia compact SUV. What were you expecting? The character of an Alfa Romeo and the quality of an Audi? The quality of Kias made from about five years ago and before was well know to be well, let's just say Korean. The reliability wasn't too good either. Underpowered is to be expected, it's a budget compact SUV. Rattles should also be expected, as I wrote, you don't buy a seven year old Kia and expect quality.
You would be silly to steer away from new models though, they get very good reviews and aren't too bad in the quality stakes. I'm not in any way a Kia fan but it does seem to me from what you've written that you expected a lot more than you should have.