1999 Kia Sportage LX review from North America
"This is a crap hole"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
I am sitting in the repair shop with my rebuilt 99 Kia Sportage. I always come to this site because the entries are so funny; I'm almost comforted that I'm not alone in this "suckmobile".
I am getting my spark plugs changed for the 4th time in 2 years, because oil keeps filling up the valves and crapping them out.
I opened the hood yesterday thinking I had a rattlesnake under there toting a colt 45, but it was antifreeze shooting out of a hole in the radiator hose. Still not sure where the gunfire came from.
Called several places for the cost of repairing this hose and the lowest price was 35.00 for the hose and 65.00 for labor. I went to Autozone, bought a hose for 9.99 and fixed it myself.
I've replaced the timing belt, heater coil, radiator, some kind of l-arm in the front, valve gasket covers, plugs, wires, fuel pump, gas tank... I think that's it for the last 3 years. Kia couldn't GIVE me another one of these suckas!!!
General comments?
The smell of the wet carpet is always sexy when people get in. Smells like I've been toting rhinos from zoo to zoo.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 1999 |
| Year of manufacture | 1998 |
| First year of ownership | 2005 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2009 |
| Engine and transmission | Manual |
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| Previous car | Kia Sportage |
| Date of Entry | 13th August, 2009 |