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I have a 2000 Kia Sportage too.. I bought it used and since I've had it (3 years) I've only replaced the brake pads and tires. MY check engine light use to come on, but that can be fixed by making sure your as cap is tight (clicks) when you get gas. I don't think my 4-wheel drive works since we had 4 inches of snow here earlier this year and my grandmother's BUICK did circles around my stuck Kia.. I do however have a problem now..It's approaching 90 degree weather here in Oregon and MY WINDOWS DON'T WORK...I'm going to replace the fuses and see if that helps, if not..I'm afraid to take it to a dealer to see what it will cost to fix..I'm pretty much stuck with this car since I owe more on it that what it's worth... I wish it had more power and less problems.. I will not be a returning Kia owner.. Although the Sorento looks nice.. I won't be buying one.
Hi:
kia = problems
never own a kia my kia 2000 in 4y go to the garage 150 times : (only 38m, brakes and ac big problem.
Well I don't know where to start about my heap of junk 2000 Kia Sportage. Most days I feel like putting a match to it because of all the problems, stress, headaches, panic- attacks, worries and a couple of close calls with nearly meeting my maker. I've had it 18 long months and the battle started 2 days after buying it and goes like this... While driving home with my 4 yr old son from a friends house one afternoon in peak hour traffick, the car completely died on me while going around a roundabout. I remember nearly coming to a complete stop, the steering wheel locking up and the car behind me screeching to a sudden halt. I called roadside assistance and the man told me that the drive belt had snapped, but he was confused about the steering locking up?. I got it to the dealership where I purchased it and explained what happened. All I got from the repairer was "leave it with us and I'll give you a call when it's ready to be picked up". 5 days later I get the "call". Half way home from the dealership I hear a loud grindind noise coming from the drivers side front wheel and the engine power was soooo laughable that you could walk up a hill next to the Kia and be doing the same pace!!!. I turned around and drove it straight back, they explain that something was wrong with the front wheel bearings (which they failed to notice???) and can't explain the loss of engine power, but I have to rebook it in again. Well to cut a long story, in the 18 months I've had it the wheel bearings have gone (3x). The speedo gauge stops working for a couple of days if I take the car through the car wash or get the underbelly wet. The brake light goes on and off like a disco light even though I've had it looked at (5x). The awfully loud clunking noise as I change gears has come back 3x. The cd player turns on and off at random (with no power), at present mines been off for 3 weeks. The back door squeaks and rattles constantly and needs force to close it down. It's goes through so much petrol every week approx: $100, I work just to feed the car. The drivers side door lock has rusted inside and the key won't turn so I climb over the passenger side chair to get to the drivers seat. Both back doors (passenger) leak water from the seals so towels are needed to cover the gaps. When the weathers hot my electric windows stop working and the air-con smells like petrol. The bonnet (hood) pops open at least once a week. The brake pads have been done 3 maybe 4x. 4x4 engage light goes on, but as I found out the hard way, that too does not work-due to the wheel bearings???. I could go on all day, but I'm getting all moody and tense now so I think I better stop...LOL.
Last Words Of Advise. Don't BUY A BLOODY KIA!!!
I wish I had found this website before I purchased my used KIA last year. It's had brake problems, wiring problems, and now my airbag light flashes constantly. Gas mileage is less than I would expect for a 4 cylinder. Driver's side power window isn't operating. 4WD isn't much help in snow, even with new tires, perhaps the vehicle is too light? Muffler needs replacing because tailpipe rusted completely off. Spare tire mount is rusty also. Lately it sounds like it's sucking wind whenever I try to step on the gas.
I do not recommend this vehicle.
I bought a 2000 Kia Sportage Ex 2WD in March of 2001, my first vehicle purchase. I did a lot of research on the vehicle before I bought it, but unfortunately at that time, people had not had them long enough to have problems with them. Since the time I bought it, I have had to put breaks on it four times. I have had to have the wheel bearings replaced (under warranty thank goodness), a master cylinder, the heat shield fixed (luckily I have a friend who is a mechanic who fixed it for the cost of a ring clamp for only a dollar), a water pump, timing belt, and a few other things I can't even remember. Now I am having problems with the arm in the back sticking and not wanting to open when I need to get in the rear door, I cannot lock the doors because when I do the theft deterrent system activates and goes off, the driver's side window is very slow to close, the hazard light button is stuck and I can't activate the lights, the stereo doesn't have any power going to it, there is a rattling sound coming from an axle, and the HOLD light will pop on at any given any moment. Finally this past week it broke down again, and this time it is the fuel pump. I want to trade it, but owe 4000 more on it than it is worth.
My advice to anyone wanting to buy a Kia Sportage - don't. Look elsewhere, like a Honda or a Toyota, I know that is what my next purchase will be.
This is all amazing to me. Today, I took my 2000 Kia Sportage and traded it in for a 2006 Chevy Cobalt. The Kia was nothing, but problems. In the first year, I had to have the altenator replaced because the car would randomly shut down at stop lights, which was needless to say dangerous (being stuck in front of a green light on a highway during rush hour isn't much fun). They told me it was my fault for turning the key incorrectly. They never explained what that meant. The year later I had to have the muffler replaced. The next year I had to have the heat shield removed because it had rattled nearly into rust. My two front tires nearly came off one day and caused me to swerve onto the middle barrier in the middle of a large highway. The hub caps were poor quality. The back soft-top ripped one day the minute I unzipped it. The cd player never really worked. The cupholder randomly snapped off one day. The brake light was on for a year straight, with different mechanics telling me different things, and ultimately telling me to just keep adding brake fluid after I replaced the pads and the fluid holder twice. I eventually had the master cylinder replaced (sound familiar?). I could never turn the alarm on when locking it, because it would go off at 3 am in the morning and wake the neighbors. There isn't really a point to having an alarm in the convertible model anyway, since anyone can unzip the soft top and climb in without a peep from the alarm system. Just yesterday the car wouldn't start for the third time in a month. I had had it. This was my first car, and while I'll miss bumping around in it (my goodness, it was a bumpy little thing), I'm hoping that my new Cobalt will do much better and require far less maintenance. It's certainly more stylish to say the least, and MUCH smoother. I feel safe. I also feel as though I don't have to worry about getting stuck in D.C. late at night with a dead car that anybody can climb into. It's no wonder that all the Kia dealerships in my area are going out of business. Best of luck to anyone who has to hang on to any of these monstrosities.
I to am a Kia Owner, I bought my Sportage in 2003, since then I have had a few problems with it. The first of which was my lug nuts coming off the car. I took my Kia to Firestones for new tires and the guy took one nut loose and the tire fell off. I had all 5 lugs replaced. My car is leaking brake fluid, I have had it to a few machanics and they can't seem to find the problem. My sheild for my muffler fell off, my tail pipe broke off, I've had to replace the brakes and now it refuses to run unless I have one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake keeping it going. The thing that holds the spare is stuck and I can't get the stuff out of the back unless I reach over the back seat. The alarm goes off when ever it feels like it and I don't exactly know how I'm setting it. I was told it was unhooked. The rear passinger seat belt comes unfastened.
I will give Kia this I can take it any where. By this I mean I can take it to work or out to dinner. I am never embaressed, it looks good and still holds its color.
I've had problems with a used 2000 KIA sportage EX that I recently purchased in Oct. 2005 (sad to say that its only December) Please go here like I did, to file a complaint and hopefully get this vehicle recalled. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
I'm currently experiencing problems with my 4 wheel drive, my gas door won't close, and my brake light comes on whenever I apply my foot to the brake. I hear a grinding noise when I apply my brake in 2WD, not sure what that is all about my now I keep my car in 4 wheel (I believe something may not be engaging properly in between gear shifts)
I bought a 2000 KIA Sport-age EX 2 years ago, there is a loud vibration in the back, the oil pan rusted, and the power windows don't work. (not the fuses)
Gee, I don't know what all the hububb is about! I bought a 2000 4wd Sportage last year and put about 20k on the car that already had 35k on it. Yup, brake pads are a problem. The factory rotors are the problem, actually. I replaced the rotors and pads, cleaned the ABS sensor and replaced the feed line because it is rubber, and not long enough, so it broke. Other than that, no real problems at all. Maybe everybody should stop going to Firestone to get their problems fixed.
If you have this vehicle, I recommend you replace the front brakes with after-market parts, which are actually better than factory in the case of this car. I think you will find a lot of your brake problems will go away if you do. My brake light (ABS) used to come on all the time too. Not because of the master cylinder, but because of the sensors being coated with pad dust and metal grindings from the pads. Also because the hose was severed.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth.
I've had my 2000 4x2 Sportage for 8 months now. So far I have had to replace the wheel bearings, tires, radiator, fan clutch, muffler and cat converters. I did most of the work myself. Actually this car is pretty easy to work on, but I'm having a heck of a time keeping that check engine light off.
The door lock mechanisms are cheap plastic and need cleaning and adjusting from time to time. Other than that, it's been pretty good to me. This is all nothing compared to a Hyundai Scoupe. that care is a nightmare... but that's another story.
I have owned my 1999 Kia Sportage for a while and I got it new. It was okay for a couple of years, now the thing is falling apart. I can't move the gear unless the car is fully warmed up. When my battery dies, everything in the car resets and since I don't have a component for the car alarm, I can't turn it off. Then that causes my car not to start. Then the kill switch won't work so the car is now sitting.
I bought a 1999 Kia Sportage 4x4 with 38000 miles on it January 2005 with all its original service records. I really have not had any problems except rattling from heat shields after the additional 20000 miles I put on it. I live in Florida and have no issues with rusting. I do need new brake pads, but can replace them myself. It seems that most of the problems are the 2000 model and are northern cars. I have not had issues with my bearings, problems with my locks, or any of the other problems reported. Maybe the 2000 model should have been recalled. I have had a good experience with my car. My only complaint is the gas mileage.
I bought a 4x4 KIA Sportage EX in 2000, new - it's a northern car and I have to say that I'm really happy with it. I had to replace the brakes within a year and a half after I bought it and again within 6 months after that, but haven't had to do it since. Recently in 2006 I had to replace the Cat Converter, which was expensive (2nd time I've had to replace it since I've owned it), but considering the car is paid off and still running, it comes out to a few months of car payments. I'm guessing the 4x4 doesn't work anymore since I couldn't make it up a 2 inch incline to get into my driveway last year, but given the effects of global warming up north, that's not going to be a problem. I recently had problems with the back latch not sticking (nothing a little rope can't temporarily fix) but the mechanic managed to easily fix it when I brought it in. I haven't had any problem with the car shutting off on me or the alarm going off, etc, but the check engine light has been on for about 1 1/2 years now - ever since it hit 100,000 miles. Oddly enough, it went off today and I've felt more uncomfortable with it off since it's been on for so long. I realize this car is probably the exception to the rule since I've heard a lot of horror stories about the KIA Sportages (including one where the car caught fire on the highway). At any rate, everyone must've shown up for work reasonably happy on the day mine was made.
Hi Everyone.
I bought a Kia Sportage 2.0 GLS (98 model) in 2002. It was the only good looking one I've ever seen, almost green -black, tints, silver trims, body kit, spoiler, and huge wheels. For a year I enjoyed the fun of it..
Unfortunately I still have the sportage which I feel lumbered with (it's 2007 now!). I have spent at least 500 pounds every other year to fix brakes, timing belt, new tires, and shocks all round. I spent 550 pounds just last summer on new wheel bearings all round.
To my horror no mechanic has been able to get rid of the wheel bearing noise from the front wheel. It's very loud and embarrassing especially when reverse parking. People often think I'm hitting someone car! This dreaded loud tuk-tuk-tuk noise is ruining any driving pleasure this sportage may provide. Other than this the sportage hasn't ever broken down, but I avoid taking the machine on motorways now because of poor road holding and body roll. It feels very unsafe and difficult to control at over 50mph.
Finally wish me luck on finding a decent car and someone who would purchase this sportage "thing."