2000 Kia Sportage air bags problems
18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2000 Kia Sportage — 6% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“No airbag in steering wheel, brakes goes down to floor, oxygen sensor bad in bank one, popping in tires. My frame can break from car at any time, dealer knew I had kids, we could get seriously hurt riding in this car.”
filed Mar 3, 2017
“On april 12, 2013 I got into my 2000 kia sportage to go to work. As soon as I got into the car I hit the windshield wipers to get the dew off of the windshield and instead of just going once they went off extremely fast with out stopping for about 45 seconds. Once I got them turned off I went up…”
filed Jun 27, 2013
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Air Bags problems in other Sportage years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Sportage | 1 | 2% |
| 2024 Sportage | 3 | 5% |
| 2023 Sportage | 11 | 6% |
| 2022 Sportage | 2 | 4% |
| 2021 Sportage | 1 | 2% |
| 2020 Sportage | 3 | 2% |
| 2019 Sportage | 3 | 4% |
| 2018 Sportage | 1 | 1% |
| 2017 Sportage | 16 | 4% |
| 2016 Sportage | 5 | 4% |
| 2015 Sportage | 5 | 3% |
| 2014 Sportage | 3 | 2% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2000 Kia Sportage
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.