1999 Kia Sportage Air bags Problems

“During snow/ice weather conditions I lost control of my vehicle on 01/11/07 going straight on rt.380 in stockton, ny. My vehicle rolled over, and landed front end down, upside down in a ditch. During the crash, none of the three air bags engaged/released. Because of the impact on the front end of my vehicle, think they should have released. No injury was done to myself, and no one was in my vehicle, but I was very lucky. Nothing needed to be done to correct this failure.”

“Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision in which an impact was sustained at 50 MPH. Upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. Also, vehicle came equipped with knee bolsters underneath the steering column. As a result the driver sustained back injuries, and vehicle was totaled.”

“I bought the Kia last year and have had the brake pads/parts replaced twice. The first time the brakes became bad, the vehicle had only about 8,000 miles on it. They explained that the brakes were wearing down because I was too hard on them. I have driven a ford pickup and never had problems with the brakes until I replaced them at 35, 000 miles. Furthermore, I recently took it for an air bag light malfunction and there were two other people complaining about the brakes and apparently they had taken their kias for brake work before. …”

“Upon being at a stop engine revved, and vehicle accelerated, landing in an intersection; which caused a collision. Consumer's vehicle hit a semi truck. Upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. Due to a previous incident vehicle was in cruise control mode. However, vehicle accelerated, and took off on its own. Consumer had to slam on brakes to stop the vehicle.”

“Recall 99v325000 work was corrected. Since recall work was done engine check light illuminated on the dash. Consumer contacted the dealer. Dealer noted that recall problem has failed and wires went bad. Also, air bag light was illuminating on the dash. Please provide any further details.”