2002 KIA SPORTAGE — STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2002 KIA SPORTAGE — STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
Start: 2013-07-05

crash · 1078196 · 2014-06-22

Vehicle

Make: KIA
Model: SPORTAGE
Year: 2002
Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Component: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
Miles at failure: 130,000

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

I BOUGHT THIS CAR KNOWING I HAD TO REPLACE A FENDER AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. AFTER COMPLETING THE BODY WORK THE SHOP NOTICED THE REAR FRAME RAILS WERE RUSTED OUT TO A POINT IT WOULD NOT PASS PA STATE INSPECTION, WHICH HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COSMETIC DAMAGE. *TR

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10605068
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown