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2018 KIA SPORTAGE — STEERING

crash · 1790458 · 2022-01-26

Vehicle

Make
KIA
Model
SPORTAGE
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Kia America, Inc.
Component
STEERING

Severity

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

Narrative

This Kia Sportage's alarm system does not go off when the passenger front window is broken. My car was broken into and the youth stripped the steering column and was able to start my car without needing the key nor having the key within the vehicle. This is a security issue and allows the vehicles to be easily stolen. These safety issues should be address and fixed immediately by Kia. The federal government should also hold Kia responsible for the spike in stolen vehicles across the U.S. seeing they know about the issue but have done nothing to fix it. The vehicle was then crashed and left running by the youth. I have included the estimate from Progressive to get it fixed.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11449031
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown