Federal complaint record · Kia Sportage · model year 2000

2000 Kia Sportage

Owners submitted 304 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 75th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1998 to 2002 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is fuel system. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Fuel system · 22% · group n = 102Brakes · 13% · group n = 61Powertrain · 11% · group n = 52Engine · 11% · group n = 50Electrical · 8% · group n = 38
304
Complaint records on file
70,838
Median mileage at the reported problem · 154 complaints reported mileage
22%
Of classified component reports name fuel system · group n = 102
75th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 22 model years

Fuel system · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Fuel system22%

Fuel system reports

Kia Sportage · model year 2000

Reports in this group102
Share of classified reports22%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 46 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32000 Kia Sportage
Stalling or shutdown · 25 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32000 Kia Sportage
Fire or smoke · 19 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 3 of 32000 Kia Sportage

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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