Federal complaint record · Kia Sportage · model year 2002

2002 Kia Sportage

Owners submitted 234 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 48th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2000 to 2004 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 23% · group n = 74Fuel system · 21% · group n = 68Brakes · 8% · group n = 26Powertrain · 8% · group n = 24Structure · 8% · group n = 24
234
Complaint records on file
59,764
Median mileage at the reported problem · 152 complaints reported mileage
23%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 74
48th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 22 model years

Engine · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Engine23%

Engine reports

Kia Sportage · model year 2002

Reports in this group74
Share of classified reports23%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Fire or smoke · 25 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 1 of 32002 Kia Sportage
Brake performance · 21 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 2 of 32002 Kia Sportage
Stalling or shutdown · 17 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32002 Kia Sportage

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

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