2000 Kia Sportage Wipers & Visibility Problems

Your windshield wipers activated on their own and ran continuously at high speed when you first started the car. About a mile later, the wipers activated again on their own, and immediately after, two airbags deployed without any collision — the passenger airbag and the lower driver-side airbag. You experienced pain in your right shin from the airbag deployment. The vehicle was on a smooth road with no impact involved, suggesting the airbags may have deployed due to an electrical malfunction rather than a crash.

I HAVE A 2000 KIA SPORTAGE EX AND I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE POWER WINDOWS SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2000. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY CLAIM THE WINDOWS WERE WORKING AND THEY COULD NOT LOCATE ANY PROBLEM, I THEN HAD THE WINDOW TO STOP WORKING AGAIN AND TOOK IT BACK THIS TIME IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRRANTY AND THEY SAID THAT THE REAR RIGHT WINDOW NEEDED NEW MOTOR AND IT WOULD NOT WORK WITHOUT THIS BEING DONE AND THE OTHER THREE WINDOWS THE WIRING WAS LOOSE I HAD THE THREE WINDOWS FIXED AND PAID FOR THEM. I GOT THE VEHICLE HOME AND NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHING AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THAT THE LIGHT HAD NEVER BEEN ON AND COULD I BRING IT BACK IN BECAUSE IT HAPPENED WHILE AT DEALERSHIP. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND THEY TOLD ME THE AIR BAG WAS DEFECTIVE AND IT WOULD COST 2000.00 TO FIX IT I COULD NOT AFFORD THIS AND TOLD THEM NOT TO FIX IT. THE WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING A MONTH LATER I CALLED DEALERSHIP TO TELL THEM THAT I HAD JUST HAD THEM FIXED THE MONTH BEFORE AND THE WINDOWS SHOULD STILL BE UNDER WARRANTY AND TOLD THEM THE REAR RIGHT WINDOW DID WORK AFTER THEY TOLD ME IT WOULDN'T AND THEY LOOKED AT THE WINDOWS AND TOLD ME THEY HAD FIXED TH PROBLEM OF A WIRING HARNESS HAD COME LOOSE AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS WITH THEM. WELL NOW IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR AND THEY HAVE STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER WINDOWS. *AK

THE LEFT BACK WINDOW FELL DOWN THEN 6 MONTHS LATER THE RIGHT ONE FELL. *AK

OUR REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY AND AS OF MARCH 1, 2004 OUR FRONT WIPERS NO LONGER WORK EITHER. WE HAD NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN EITHER AND THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTEE. AS IT APPEARS...THE WIPER MOTOR IS TO BLAME IN THE FRONT AND POSSIBLY A WIPER SWITCH IN THE REAR. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED OVER 2 YEARS AGO AND NOW HAVE NO WARRANTY. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WITH NO WARNING. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WASN NOT IDENTIFIED TO THE CONSUMER. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. *AK

AT ANY TIME REAR WINDOW WOULD ROLL DOWN WITHOUT ANYONE DEPRESSING THE BUTTON. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING, ARM BROKE OFF WIPER MOTOR DURING HEAVY RAIN. *NLM

POWER WINDOW MOTOR KEEPS GOING OUT. HAD THEM REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC WINDOW FAILED. *YH

THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AT 5MPH OR LESS. MY CAR BUMPED A TREE AND I DID NOT EVEN FEEL IT HIT THE TREE. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND STARTED DOWN THE STREET THE WINDOW SHATTERED, THAT WAS THE FIRST I EVEN REALIZED THAT I HAD BUMPED THE TREE.

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY REAR WINDOW FELL DOWN. ELECTRICAL MOTOR ISN'T WORKING.DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THE RIGHT REAR AND LEFT REAR POWER WINDOWS FELL DOWN AND WERE REPLACED. *YH

CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF FAULTY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THE RADIO AND THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *TT

CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF FAULTY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THE RADIO AND THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *TT

POWER WINDOWS FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY, AND CAUSED ELECTRICAL SHOCKS TO PASSENGERS WHENEVER THEY TOUCHED METAL OF DOOR. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER'S SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE CORRECTION WAS MADE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHENEVER HEAT IS ON THERE IS A STRONG SWEET ODOR THAT COMES OUT. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY COULDN'T FIND CAUSE. *AK

THE FRONT WINDSHEILD HAS AIR COMING INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. *ET