Problems with 2001 Kia Sportage TIRES

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 kia sportage equipped with cooper trendsetter se tires size 205/75r15, dot number u9ulc2t2811. a friend was driving 70 mph when the sidewall separated on the rear passenger tire. the tire shredded into pieces as a result. the vehicle started to sway as the contact merged to the shoulder, where he installed a spare tire. the contact also stated that the tires were brand new and recently purchased. the dealer was notified and stated that they would get back in touch with the contact. the tire manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage on the tire was 3,562. the vehicle failure mileage was 120,238. updated 12/29/11 *bf updated 03/16/12

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 kia sportage. the vehicle has cooper trendsetter se tires, size p 20575r15 (na). while driving 60 mph, the contact heard a loud sound inside of the vehicle. he pulled the vehicle over, but when he drove off for a few miles, he heard a slapping sound coming from the rear driver's side tire. the contact pulled into a parking lot and noticed major tread separation; however, there was still air inside of the tire. the failure cracked the rear bumper, the rear driver's side lens, and the bulb. he emailed the manufacturer, but has not received a response. the current and failure mileages were 192,000.

Under normal driving conditions, fortunately happened at a parking lot, brake pedal went to the floor. initial investigation revealed leaking brake fluid. further investigation revealed this hose, non-reinforced in any way had split at both ends of connection to metal tube. tube is approximately 1/8" od making id of hose approximately 1/8". wall of hose is very thin perhaps 1/16" or less. this hose is very flexible being quite similar to vacuum hose and must be under high pressure from the braking system. this is extremely hazardous.had this vehicle been traveling on the road at a higher rate of speed and the brake petal gone to the floor as it did when leaving a parking space a dangerous accident could easily and most probably would have occured. when checking the same hose on the other side of the vehicle the hose on the front drivers side is split also. there is no clamp holding thios hose in place. it merely slips onto metal tube on both ends and is split at the end of the connection sith each tube-thats four holes (two tubes). i cannot even begin to imagine the repercussions of this poor engineering design. step on the petal and brake fluid pours out of the splits. this could happen at any time. very, very poor design. this requires immediate action. *ak

While driving 70 mph passenger rear side tire blew out. consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and pulled over. vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. *ak

Consumer states that while driving heard a loud noise. passenger rear tire blew out. model radial 798 size r205/75r15.dot #h2amyp1h3380. oringinal tire equipment. please provide additional information. *mr

The vehicle veered to the right and flipped over three times. the air bags never deployed. *mr *cb *nlm

Speedometer malfuctioned/jumped at approx. 30mph to 40 mph then back down to 20 took back 3x. suv shimmied at 60+ mph 3x's took back to dealer dealer replaced tires, electric back windows 3x's to dealer replaced twice, wiring assy-engine, coil ignition, conv. assy-cat. replaced (may have caused speedometer , windows etc to operate improperly. r/r main wire harness, r/r both cat convertors, r/r coil and spark plugs, repaired fuel injector wire harness. vehicle idled at high rpm (suv power surged to 80 mph, the slowest i could get the vehicle to go was 40mph and had to use the emergency brake. (throttle cable in wrong poss. at this time transmission is still slipping vehicle at dealership plus i am going through the lemon law and bbautoline. this is the 10 day limit. kia has not been very hospitable about this situation, i do not feel safe in their vehicle.