NHTSA Complaint #10453522 — 2012 KIA SPORTAGE

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, OR ANY SPEED ABOVE 30MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD VEHICLE REQUIRES CONSTANT CORRECTION TO TRACK VEHICLE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. WITHOUT CONSTANT CORRECTION, THE VEHICLE WOULD LEAVE THE ROAD SURFACE. THE RESISTANCE TO STEERING PRESSURE IN CORRELATION TO SPEED DOES NOT SEEM PROPERLY PROGRAMMED FOR VEHICLE. THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS IS TO DRIVE A CAR THAT WOULD OTHERWISE TRACK DOWN THE ROAD CORRECTLY, NOW THROW CONTROL ARMS WITH WORN OUT BUSHINGS AND BALL JOINTS. IT ACTS EXACTLY LIKE THAT, EXCEPT A CAR WITH WORN OUT CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS AND BALL JOINTS WOULD IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM PASS A SAFETY INSPECTION IN ANY STATE. THIS PROBLEM, ON TRIPS OVER 45 MINUTES EXCESSIVELY FATIGUES THE DRIVER. (I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY ON A 4.5 HOUR TRIP MOSTLY EXPRESSWAY SPEEDS) OVER 80MPH THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE ELIMINATED...BUT NOT WORTH THE ENDANGERMENT OF OTHERS USING THE ROADWAY. *JS