 Wanting a small SUV and considering the great reviews of the KIA Sportage, we purchased a new 2017 model in September 2016. Immediately after purchase, we realized the front head rest were extremely uncomfortable, pushing our heads into a position where we look down if we keep our eyes in a normal position. A few months later, we began having a lot of pain in our left hip joint. Thought it was just old age until a much younger person took a trip with us and began to mention having pain in left hip joint.                                                                                                         There was not a lot of hot weather after our purchase, so we can't say the cooling problems were there initially. As warm Spring days arrived, we realized the air conditioning was cycling from cooling to no cooling every few minutes and on "recirculate" wasn't cooling at all.                            Later, we realized a problem with the front and rear wiper switches--the wipers don't always turn off when the switch is placed in the "off" position.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              After leaving the vehicle with the dealership for the 3rd time we are again without the use of the vehicle. The !st time the evaporator box was replaced and the system recharged; the 2nd time they said a system fault was "causing the AC control head to not allow full system operation" so they performed control head reset; The 3rd time, no corrective measure has been performed on the AC since a tool needed has to be ordered, and they don't have an answer for the wiper switch problem because the wiper switches didn't malfunction when checked at the dealership.