2006 Kia Spectra

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 02-04-06 HE WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH A 2006 KIA SPECTRA IT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHEN THE C ONSUMER'S V EHICLE WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT WHICH TIME THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE THEN SWERVED TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO THE BUSHES. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEREWAS A POLICE REPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING A RENTAL CAR.*AK

I WAS DRIVING MY KIA SPECTRA 2006 KNAFE12166522XXXX AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF THE ENGINE LIGHT GOING ON MY ENGINE DIED. I WAS STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY NEAR CLINTON, NJ. KIA REFUSES TO HONOR THE 10 YEAR/100.000 MILE WARRANTY STATING THE REASON IS MY FAULT DUE TO LACK OF TRANSMISSION FLUID ETC ??? I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND TIRES ON THIS CAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN JAN 06. IN AN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO THIS THE AIR BAG DID NOT OPEN. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. FOUR OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR TO MODERATE SEATBELT INJURIES. ALL THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE WERE NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A STORAGE LOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND SENT AN INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE. THE INSPECTOR DETERMINED THAT A COPY OF THE INVESTIGATION REPORT COULD BE RELEASED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT WITH BRAKE PRESSURE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN REVERSE, AND LURCHED BACKWARDS, CRASHING INTO A TREE STUMP WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE REAR. THE POLICE WERE ALERTED, AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP TO AWAIT INSPECTION BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

MY KIA WAS BOUGHT 7/8/2006 AND 8 WEEKS LATER THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE GOING UP A HILL I CHECKED THE OIL AND THE DIP STICK DIDN'T HAVE A DROP OF OIL ON IT. I RUBBED MY HAND ON IT AND THERE WAS NOTHING ON MY HAND. THIS HAPPENED ON 09/04/2006(LABOR DAY). THE CAR LOT WAS CLOSED SO I WENT TO BUY OIL I PUT 1 QUART IN IT STILL SHOWED NO OIL, THE 2ND QUART MADE IT REACH THE DIP STICK. THE OIL LIGHT NEVER STAYED ON, WHICH WAS A PROBLEM ALSO. I TOOK THE CAR IN THE NEXT DAY AND FOUND OUT THE REAR MAIN SEAL WAS BROKEN AND OIL WAS LEAKING OUT EXTREMELY BAD. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 2200 MILES ON IT. WHEN YOU BUY A BRAND NEW CAR OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR YOU EXPECT NOT TO HAVE THESE MAJOR PROBLEMS. I PERSONALLY THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ME ANOTHER CAR. BECAUSE WHOSE TO SAY THAT THIS HASN'T CAUSED OTHER PROBLEMS. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER KIA. I CAN'T TRADE IT IN BECAUSE I WILL LOOSE MONEY. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS WAS A FULL FRONT TO REAR INCIDENT. THERE WAS PRE IMPACT BRAKING, THE WHEELS LOCKED UP ON THE VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO SKID INTO THE REAR OF THE STOPPED VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR AND IS AWAITING INSPECTION.

ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 25TH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR 2006, MY WIFE AND MYSELF WERE DRIVING DOWN I-5 SB TO MAMC FOR HER HOSPITAL APPT. WE WERE THEN INVOLVED IN A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT OFF NEXT TO THE OFF RAMP OF EXIT 123. WE TRIED TO SLOW DOWN IN TIME BEFORE NOTICING THE JUST WRECKED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US AND MY ABS IN MY 2006 KIA SPECTRA SX DID NOT ENGAGE, MY TIRES THEN LOCKED UP AND I SKIDDED AND SLID INTO THE STOPPED VEHICLE. WE HIT THEM DOING APPROX. 35-45 MPH AND SMASHED IN THE FRONT OF OUR CAR. AT THAT TIME MY AIRBAGS (BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER) DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE HAS BEEN NO CORRECTIVE ACTION FROM THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPROACHING A STOP DRIVING 15 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, LET OFF AND PRESSED AGAIN, THE VEHICLE THEN SURGED FORWARD, AND THIS CAUSED A REAR END COLLISION. SEATBELTS WERE IN USE AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS NO POLICE ON SCENE AND A REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER; UPON INSPECTION THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.