2009 Kia SPECTRA: complaints, problems and recalls

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR-ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES SINCE THE TIME IT WAS PURCHASED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN AND WANTS A REFUND OR ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM KIA. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000. UPDATED 06/03/09 *BF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, THE RE…

Owner-reported narrative. 13,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10269983 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA SPECTRA EX/LX/SX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER FRONT SIDE OF HER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAILED TO SECURE HER IN THE SEAT. AS A CONSEQUENCE SHE SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES TO THE UPPER AND LOWER PART OF HER BODY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. SHE HAS A COPY OF INDIANA POLICE REPORT 09022263. SHE FILED COMPLAINT NUMBER K1645446 WITH THE MANUFACTURER. PICTURES OF THE FAILURE ARE AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND C…

Owner-reported narrative. 9,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10284929 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH SHE REACHED IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO GRAB A BABY CUP, WHICH CAUSED HER TO ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE INFANT. SUBSEQUENTLY SHE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. SHE SUSTAINED INJURIES POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,059.

Owner-reported narrative. 22,059 miles reported. Look up ODI 10290344 at NHTSA ↗

FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE LAST, MY DAUGHTER (17 YRS OLD AND A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL) WAS RIDING WITH HER FRIEND AND WAS HIT BY A CAR IN THE RIGHT FRONT BUMPER AREA. THE CAR MY DAUGHTER WAS RIDING IN, A 2009 KIA SPECTRA, WAS TOTALED. YET, DESPITE THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE CAR, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY NOR DID THE SEAT BELT LOCK. HENCE, MY DAUGHTER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES, HER NOSE WAS BROKE, SHE RECEIVED BLOOD IN THE VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN AND SHE IS EXTREMELY SORE, TO SAY THE LEAST. FUNNY THING IS THAT…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10300382 at NHTSA ↗

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) WE TALKED WITH THE SALESMAN [XXX] AT MARTIN SWANTY KIA ON 07/24/2009 ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY , HE SAID THEY WOULD FIX IT! SO WE BOUGHT IT. WE WENT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON 08/12/2009 AND TALKED WITH SERVICE PERSONNEL AND WE WERE TOLD TO RETURN WHEN SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT WAS OFF SO THEY COULD VERIFY IT! WE WENT TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON 09/10/09 WHEN I WAS SITTING IN…

Owner-reported narrative. 142 miles reported. Look up ODI 10313669 at NHTSA ↗

2009 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, ON SNOW COVERED STREET, APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL WAS FIRM AND CAR SLOWING, THEN THE PEDAL WENT SOFT AND DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 1-2 INCHES AND THEN FIRMED UP AGAIN. THIS CAUSED THE ABS TO BE APPLIED, CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT AS OTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC DID NOT HAVE STOP SIGN. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY THE 20TH TIME THAT WHEN STOPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS GONE FROM FIRM TO SOFT, WHILE SOFT BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSES 1-2 INCHES, AND THEN FIRMS. THIS CAUSES A DELAY IN THE CAR SLOWING…

Owner-reported narrative. 9,720 miles reported. Look up ODI 10317743 at NHTSA ↗

I WAS DRIVING A KIA SPECTRA THAT WAS RENTED FROM ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR. A CAR RAN A STOP SIGN IN THE RAIN AND I HIT THE CAR. THE CARS COLLIDED AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE, WITH THE FRONT BUMPER OF THE KIA HITTING THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE SUBARU OUTBACK. I WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED THE BUMPER OF THE KIA TO BE BROKEN AND PUSHED IN ALL ALONG THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND IT BUCKLED THE HOOD OF THE CAR. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE SUBARU COLLAPSED INWARD TOWARDS THE CAR AND THE CAR SPUN ABOUT 90 DEGREES ON IMPACT. MY MAI…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10323817 at NHTSA ↗

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA SPECTRA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED THE SRS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED TO THE ON AND OFF POSITION INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT MUST BE POSITIONED PROPERLY BEFORE THE SENSOR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATION. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR THE AIRBAGS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE HAD BEEN CONTINUOUS SINCE…

Owner-reported narrative. 50 miles reported. Look up ODI 10326468 at NHTSA ↗