Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Kia Spectra submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEP COMING ON AFTER STARTING THE CAR. FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD IT'S THE CLOCK SPRING,SECOND TIME IT WAS THE AIR BAG MODULE ,THIRD TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE CLOCKY SPRING MODULE AGAIN.*AK
SILENCER PIPE SPLIT WHICH IS NO CAUSE OR DAMAGE FROM CONSUMER, THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART, MY CAR HAS MADE AN EXCESSIVE EXHAUST NOISE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WHICH AT FIRST WAS DIAGNOSISED AS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, LATER TO DISCOVER FROM AN AUTHORIZED KIA DEALERSHIP THAT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE THE SILENCER PIPE HAD SPLIT DUE TO POOR PRODUCTION. THIS I BELIEVE IN TURN ALSO HAS AFFECTED MY PERFORMANCE OF MY CAR AND CAUSED THE PURGE VALVE THAT I MUST ALSO REPLACE TO HAVE FAILED LEAVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND WHEN REGISTERATION COMES DUE MY CAR WILL NOT PASS SMOG. I HAVE HAD EVERY SCHEDULED MAINTANENCE OUTSIDE THE DEALERSHIP NO ONE COULD DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM. EVERYONE CAN NOT AFFORD TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THEIR OUTRAGEOUS CHARGES BUT I HAD TO BREAKDOWN AND GO TO PAY 82.00 FOR A DIAGNOSIS FOR AT LEAST 420.00 WORTH OF SERVICE THAT I MUST PAY TO GET THE PROBLEM CORRECTED 315.00 TO REPLACE SILENCER PIPE THAT WAS ALREADY DEFECTIVE FROM MANUFACTURER AND 90.00 FOR THE PURGE VALVE THESE CHARGES ACCORDING TO KIA DEALERSHIP INCLUDE LABOR. ALREADY LOSING THE 82.00 FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC. MY CAR HAS ONLY 57493 MILES WITHIN THE 4 YEARS I HAVE HAD IT. I HAVE HAD TO ALSO HAD THE AIR BAG MODULE CONTROL REPLACED THAT HAD BEEN DEFECTIVE FROM MANUFACTURER ON 6/21/01 AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY THUS I HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER DEFECTIVE ISSUE FROM KIA, WHICH WAS OF NO CHARGE THE FIRST TIME BUT USED MY WARRANTY?*AK
I WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION, MY AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND I WAS INJURED AND WILL HAVE EFFECTS OF THIS FOR LIFE. KIA CONSUMER AFFAIRS WERE CONTACTED AND RESPONDED TO THE COMPLAINT. THEY DID A INVESTIGATION ON WHY THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY NOW THEY WILL NOT RETURN CALLS OR GIVE ANY INFORMATION ON FINDINGS. I'M A 23YR. OLD SINGLE MOTHER WHO IS DISABLED WITH KNEE AND BACK INJURIES. PLEASE CONTACT ME. DT
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH WHEN VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT FRONT SIDE, AND NONE OF FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK
BOTH THE SEATBELT AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT WORK ON THE DRIVER SIDE THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ALSO DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH AND ANOTHER VEHICLE JUMPED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. SHE HIT OTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THERE WERE INJURIES. *AK *JB
AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED AND WOULD REMAIN ON. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE AIR BAG MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WOULD HAVE TO ORDER PARTS FOR REPAIRS. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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