Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||
| 06/30/2003 | 16 | 05/13/2003 | |
| Purchased the car in may of 2003, june 30th of 2003 check engine light came on and had to have the tps replaced and 3 more times to present. have had multiple headlights replaced, heating problem, exhaust replaced. car is now on 46,000 had transmission replaced (through an att. from lemon law) at 16,000 miles had to have tires replaced. and, now to date tires were replaced for the 5th time, brakes were done 4 times, now to find out the reason tires and brakes were needed to be replaced so many times is because the suspension is way out of alignment which seeing i have had the problem all along i now believe it was a defect all along. *jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - GLASS, SIDE/REAR | |||
| 07/28/2004 | 1 | 10/19/2002 | |
| My husband was driving 2 car lengths ahead of me and our 2 year old son in his car seat in back. he was driving aprox 50 mph. he was in a 2003 kia spectra. the back window blew out. i called kia customer service they told me there was a warranty up to 60000 miles. we immediately dropped the car off. they said we did something wrong ie hit something threw something ect. they claimed the found a pebble on the back lid (we searched the car) the pebble had the same epoxy found on thier shop floor. they did not replace nor take blame. we were blown off. and scientifically speaking it is almost impossible for a pebble to fly backwards into a rear window and shatter it. there are no over passes or anything in that area. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 03/20/2003 | 11 | 09/06/2003 | |
| The vehicles windshield wipers failed intermittently. the dealer replaced the windshield motor yet the problem persisted. *nlm the door was misaligned, rear lights were inoperative, snow had gotten into the rear seat(s), the vehicle leaked, seat belts were inoperative, click noise in the wipers when on a low speed, pulling noise in the engine per mechanic, and pulling when shifted. scc | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER - LINKAGES | |||
| 02/15/2007 | 6500 | 1 | 09/11/2003 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 kia spectra. the contact reported windshield wipers failed while driving. the windshield wipers were activated to remove snow and ice from the windshield, but then became inoperable. as the temperature continued to drop the windshield wipers remained motionless. the contact discovered that the failure was due to ice. the current and failure mileage were 6,500.*ak update 4/25/07 *tr | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER - MOTOR | |||
| 02/14/2003 | 1 | ||
| While driving vehicle in the rain windshield wipers would work intermittently. dealer notified.*ak | |||
| 03/20/2003 | 11 | 09/12/2002 | |
| The back passenger seat belts were not long enough to hold a 135 pound passenger. *nlm the door was misaligned, rear lights were inoperative, snow had gotten into the rear seat(s), the vehicle leaked, seat belts were inoperative, click noise in the wipers when on a low speed, pulling noise in the engine per mechanic, and pulling when shifted. scc | |||
| 03/20/2003 | 11 | 09/06/2003 | |
| Snow entered the vehicle, which caused the door not to open. *nlm the door was misaligned, rear lights were inoperative, snow had gotten into the rear seat(s), the vehicle leaked, seat belts were inoperative, click noise in the wipers when on a low speed, pulling noise in the engine per mechanic, and pulling when shifted. scc | |||
| 03/20/2003 | 11 | 09/16/2002 | |
| The engine made a horrible noise. the dealer inspected the vehicle but could not duplicate the problem. *nlm the door was misaligned, rear lights were inoperative, snow had gotten into the rear seat(s), the vehicle leaked, seat belts were inoperative, click noise in the wipers when on a low speed, pulling noise in the engine per mechanic, and pulling when shifted. scc | |||