Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 05/10/2012 | 100000 | ||
| Turned the car on, got on the hwy looked at the speed and it was at 0mph...drove for a while it picked up to 20mph...not sure if its working right. i've gotten a ticket for speeding how do i know what speed i'm going if its not worrking. i also have a new born...i belive this is very dangerous. | |||
| 12/25/2010 | 190000 | ||
| I was making a three point turn. i moved to the wall braking to stop to back up, when applying the brakes the car went forward speeding up and into the block wall.still with my foot on the brakes i turned the car off. | |||
| 08/24/2010 | 186558 | ||
| 2005 kia spectra i was braking and the car started speeding up. i had to put the car in neutral to keep the car from going . | |||
| 12/25/2010 | 190000 | ||
| I was making a three point turn. i moved to the wall braking to stop to back up, when applying the brakes the car went forward speeding up and into the block wall.still with my foot on the brakes i turned the car off. | |||
| 08/24/2010 | 186558 | ||
| 2005 kia spectra i was braking and the car started speeding up. i had to put the car in neutral to keep the car from going . | |||
| 12/25/2010 | 190000 | ||
| I was making a three point turn. i moved to the wall braking to stop to back up, when applying the brakes the car went forward speeding up and into the block wall.still with my foot on the brakes i turned the car off. | |||
| 08/24/2010 | 186558 | ||
| 2005 kia spectra i was braking and the car started speeding up. i had to put the car in neutral to keep the car from going . | |||
| 12/25/2010 | 190000 | ||
| I was making a three point turn. i moved to the wall braking to stop to back up, when applying the brakes the car went forward speeding up and into the block wall.still with my foot on the brakes i turned the car off. | |||
| 08/24/2010 | 186558 | ||
| 2005 kia spectra i was braking and the car started speeding up. i had to put the car in neutral to keep the car from going . | |||
| 02/10/2008 | 63609 | 5 | 04/11/2007 |
| I was at a complete stop when my tachometer for no explainable reason shot up over 7000 rpm's causing my vehicle to accelerate beyond the breaking point and causing me to be involved in three separate traffic accidents all within a two hour time period on the same day. two weeks earlier, my car had done the exact same thing slowing down coming around a bend causing me to hit a cement barrier which luckily only caused minor damage to my driver side mirror and wheel well. i had the car towed to the kia dealership after the three consecutive accidents where they claimed the cause of this phenomenon was caused ?by my floor mat being in a bad position. as a result, i removed the drivers side floor mat only to have this same unexplainable acceleration happen to me again at a red light across from a very dangerous intersection approximately two weeks later. this time i had to throw the car into park to get it to stop before completely entering the intersection. even after stopping the vehicle, the tachometer continued to race above 7000 rpm?s for approximately 2 to 3 more seconds before leveling back off. this time no accident occurred. i had my car towed back to the kia dealership who has now had it in their possession for over five days now. in my opinion, the 2004 - 2005 kia spectra is an unsafe vehicle and is one episode away from becoming a very tragic accident for someone. let me state that in over 24 years of driving, i have never been sited for a major traffic accident and have had a perfectly clean driving record for over ten years before all of this. i urge anyone else who has had similar experiences with their kia spectra's to please post their experiences on this website so others may be warned about the potential hazards of this vehicle. *tr | |||
| 01/30/2007 | 2 | ||
| Vehicle: 2005 kia spectra 5 automatic transmission. when coming to a stop (with foot off of gas pedal but on the brake pedal), engine accelerates on its own. this is the second time that i noticed this happened. i quickly pushed down strongly on the brake and placed the vehicle in park. the engine decelerated on it's own within about 5-10 secs. *nm | |||
| 03/07/2006 | 11000 | 50 | 09/26/2005 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while driving 40 mph on normal road conditions the odometer failed intermittently. and in some cases, the speedometer increased to 110 mph while driving 60 mph. the vehicle was been taken to the dealership four times who has been unable to duplicate the problem.*ak | |||