Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||||
| KT-2008082202 | 08/22/2008 | 10026566 | Kia: parking lamps on and battery discharge intermittently overnight. *pe | 11/08/2008 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - SOFTWARE | |||||
| TSB-072 | 06/01/2010 | 10034064 | Kia: pcm upgrade for a/c cut out during high load conditions. this reflash has enhanced a/c control logic to improve performance with a/c cut out during high load conditions. *pe | 10/15/2010 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 03/09/2010 | 91000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2008 kia spectra. while traveling at 20 mph the contact noticed black smoke coming inside the vehicle from the air ventilation system. she pulled over to the side of the road and shut the engine off. a loud clicking sound could be heard coming from the engine. after examining the front end of the vehicle and finding no signs of a fire or smoke the contact re entered the vehicle and noticed that flames were coming out from under the dashboard and steering wheel. the fire department was called to extinguish the fire and a fire report was filed for the incident. the vehicle was destroyed. the failure and current mileages were 91,000. | |||
| 11/19/2008 | 3000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2008 kia spectra. the contact stated that the vehicle shut off while driving 40 miles per hour. the vehicle has been repaired several times but the failure continued to occur. the dealer offered the contact a new vehicle instead of repairing the one he owns; however, the newer models experienced the identical failure. the failure mileage was 3000. the current mileage was 40,126. | |||
| 09/28/2009 | 14000 | 1 | |
| No indication of any problems with car or battery noticed whatsoever upon entering and starting the vehicle.. the complaint incidence occurred after driving approx 2 blocks and parking and turning off car and upon getting out of car noticed smoke coming from front driver side corner of hood. since there was a baby in the car first action was to remove child to safe area and called 911. within approx 5 minutes massive amounts of smoke pouring from hood cracks. bystanders attempted to open hood and spray with borrowed fire extinguisher but could not open hood. when firetruck arrived they could not get hood open either and had to pry it open at which point flames erupted but were then quickly put out by fire department (goldsboro nc car fire at tj maxx store on sept 28, 2009) fire determined to have started in battery/fuse box area - fire department determined fire was electrical but cause could not be determined due to extreme amount of damage resulting from fire it appears that there was some kind of electrical malfunction that occurred suddenly and without any advance warning or signs of any problems before this incidence. nothing was possible to be done to correct the problem except to extinguish the fire. the consequence was that the entire front end of the car was charred and the car totaled. the fire department arranged to have car towed from parking lot where fire occurred to lot where final inspection made. luckily, circumstances allowed for almost immediate awareness of fire occurring and that driver and passenger were in a safe place with communication available. if circumstances had been different, the results could have been disastrous. *tr | |||
| 09/26/2009 | 4000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2008 kia spectra. the contact attempted to start the vehicle and noticed that it no longer had power and that none of the electrical components were functioning. the vehicle has not been inspected, to determine the cause of the failure. the failure and current mileages were 4000. | |||
| 12/29/2008 | 3000 | 1 | |
| 2008 kia spectra, the parking lights come on by their self when its around 20* outside and when its around 80* outside the alarm want set the lights just blank on and off. also i have a really bad rattle comes from the air bags so it sound in the dash and drivers side post air bag. have took the car in 3 times and a week per time, and so far nothing as been fixed. *tr | |||