2006 Kia Spectra

AIR BAG LIGHT ON DRIVER SIDE TURNED ON? IT GOES ON AND OFF SPORADICALLY, DEALERSHIP WANTS UNREASONABLE REPAIR COST FOR SUCH. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT IN ELECTRICAL WARNING SYSTEM. A RECALL TO REPAIR SHOULD BE ISSUED. KIA CUSTOMERS ARE RAISING THIS ISSUE AND WE ARE NOT BEING HEARD? DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR A TRAGIC INCIDENT TO HAVE YOUR ORGANIZATION DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? *TR

ONE OF THE VEHICLES FUEL TANK MOUNTING STRAPS HAS RUSTED INTO AND DRAGGING THE PAVEMENT. THIS WOULD CAUSE A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT, FIRE AND OR EXPLOSION IF TANK HAD HIT THE PAVEMENT AND RUBBED HOLE IN THE TANK. THE VEHICLE HAS NO OTHER RUST ON UNDERCARRIAGE. SAID VEHICLE HAS 92,893 MILES ON IT AND IS A 2006 MODEL YEAR. I BELIEVE STRAPS ARE MADE OF POOR QUALITY METAL AS THERE ARE NO OTHER RUST ISSUES WITH SAID VEHICLE! I THINK THAT THIS A SAFETY HAZARD AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED A KIA DEALER AND HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON SOME KIA'S IN THE NORTH FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. IF THEY KNEW OF THE PROBLEM THEY SHOULD HAVE RECALLED ALL OF THEM! *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT WARNING LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON, AND MECHANIC DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAULTY SENSOR IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT (ERROR CODE B1448 - OCS MAT DEFECTIVE), AND SAID THAT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (AT A COST OF $1,600). THIS IS THE SAME DEFECT FOR WHICH 06-08 KIA RIO'S WERE RECALLED (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V244000). THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE SIMILAR MODEL YEAR KIA SPECTRAS - THERE ARE A SIMILAR NUMBER OF NHTSA COMPLAINTS REGARDING AIRBAGS FOR THE 06 KIA SPECTRA AS 06 KIA RIO. PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED BY REPLACING THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WITH ONE FROM AN 04 KIA SPECTRA FROM AN AUTO SALVAGE YARD. *TR

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT GOING NORTH TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION. THE OTHER PARTY FAILED TO YIELD GOING SOUTHEAST AT THE SAME INTERSECTION. I DID HIT THEIR VEHICLE, DODGE HEMI RAM 1500, HEAD ON THEIR RIGHT SIDE. THE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN IN FACT ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, IT SHOULD HAVE FOR THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT. NOT TO MENTION THIS IS THE SECOND COLLISION THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN AND THE AIRBAG HAS NEVER DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THE AIRBAG NOT WORKING PROPERLY PRIOR TO THE INCIDENTS. DUE DO THIS, I OBTAINED A HEAD AND NECK INJURY AND THE CAR WAS TOTALED. *TR

THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE HOUSING FELL APART AND WITH IT, THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE BUCKLE STOPPED WORKING. NO ABUSE OR MISUSE WAS INVOLVED. WE GOT INTO THE CAR ONE DAY, BUCKLED THE BUCKLE AND THE HOUSING FELL APART. IT WOULD STILL BUCKLE FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WON'T ACCEPT THE SEAT BELT ANYMORE SO WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BUCKLE WITH A USED PART FROM A JUNK YARD. I'VE READ THIS WITH A LOT OF KIA SPECTRAS, AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

DEALER STATES ISSUE WITH AIRBAG SENSOR MAT ON PASSENGER SIDE. SAME ISSUE AS RECALLED ON THE 2006 RIO. A SIMILAR SPEC SENSOR MAT IS INSTALLED ON THE SPECTRAS AS WELL AND THEREFORE A RECALL SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED ON THOSE MODELS AS WELL. FAILURE TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES BASED ON THIS ISSUE COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY TO PASSENGERS OF VEHICLE IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS THE AIRBAGS WOULD FAIL TO DEPLOY. *TR

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER VERY COLD WEATHER IN JANUARY 2011. WHEN WEATHER WARMED UP IN THE SPRING, THE LIGHT WENT OUT. JANUARY 2012 WHEN IT BECAME COLD AGAIN, THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. NOW THE LIGHT IS ON 99% OF THE TIME. IT RARELY EVER GOES OUT. ... THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT IS COVERED BY THE KIA OPTIMA 2006-2008 RECALL 12V014000. *TR ...UPDATED 09/28/15 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SPECTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM MAT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN EMAIL REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V244000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE) HOWEVER, THE RECALL ONLY PERTAINED TO THE RIO MODEL AND NOT THE SPECTRA MODEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND CONFIRMED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.