Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SPECTRA / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000295111 Incident Date: Aug, 13 2000
Consumer's City: FAIR LAWN Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SPECTRA Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Parking brake
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNAFB1611Y5 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 22 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 27 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Brakes make noise and feel low, car took time to stop when braking. the dealer adjusted the brake at the first time. second time they replaced the switch .still having problems with that noise at the moment. on august 2000 i was driving on a highway at 55mph and all of the sudden the weatherstrip just few inside the car and it looks just li a snake and i almost crash. the car had 1729 mileage.folowing week the rear door windshield trim came off.the passenger side window won't work because of a cut wire.everything in this car is falling apart.i didn't expect a new car to be like that.i feel so unsafe in this car specially the smoke that coming from under my steering wheel at times.pleas help me befoe i get killed in this unsafe car.*ak