Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SPECTRA / 2003

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003086786 Incident Date: Jun, 29 2003
Consumer's City: NORTH VERSAILLES Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SPECTRA Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNAFB121835 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 27 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 12 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 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