Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SPECTRA / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006053714 Incident Date: Jan, 01 2006
Consumer's City: DOROTHY Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SPECTRA Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNAFB121835 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 23 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Took the car to walmart for fluid checks. about a week after leaving there, i hit an icy puddle and lost the ability to put the car in gear. after a few minutes the car recovered, but after that when the car was cold it would not go into gear. i returned to walmart who advised me they could not get the problem to occur, probably because the car was warm. also, they advised me the transmission fluid was fine. since the problem persisted, i took the car to the dealership, who said there was internal problems with the transmission. however experience tells me it's probably the flywheel. now they don't want to honor the warranty claiming fluids were not changed. however the problem has nothing to do with the fluids. also there is a similar problem, odi 10112469, which would imply this could be a defect. my car had 54,000 miles. *ak