Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SPECTRA / 2005

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006059972 Incident Date: Feb, 19 2006
Consumer's City: EAST HAVEN Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SPECTRA Model Year: 2005
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#: KNAFE121855 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 20 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 19 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I recently purchased a 2005 kia spectra which has a faulty transmission--a fact not disclosed by the dealership at the time of purchase. a visit to the dealership last week revealed other kia spectras have a similar problem with hard shifting and that kia has the matter "under investigation". i need to know what's going to be done about the problem. *nm