| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006064664 | Incident Date: Mar, 10 2006 |
| Consumer's City: CLOQUET | Consumer's State: MN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America |
| Model Name: SPECTRA | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Air bags:side/window |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KNAFE121455 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 08 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Sep, 29 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: We were broadsided on the passenger side of the car, the other vehicle was traveling in excess of 30 mph. the side curtain air bags did not deploy. we contacted kia and they determined that the damage was not enough to deploy the air bags. my wife had to be extracted by the jaws of life. we had problems with the sensor light no going off when a passenger was in the front seat. we had it brought in and they did the recall. but they say there is no proof that they did or did not work properly. kia covers themselves by stating that not all accidents will deploy the air bags. *nm |
