2006 Kia Spectra Service and Repair Manual

AFTER A MINOR ACCIDENT WHERE THE CAR WENT IN THE DITCH OFF THE ROAD THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND BECAME RAPIDLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MINOR ACCIDENT TURNED INTO A NEAR FATALITY BECAUSE OF AN AGGRESSIVE FIRE. THE DRIVER HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WHEN PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE CAR CROSSED THE ROAD AND ENTERED THE DITCH DIRECTLY ACROSS THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WALK AWAY ACCIDENT WITH MINOR OR NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR, BUT IT BURST INTO FLAMES. THE DRIVER WAS

MY BROTHER WAS IN A AUTOMOTIVE ACCIDENT. HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE MEDIAN, HIS BRAKES STOP WORKING AND HIS AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THIS IS ALL STATED IN HIS POLICE REPORT. HE WAS AIR LIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE DOCTORS INFORM THE FAMILY HE BROKE BOTH HIS LEGS AND ARMS. HE HAD TO HAVE AN OPERATION IN HIS SKULL TO RELIEVE PRESSURE IN HIS BRAIN. AS OF NOW NOTHING HAS BEEN CORRECT.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. FOUR OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR TO MODERATE SEATBELT INJURIES. ALL THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE WERE NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A STORAGE LOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND SENT AN INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE

I WAS DRIVING A LOANER CAR 2006 KIA SPECTRA WHEN SOMEONE WAS DRIVING AN OLDER MODEL GRAND MARQUIS TURNED INFRONT OF ME AND I HIT HER SMACK DAB INT HE MIDDLE OF HER PASSENGER SIDE DOORS AND OUR AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE INTO THE LEFT LANE; HOWEVER, ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS IN THE LANE. THE DRIVER QUICKLY STEERED THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND TURNED OVER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE DRIVER'S AND FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISES AND CUTS. THE PASSENGER ALSO INJURED THE LEFT HAND, WHICH REQUIRED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED ON A DIRT ROAD, THE ROAD COLLAPSED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL DOWN A CLIFF AND INTO A RIVER. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST AND HEAD. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST, LEGS, AND HIP. BOTH OCCUPANTS REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE DRIVE

I WAS T BONED BY A 3/4 TRUCK AND THE SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 02-04-06 HE WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH A 2006 KIA SPECTRA IT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHEN THE C ONSUMER'S V EHICLE WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT WHICH TIME THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE THEN SWERVED TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO THE BUSHES. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEREWAS A POLICE REPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING A RENTAL CAR.*

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A ROCK. ONLY THE PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP AND THE CRASH WAS REPORTED TO HER INSURANCE AGENCY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISES AND CUTS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000. UPDATED 01-26-09 *BF UPDATED 01/26/09. 8JB

I GOT A NEW CAR LAST WEEK.. HAD ALL THE BRAKES AND FLUIDS, ETC. CHECKED AND FIXED. PICKED IT UP FRIDAY. DROVE TO WORK THEN WAS LEAVING WORK WHEN MY FOOT GOT STUCK BETWEEN THE GAS AND BRAKE COULDN'T GET IT OUT WHEN I HIT A TRUCK IT CAME LOOSE. I VERY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. I HAVE MARKS ON TOP AND THE SIDE OF MY FOOT. I REALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BECAUSE THE BRAKE AND GAS ARE WAY TO CLOSE TOGETHER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 40 E APPROACHING EXIT 153 IN HEAVY RAINFALL. APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES FROM THE EXIT THE TRUCK ALREADY ON THE EXIT AHEAD OF ME BEGAN APPLYING ITS BRAKES. PRE-BRAKING MEASURES WERE TAKEN. THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND I COLLIDED WITH THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME AND FLEW FORWARD INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD BEEN BRAKING THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT MY SEAT-BELT DID NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I SUFFERED BRUISING, SEVERE HEADACHES, AND MINOR CUTS AS A RESULT. INSURANCE DEC

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT SPUN 360 DEGREES TWICE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED STITCHES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER

2006 KIA SPECTRA WITH STALLING PROBLEMS CUSTOMER STATES THAT SHE HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE CAR STALLING**CC THE CONSUMER STATED ON AUGUST 7, 2007 THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR MAINTENANCE. A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE MAINTENANCE THE CONSUMER STATED A VEHICLE MADE AN ILLEGAL LANE CHANGE THE CONSUMER STATED THE WHEEL FROZE AND WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE CONSUMER COLLIDED WITH THE FREEWAY DIVIDER AND SUFFERED INJURIES AND EXTENSIVE

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE RAINY AND MUDDY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES ALONG WITH CUTS AND SCRATCHES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 10,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED IN THE FRONT BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. UPDATED 09/05/07 *TR

ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 25TH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR 2006, MY WIFE AND MYSELF WERE DRIVING DOWN I-5 SB TO MAMC FOR HER HOSPITAL APPT. WE WERE THEN INVOLVED IN A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT OFF NEXT TO THE OFF RAMP OF EXIT 123. WE TRIED TO SLOW DOWN IN TIME BEFORE NOTICING THE JUST WRECKED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US AND MY ABS IN MY 2006 KIA SPECTRA SX DID NOT ENGAGE, MY TIRES THEN LOCKED UP AND I SKIDDED AND SLID INTO THE STOPPED VEHICLE. WE HIT THEM DOING APPROX. 35-45 MPH AND SMASHED IN THE FRONT OF OUR CAR