2007 Kia Spectra Service and Repair Manual

THE 2007 KIA SPECTRA WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MAJOR IMPACT. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE KIA HIT ANOTHER CAR AND HAD MAJOR DAMAGES.

MY DAUGHTER WAS CRITICALLY INJURED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT WITH MY 2007 KIA SPECTRA. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE "SAFETY" RATINGS AND FELT SHE WOULD BE WELL PROTECTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS AS WELL AS DASH AIRBAGS. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN THIS ACCIDENT. IN READING THE INFORMATION PACKET THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE I UNDERSTAND THE FRONT AIRBAGS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO DEPLOY IN A ROLLOVER, HOWEVER I BELIEVE THE SIDE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE A

I HAD A 2007 KIA SPECTRA. MY DAUGHTER WAS GOING TO WASHINGTON TO HELP HER HUSBAND FIX UP AN APARTMENT FOR THEM TO MOVE IN. I SUGGESTED TO MY DAUGHTER THAT SHE COULD TAKE MY CAR SINCE IT WAS NEW AND MORE RELIABLE. I RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT 12:30 AM. SHE TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE STOPPED QUICKLY IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE VEERED TO KEEP FROM HITTING HER. SHE SAID THAT WHEN SHE DID SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE CAR AND SHE LOST CONTROL. SHE ENDED GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. SANDWIC

2007 KIA SPECTRA. CONSUMER STATES AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING COLLISION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS DRIVING 15 MPH AND WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHO WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH. THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS AND NONE OF THEM DEPLOYED.*JB

I WAS APPROX. 6 CAR LENGTHS FROM CAR IN FRONT OF ME, WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, NOTHING HAPPENED. I CONTINUED TO HIT THE BRAKES , FORCING THEM TO THE FLOOR AND STILL NOTHING. FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO VEER TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR BUT MY STEERING HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN, IT WOULD NOT LET ME TURN OR STOP. MY STEERING WHEEL AIR BAG DID DEPLOY CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY WRIST AND ARM. BUT THE SCARY FEELING OF TRYING TO STOP WITH NO RESPONSE WAS SCARY. ROADS WERE A LITTLE WET BUT EVEN THEN

HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH MY VEHICLE, IN WHICH THE CAR ACCELERATED AND I CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE SENSOR IN FRONT OF THE CAR DIDN'T OPEN THE FRONT AIRBAG IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT ALL. THANK GOD I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT, IT KEPT ME FROM CRASH HEAD ON THROUGH THE WIND SHIELD. I WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WHEN I CALLED THE KIA DEALERSHIP ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPEN TO THE CAR AND THE DEFECT OF THE AIRBAGS NOT OPENING UP, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER GOT VERY NASTY

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND FELL ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL. I WAS TOLD THAT DURING THE TIME OF ME FALLING ASLEEP I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 90 MILES AND HOUR. I SUDDENLY WOKE UP TO A SIGN SAYING TO GET OVER TO THE NEXT LANE DUE TO A SWEEPER TRUCK CLEANING THE HIGHWAY. I REMEMBER SLOWING DOWN ALL OF A SUDDEN AND HEARING MY TIRES MAKING A LOUD NOISE. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT I HIT THE DRIVERS SIDE FENDER AND MY CAR BEGAN SPINNING AROUND TO ONLY BE CUT OF MY CAR WITH THE JAWS OF LIFE, THEN B

1. TWO PASSENGERS (FEMALE 64 YR DRIVER AND FEMALE 13 YR OLD PASSENGER) WERE PROCEEDING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL ROAD IN A 2007 KIA SPECTRA AT LESS THAN 20 MPH. HALFWAY DOWN THE ROAD, DRIVER BEGAN TO LIGHTLY APPLY THE BRAKE KNOWING THAT THE STOP SIGN WAS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. AT THIS MOMENT THE CAR REVVED AND EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE DRIVER SHOUTED OUT THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE CAR BUT THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CAR ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A REVVING NOISE COMING FROM THE GEAR SHIFTER. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ACROSS THE STREET. SHE ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO AVOID DRIVING INTO A DITCH. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL STRUCK THE GUARDRAIL, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL DID NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THROUGH BUSHES AND UP A HILL. THE SPEED FINALLY BEGAN TO DECREASE AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A

I HIT WATER ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING MY CAR TO LEAVE THE ROAD. I SLID INTO SEVERAL TREES AND COMPLETELY CAVED IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND BACK FENDER. NOT ONE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AT TIME OF IMPACT OR AFTER (IT HAS FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS). LUCKILY I WAS STRAPPED IN WITH THE SEAT BELT AND HELD ON FOR DEAR LIFE TO THE STEERING WHEEL. OR I WOULD HAVE POSSIBLY GOTTEN THROWN THROUGH THE FRONT OR SIDE WIDOWS. I SUFFERED A TORN BICEP TENDON, WHIP LASH, BACK PAIN AND TRAUMA TO MY LEGS. I WILL NEVER TRUST BUY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER AND WAS DESTROYED. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 600. UPDATED 06/22/07 *TR

I PURCHASED A KIA SPECTRA AND REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP SOUTHWEST KIA THAT MY GAS PEDAL WAS STICKING. I RE-INJURED MY RIGHT HAND. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. BUT THE PEDDLE KEPT STICKING. I ALSO PURCHASED A INSURANCE THAT WILL PAY YOUR CAR PAYMENTS WHEN YOU ARE UNABLE TO WORK DUE TO A MEDICAL CONDITION. I FILED A CLAIM AND IT DID NOT PAY MY CAR PAYMENTS. NEXT THING I WENT OUT AND MY CAR WAS GONE. THE DEALERSHIP ACCUSED ME OF MAKING A FALSE COMPLAINT. THIS ALL HAPPEN IN 2009

ON 04/12/2010 AT 09:00 A.M. A 2007 KIA SPECTRA OCCUPIED BY 4 ADULTS AND 3 CHILDREN WAS REAR ENDED BY A PICK UP TRUCK AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE INVESTIGATED THE CRASH AND CREATED CRASH REPORT [XXX] . IT APPEARS THAT THE REAR IMPACT FROM THE COLLISION CAUSED BOTH SUN VISOR COVERS TO BE SLUNG OFF THE RODS THAT ATTACH TO THE CEILING OF THE CAR. BOTH RODS WERE THEN EXPOSED AND HAD THE APPEARANCE OF SHARP TIPPED BAYONETTS. THE DRIVER OF THE KIA WAS GORED BY THE EXPOSED ROD ON

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SPECTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PATCH OF ICE ON THE ROAD CAUSED HER TO CRASH INTO THE GUARD RAIL WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. SHE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER HEAD WHEN SHE HIT IT ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND BECAME UNCONSCIOUS. A POLICE REPORT IS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SPECTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO PREVENT THE DRIVER FROM STRIKING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS PUSHED UNDER THE SECOND VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE EYE, FIFTH VERTEBRAE AND A COLLAPSED LUNG. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPOR