Tl*the contact owns a 2008 kia spectra. The contact stated that the vehicle shut off while driving 40 miles per hour. The vehicle has been repaired several times but the failure continued to occur. The dealer offered the contact a new vehicle instead of repairing the one he owns; however, the newer models experienced the identical failure. The failure mileage was 3000. The current mileage was 40,126.
2008 Kia Spectra electrical complaints
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No indication of any problems with car or battery noticed whatsoever upon entering and starting the vehicle.. The complaint incidence occurred after driving approx 2 blocks and parking and turning off car and upon getting out of car noticed smoke coming from front driver side corner of hood. Since there was a baby in the car first action was to remove child to safe area and called 911. Within approx 5 minutes massive amounts of smoke pouring from hood cracks. Bystanders attempted to open hood and spray with borrowed fire extinguisher but could not open hood. When firetruck arrived they could not get hood open either and had to pry it open at which point flames erupted but were then quickly put out by fire department (goldsboro nc car fire at tj maxx store on sept 28, 2009) fire determined to have started in battery/fuse box area - fire department determined fire was electrical but cause could not be determined due to extreme amount of damage resulting from fire it appears that there was some kind of electrical malfunction that occurred suddenly and without any advance warning or signs of any problems before this incidence. Nothing was possible to be done to "correct" the problem except to extinguish the fire. The consequence was that the entire front end of the car was charred and the car totaled. The fire department arranged to have car towed from parking lot where fire occurred to lot where final inspection made. Luckily, circumstances allowed for almost immediate awareness of fire occurring and that driver and passenger were in a safe place with communication available. If circumstances had been different, the results could have been disastrous.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 kia spectra. The contact attempted to start the vehicle and noticed that it no longer had power and that none of the electrical components were functioning. The vehicle has not been inspected, to determine the cause of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 4000.
2008 kia spectra, the parking lights come on by their self when its around 20* outside and when its around 80* outside the alarm want set the lights just blank on and off. Also I have a really bad rattle comes from the air bags so it sound in the dash and drivers side post air bag. Have took the car in 3 times and a week per time, and so far nothing as been fixed.
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