This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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No wonder auto so cheap... poorly made, poor service at dealer too. Just a ton of little things have gone wrong with this car since purch. New in may '99 major mistake on my part, should have checked out complaint data base first before buying this car. No safety defect listed in the summary.
I have turned this car into service two times and they state that there is nothing wrong with this vehicle. But I still have the problems and they want do anything about it. Also the vehicle was stolen from the dealership serv. Dept. On 3/6/00 and located in another state with physical damage and there are no id #'s on car any longer. I feel like this dealership should have to replace or the lemon law needs to be in effect for this car. No safety defect listed within summary.
Since I purchase the car it has been in the shop five times one for replacement of transmission and the other four for the brakes. I contact the company and ask the to give me a knew car but they refuse to. In the mean while the transmission is going again and the brakes are still messed up and it feels like someone is pushing me from the back of the care. I cannot go fast on the high way or the steering wheel will start shaking very fast. They cannot fix the problem I took the car their five times and they donot want to replace it. If you can help me I would like that someone needs to get involved in this situation I pay $350 month and I cannot see why. Thank you
Transmission failed took to dealer he stated transmission failed because I was trying to get out of the snow in my driveway"??" contacted Kia they stated they could only take the word of the service manager of the dealership. I had this vehicle for only 6months and 11000 miles and has had other problems such as brake failure, emission failure and overheating problems in addition to the transmission failure.
I bought this car just over a year ago. It has been to the shop 9 going on 10 times, not to mention that there have been two recalls within the last month. This is not what I expected out of a brand new car, in fact, this is what I was trying to avoid by buying new versus used. I still have alot of problems with the transmission, it just doesn't shift right. Sometimes I accellerate, but the car goes nowhere. Someday, I will probably get hit. The car starts hard, this was supposedly fixed by some "fix it" that Kia came up with, but it still does it. My check engine light keeps coming on, and I think I've come to the conclusion that when it comes on, I am backing up. We have filed a lawsuit on this car against Kia, but they have not done anything toward settlement. Court date is 6/99.
- Amanda, OH, USA
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Engine check light comes on, and the overdrive light comes on also. Dealer says it's due to a wire becoming loose and shorting out. Dealer has repaired, but problem still exists.
When starting the engine it would turn over & then vehicle would stall. Once started, vehicle would hesitate. The fuel gauge fails to register fuel intake. Also, vehicle is very hard to shift into gear properly. Took vehicle to dealer to have problems checked. The mechanic replaced the fly wheel & the gas tank.
Vehicle would die out when gears are shifted. Happens also when starting out to drive. Would lose power & have to down shift to get power back. Had notified dealer & manufacture twice about problem. Cause cannot be located.
I am well aware of ocassional problems with new vehicles, I feel that some one must rectify this situation, I would like very much to be a part of this. I have owned the car for 3 months and have had more than my share of problems with this car and attitudes from the dealership about having them fixed, I would like very much to be contacted by a representitive of NHTSA just to let me know that all my time was not wasted with this questionaire, hopefully you can do something to help me and my family and the many others I have talked to that are having these same problems with their Kia's sincerely, donald R lavallee
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- Chicago, IL, USA