Safety Score
77
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2008 Kia Spectra.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | After starting car, for first 15-20 mins, all normal. After speedometer go erratic (showing slower than actual speed - … |
| 2023-11-18 | TIRES | No | 0 | 195/60/15 I purchased four new tires From Prospect Tire and Wheels on September 23, 2022, with an alignment. In A… |
| 2021-02-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The passenger air bag has failed. The dash light stays on due to issue and the air bag itself stays off per the light o… |
| 2021-02-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | Duplicate transactions that we're compromising but verified through multiple accounts that were unauthorized and purc… |
| 2021-01-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | YES SO MY AIR BAG LIGHT WHEN I GOT THE CAR WAS OFF AN IT JUST POPPED UP COUPLE WEEKS AGO! I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING POSSI… |
| 2020-12-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR STARTED FAILING WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2017 AND HAS SINCE COMPLETELY FAILED, WHICH HAS… |
| 2020-03-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON 7 MARCH 2020. AS SOON AS I TURN TO PARK IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY JOB, THE CAR TURNED OFF. I TR… |
| 2020-02-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | THE METAL COVERING ON THE INTERIOR DOOR PULLS IS PEELING OFF. THIS JAGGED METAL CUT MY FINGER. THERE ARE OTHER REPORTS … |
| 2019-09-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WILL RANDOMLY STALL. BEEN TO THE MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES AND WE CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR GOING DOW… |
| 2019-09-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CRUISE CONTROL WON'T SET. |
| 2019-08-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON |
| 2019-05-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE TRAVELLING AT 45 MPH, THE… |
| 2019-05-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT (RED WARNING LIGHT) STARTED TO STAY ON CONSTANTLY. THIS MEANS THAT AIR BAG WILL PROBABLY NOT DEPLOY IN … |
| 2019-04-23 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER KEEPS GOING OUT. IT WILL WORK FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, BUT MID DAY IT DROPS TO ZERO |
| 2019-02-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR IS REVVING, EVEN IN PARK. IF IT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES ARE HARD TO PUSH AS WELL. |
| 2018-07-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, IT FEELS LIKE I HIT SOMETHING (I DID NOT). MY SPEED DECREASE SO MUCH THAT IT TURNED OFF… |
| 2018-03-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR RANDOMLY STARTS. WHEN THE CAR IS FINALLY STARTED SOMETIMES THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT, THE WINDOWS RANDOMLY RO… |
| 2018-02-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS STAYING ON WHEN OCCUPIED. I'M AT ALMOST 60,000 MLS. THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT A RECALL SOMETIME … |
| 2017-11-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER OPENED PASSENGER-SIDE DOOR WITH INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE. DOOR HANDLE/METALLIC COATING SEPARATED AT … |
| 2017-08-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | TAKATA RECALL WAS RUNNING THE PAPER ROUTE FOR THE TELEGRAPH AND A DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE INSURANCE SAID… |
| 2017-05-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY CAR HAS APPROX 145000 MILES. DRIVES GREAT EXCEPT FOR IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS IT HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I GOOGLE… |
| 2016-12-06 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES WHILE APPR… |
| 2016-11-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND IT DROVE FINE. AFTER I SIGNED PAPERS TO BUY THE VEHICLE, I DROVE IT HOME. ON THE WAY HOME … |
| 2016-09-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON 9/19/2016 I WAS DRIVING ON THE 91 FREEWAY ABOUT 40 MILES FROM HOME, MY CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE AND SHUT OFF, I WAS IN … |
| 2016-07-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE RIGHT-SIDE PASSENGER BRAKES LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. ALL BULBS ARE GOOD. MY CRUISE CONTROL HAS BEEN WORKING INTERMI… |
| 2016-06-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE … |
| 2016-03-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | LA CAJA DE VELOCIDADES A VECES GOLPEA EN AUTOPISTA CUANDO CAMBIA HACA PRIMERA NO LO HACE SIEMPRE PERO GOLPEA FUERTE |
| 2016-03-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING HWY AT 70 MILES, WHEN I INCREASE TO 75/80 THE CAR VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTS. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHW… |
| 2016-01-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY 2008 KIA SPECTRA IN JUNE OF 2015. ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THE PURCHASE MY DOOR LOCKS STARTED ACTING UP OCCASION… |
| 2016-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. … |
| 2015-12-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WHEN TURNING ON CAR AND STAYED ON. WAS INSPECTED BY MECHANIC. WAS TOLD SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEA… |
| 2015-11-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | DASHBOARD AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND NOTHING I TRIED--SCANNER, CALLING THE DEALER, AND INSPECTING IT MYSELF--SEEMS T… |
| 2015-10-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY CAR KIA LIGHT ON FAILURE AIR BAG |
| 2015-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND SUDDEN… |
| 2015-07-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | INTERMITTINGLY, AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, ENGINE BEGINS REVVING. INTERMITTINGLY, WHILE SLOWING & STOPPING AT A TRAFF… |
| 2015-07-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON. TIRE KINGDOM CHECKED IT AND SAID IT IS THE SUSPENSION AIR BAG. COST WOULD BE 2,700 DOL… |
| 2015-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ENGAGE AND THE B… |
| 2015-05-24 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, A SECOND VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DR… |
| 2015-04-25 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY CAR, MARCH 2013 AND THE CAR DIED WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY. I WAS AT A RED LIGHT IN MAY 2014 AND… |
| 2015-03-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT APPEARS TO BE FAILING, SIMILAR TO OTHER KIA MODELS. THE LIGHT INDICATING THE A… |
| 2015-02-27 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. WHILE AT A STOP, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CONTAC… |
| 2015-02-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY GOING 45 MPH ON A RURAL STREET USING MY CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN I WAS COMING UP TO THE STOP, I HIT… |
| 2015-02-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG MAT SENSOR FAILED.SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON UNFORTUNATELY. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY AS OF YET. *TR |
| 2015-01-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG SENSOR IN PASSENGER SEAT HAS MALFUNCTIONED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG NOT ON LIGHT HAS COME O… |
| 2015-01-05 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, A KNOCKING NOISE EMITT… |
| 2014-11-15 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR LATCH FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT … |
| 2014-10-30 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON PASSENGER FRONT SEAT SIDE HAS NOT BEEN WORKING PROPERLY. AIR BAG LIGHT DOES NOT TURN ON W… |
| 2014-10-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I OWN A 2008 KIA SPECTRA AND HAVE HAD AIR BAG SYSTEM ISSUES WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE OCS MAT. ABOUT A YEAR AGO,I HAD THE… |
| 2014-10-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I DRIVE A 2008 KIA SPECTRA. I'VE OWNED THE CAR FOR ROUGHLY 4 YRS. WITHIN THE LAST MONTH MY CAR CONTINUES TO STALL. THIS… |
| 2014-06-30 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, NOW WE ARE BEING CHARGED OVER $1000 TO GET IT FIXED. IS THIS A RECALL ITEM? PLEASE REPLY. *… |