Automatic Transmission problems of the 2003 Kia Motor Spectra

I bought my 2003 kia Spectra brand new,kept up with oil changes and maintenance,my transmission went out at 71,ooo miles. I had the so called 100,000 mile warranty on it. They did not cover any of it they said because I live in GA it gets hot,so the warranty wont cover it. Also,I was recently in a fender bender and my air bags did not deploy,and we have also had several trips to the kia place because of minor stuff such as the air not working and the check engine light continually staying on. The 2003 kia Spectra's are a joke and if you live were it gets hot or too cold your warranty is of non effect.

Every time I take off from a stop sign ect. My transmission kicks when shifting first to second gear. In an automatic,it is rare. It is only a 2003 too. I have had people tell me that transmissions are designed like that. Bull!!!.

We have a 2003 kia Spectra. This car came with a 100k mile warranty. When we bought the car in December of 2003 it had only 79 miles on it. In December of 2004 with only 23,000 miles on it, it got stuck in the snow in the road blocking traffic. We had to push the car out of the street. After pushing for a short time transmission burned up and is now destroyed. I live in northern kentucky so I get snow occasionally. Does this mean that anyone living where it snows should not by a kia? I am aware of the stipulation in the warranty that the warranty does not cover damage done by snow, ice, road debris etc. My argument is that I have had other cars, a Saturn for instance with close to 100k miles on it. It had gotten stuck in the snow several times when I lived in ohio. I had to push it out of a snow drift, spun the tires. Never did I have a trouble with the transmission. Never would I think that a new car would be destroyed that easily, nor do I think that it is right for the dealer to say it is all my fault. Are kia owners not supposed to try to get to work if it snows. This is kentucky, not michigan. I think purchasers should be aware of this. I consider this to be a defect in the car. For instance, a cooler part that ?may? have metal particles in it, has to be replaced and was priced at $400. When I contacted kia's corporate head quarters directly I was told that they could not do anything because the district manager had inspected the car and made the final decision.

The front panel in the consumer's 2003 kia Spectra made noise. The consumer had several problems concerning the vehicle. The drivers seat belt was broken, driver and passenger doors were inoperative, faulty speaker, the vehicle would not move forward or in reverse, there would be a clicking sound if it was forced, the vehicle would not accelerate over 30 mph for 10 minutes.

Purchased the car in may of 2003, June 30th of 2003 check engine light came on and had to have the tps replaced and 3 more times to present. Have had multiple headlights replaced, heating problem, exhaust replaced. Car is now on 46,000 had transmission replaced (through an att. From lemon law) at 16,000 miles had to have tires replaced. And, now to date tires were replaced for the 5th time, brakes were done 4 times, now to find out the reason tires and brakes were needed to be replaced so many times is because the suspension is way out of alignment which seeing I have had the problem all along I now believe it was a defect all along.