Two problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 2009 Kia Motor Spectra. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Kia Motor Spectra based on all problems reported for the 2009 Spectra.
Passenger seat does not always sense there is a passenger setting in the seat. The dealer replaced the passenger seat once and it did work ok for about two months they now refuse to work on it till they see proof of it not working. They claim company policy will not allow them to work on it. I feel they are putting my passengers in the way of harm and could be liable for injury or death.
I was driving a kia Spectra that was rented from enterprise rental car. A car ran a stop sign in the rain and I hit the car. The cars collided at a 90 degree angle, with the front bumper of the kia hitting the right front wheel of the Subaru outback. I was going about 25 miles per hour. The accident caused the bumper of the kia to be broken and pushed in all along the front of the car and it buckled the hood of the car. The right front wheel of the Subaru collapsed inward towards the car and the car spun about 90 degrees on impact. My main concern is that the airbag in the kia did not go off, and it seems that at 25 mph a direct hit on the bumper should make it. I am turning the car back into enterprise, and they can look into the airbag repair.