Kia Motor Spectra owners have reported 2 problems related to transmission stuck in gear (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Kia Motor Spectra based on all problems reported for the Spectra.
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 I was doing the speed limit which is 65mph but I always stay a little under that speed limit. I got to about 65 and boom it was like the transmission had come through the floor and it felt as if I was going to be ejected from the car! that scared me to death!!! after that it started dragging so I had to exit the highway and drive the city streets with my emergency flashers on because I could do no more than 35-40 mph. I got the car Nov 2016 and this happens everytime I drive it. Its doing the same thing just sitting in a drive through. It kicks back so hard it hurts my neck. It feels like someone hits me from the back everytime. I would really y like to know where I can have this repair taken care of because this is very dangerous. I have read a lot of reviews online and a lot of people have the same issue. It's been doing it since day one and I need it fixed because it hurts really bad. I didn't do this to the vehicle. It happens no matter what speed you're doing and then acts like it's stuck in high gear and takes off slowly after it jerks.
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I have a 2004 kia Spectra that has an issue sticking in third gear. It started a month after I bought the car brand new. I noticed it when I first pulled out of a side street on to a main road and when I pushed on the accelerator the car was barely moving. Thank god no on coming traffic was coming, cause yes I would of caused an accident. When I took it in to kia they said they could not find any issues. Then a month or so later I was accelerating off an exit ramp and the transmission stuck in third gear. I had to pull off the side of the road. When I stepped on the brake it reset and I was off again. I again took it to kia and they kept it all day, but still said they could not find an issue. It felt like the car was in park and I was pressing on the gas. This has happen 6 more times, but kia says they have not found any issues on their computer. Now the car has no warranty so I just live with it.
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