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2008 KIA SPECTRA Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	741690
Internal NHTSA #	10286223
Manufacurer	HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC
Brand	KIA
Model	SPECTRA
Model Year	2008
File date	28/09/09
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	No indication of any problems with car or battery noticed whatsoever upon entering and starting the vehicle.. The complaint incidence occurred after driving approx 2 blocks and parking and turning off car and upon getting out of car noticed smoke coming from front driver side corner of hood. Since there was a baby in the car first action was to remove child to safe area and called 911. Within approx 5 minutes massive amounts of smoke pouring from hood cracks. Bystanders attempted to open hood and spray with borrowed fire extinguisher but could not open hood. When firetruck arrived they could not get hood open either and had to pry it open at which point flames erupted but were then quickly put out by fire department (goldsboro nc car fire at tj maxx store on sept 28, 2009) fire determined to have started in battery/fuse box area - fire department determined fire was electrical but cause could not be determined due to extreme amount of damage resulting from fire it appears that there was some kind of electrical malfunction that occurred suddenly and without any advance warning or signs of any problems before this incidence. Nothing was possible to be done to "correct" the problem except to extinguish the fire. The consequence was that the entire front end of the car was charred and the car totaled. The fire department arranged to have car towed from parking lot where fire occurred to lot where final inspection made. Luckily, circumstances allowed for almost immediate awareness of fire occurring and that driver and passenger were in a safe place with communication available. If circumstances had been different, the results could have been disastrous.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	14000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	GOLDSBORO, NC
VIN pattern	KNAFE122385XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2008 KIA SPECTRA Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 KIA SPECTRA Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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