This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Seat belts sometimes latch partially. A belt seems to have latched, but pops loose later. We replaced the fron-left seat belt twice, I believe, in 1998, due to this problem. Now both the front-lef and front-right belts have been having this problem. An employee of the Kia dealer sunbury motors, sunbury, pa (ron, night shift) verified the problem and applied a lubricant. He suggested that we report the problem at this web site and said he would mention it to the manufacturer. The partial latch does not seem to happen any more after lubrication. We have ordered two new seat belts anyway.
Seatbelt is releasing, it is coming out of buckle on its own while consumer is wearing seatbelt, causing loss of protection. Buckle has been replaced once prior to this incident, and replacement only lasted about 2 years.
Front driver side and passenger side seatbelt buckles have failed and have come unlatched on their own while passengers were wearing them, causing loss of protection. Buckles have been replaced once prior, but replacement part has failed only after 2 years of usage. Rear doors would not open due to latch failure.
Horn failed to operate/ all of the power windows failed to operate properly/ instrument panel brake light would come on whenever the brake pedal was applied, and driver's seat belt would come unlatched while driving. Dealer notified and refused to assist the consumer in any of these concern. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter.
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- Danville, PA, USA