NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Kia Spectra Recalls
The 2006 Kia Spectra has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 25, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Kia Spectra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 100
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Kia Spectra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2006 Kia Spectra
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: mounting
- Campaign
- 11V256000
- Reported
- April 25, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 58,322
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005, 2007 Spectra
2006 Kia Spectra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 100 owner complaints about the 2006 Kia Spectra, the newest on September 29, 2023. Of these, 28 describe a crash (28%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 32 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Kia Spectra, the component group named most often is the air bags (46%), followed by the structure (9%) and the fuel system, gasoline (7%).
The 2006 Kia Spectra's only recall does not concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Kia Spectra owners gave the mileage (83 complaints), the median was 67,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags46
- Structure9
- Fuel System, Gasoline7
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
- Power Train7
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic7
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Kia Spectra peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 17. 33% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Kia Spectra drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Kia Spectra year in the same window: 6th highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 100 complaints about the 2006 Kia Spectra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Spectra by model year
Other 2006 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted