This deal is profitable. The price is 2.2 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $3974
Fair price: $4947
High price: $5919
MPG: 24 mpg city / 32 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Beige
Color: Sand Beige Metallic
Dealer: Dennis Eakin Kia
Mileage: 84,397
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 Kia Spectra SX
Estimated: $35417 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1556
$747
$653
$591
$529
$4076
Insurance
$1568
$1622
$1679
$1738
$1799
$8406
Fuel
$1472
$1516
$1569
$1632
$1705
$7894
Maintenance
$2763
$1540
$848
$512
$2291
$7954
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$427
$427
$427
$427
$427
$633
Total Ownership Costs
$8762
$6612
$6109
$5929
$8006
$35417
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2000
Displacement CI: 122.0474881894
Displacement L: 2
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 138
Engine KW: 102.9066
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: KIA
Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Spectra
Model Year: 2008
Other Engine Info: DOHC ULEV
Plant City: Hwasung
Plant Company Name: Kia Motors Corporation
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Seats: 5
Series: LD
TPMS: Direct
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KIA SPECTRA. THE VEHICLE HAS STARFIRE FLITE-LINE IV, SIZE P185/65R14 (NA) TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SWERVED BACK AND FORTH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRE TREAD WAS WORN. THE DEALER EXPLAINED WHAT CAUSED THE TIRES TO CONTINUOUSLY WEAR; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT COULD NOT REMEMBER THE INFORMATION. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED SEVEN TIMES WITH DIFFERENT TIRE BRANDS AND LINES. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
2008
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHEN MY WIFE SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIR BAG ACTIVATION SYSTEM DOES NOT ACTIVATE APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE TIME. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE SINCE SHE WOULD HAVE NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THERE SHOULD BE SOME WAY FOR ME TO ACTIVATE THE SYSTEM WHEN SHE IS A PASSENGER. *TR
