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KIA SPECTRA5 at salvage auctions

KIA SPECTRA5: model passport

Everything our database knows about the KIA SPECTRA5: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

At salvage auctions

Cars9
Median retail value$3,802
Median repair cost, % of value98%
Median odometer149,602 mi
Run and drive100%
Model year
2006
82008
Primary damage
  1. Front End 5 56%
  2. Side 2 22%
  3. All Over 1 11%
  4. Rear End 1 11%
Yard state
  1. CO1 11%
  2. FL1 11%
  3. MN1 11%
  4. NE1 11%
  5. PA1 11%
  6. SC1 11%
  7. TN1 11%
  8. TX1 11%
  9. WV1 11%

Median is the middle: half the cars are below it, half above. Retail value (Copart's Est. Retail Value) and repair cost are the auction's estimates, not sale prices. Odometer median counts only readings marked actual.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

58 complaints about the KIA SPECTRA5 (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints58
With a crash7
With a fire2
Injured5
Deaths0
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Airbags
    median 85,000 mi at failure
    28 48%
  2. Fuel and propulsion
    median 83,600 mi at failure
    5 9%
  3. Seats and seat belts
    median 93,000 mi at failure
    5 9%
  4. Electrical system
    median 67,500 mi at failure
    4 7%
  5. Speed control
    median 57,750 mi at failure
    3 5%
  6. Brakes
    median 75,382 mi at failure
    2 3%
  7. Body and structure
    median 43,000 mi at failure
    2 3%
  8. Steering
    median 103,000 mi at failure
    2 3%
  9. Exterior lighting
    median 65,000 mi at failure
    1 2%
  10. Engine and cooling
    median 117,000 mi at failure
    1 2%
Complaints by model year
2006
242008

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.