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Thanks,
Melissa
I also have a black 2008 spectra5 purchased in december 07. In march 08 my paint started to bubble on the hood, rear hatch, door trims and roof. I went to the kia dealer and was told that it was bird droppings that took the paint off my car and of course it's not covered in the warranty! Unbelievable response, I am now trying to go through the Hawaii Lemon Law and I guess I'll see what happens there. Ultimately I dont even want the car anymore which is really unfortunate because I really like the car, just not lying and deceptive KIA employees!!!! Has anyone thought of a class action lawsuit?
I'm going to try taking my car to 3 paint shops and get their professional opinion and start the fight from there.
I drove much older cars much more intensively than this one and never saw this chipping so quickly like that. Spectra is a nice car, but when I am planning to sell this car, my car esthetically is going to look horrible.
Good luck and do what I plan on doing, next time buy a Hyundai.
But also on that note i feel kia has a good warranty and they stand by it i have been to the dealership forve been i turned a corner way to fast and hit the ditch. It bent my rim so i put the spare on next day bought a new rim witch was slightly different than the orginall (but it dont matter cause it gets covered with the hub cap) A couple months later car started shifting really hard into second gear then started to leak transmission fluid. took it to kia they replaced my seals. A week later it started leaking again and more, Kia replaced seals and rebuilt the front axel that feeds into the transmission. NExt day fluid everywhere by this time i was annoyed but took it to them this time they noticed the rim asked if it had been wrecked i said no, they said that they were tired of working on it and told me they were going to replace the entire transmission. All done at no cost to me they gave me a rental,and when i got mine back it was full on gas washed and detailed. since them not a bit of trouble out of it