Kia Spectra5 2006

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Light stays on in the kia spectra airbag system passenger seat mat is bad

We have had no accidents, but the mat sensor in the passenger sensor has gone bad causing the air bag light on the dash to stay on. The dealer was able to determine this by getting a B1448 code when diagnosing the issue. Many others have complained of this same issue with this and other kia vehicles. The part is prohibitively expensive at approximately $1600 for parts and labor.

Airbag light on due to faulty passenger side seat sensor. Exorbitant cost to replace. Can't afford.

Steering continually knocked after multiple repairs i still had a knock in my steering wheel during turns and going and an audible one outside all axles and suspension was deemed fine. I ended up selling the car since it was an annoyance. The passenger seat air bag sensor did not work properly it would flash a light on the hud for hours only when someone sat in it. The car also had very loose steering and was very unsafe on the freeway

Air bag light illuminated and was told by mechanic the sensor was faulty and it's around 2000$ to fix. Will not pass inspection without repair. Started around 60,000 miles. This is ridiculous, other kia models have been recalled. What can anyone do?

Airbag light came on, had a diagnostic ran on it came up as code B1448 oc passenger sensor mat defect, looks like its srscm 70. Was told that there is a tsb recall on this problem, but when i called kia, they said that it was not for this model. However after looking up this problem on the internet, a lot of people with this car have had this problem. Not only is it bad enough that lots of people are complaining about this, but kia says that they can't replace the sensor by itself, i would need to buy a new seat which would be $1600 dollars!!!! That's ridiculous. A problem such as this one should not be so expensive to fix. Did kia put this sensor there so that we would have to pay almost 2 grand to fix a crappy electrical job? By the way this is not the only kia around this year with this exact problem. Recall the spectra5 too!!!! *tr

The air bag indicator for passenger side as decided to come on and off. The main problem is on the dash board the air bag light comes on and acts as if the air bag indicator is not working, and it then will go off and come back on. This is a major safety concern and i have noticed it happening to a lot of other kia spectra5. It should be raised as a safety concern for the fact that now i am scared to place my family in this car. Also this car runs great engine wise, however, all of my door handels have broken off, my ck engine light has been on since my car hit 30,000 miles and the cd player has a mind of its on. Electrical wise its not good.

Just as others with my same vehicle have stated, the airbag light on the dashboard comes on and off and is a real safety concern. *tr

Air bag light on dash came on and stayed on. Passenger air bag message on dash does not come on anymore after starting vehicle. Took vehicle to dealer and they gave code as B1448 internal fault in passenger seat mat. Est. Repair $1450. Called kia consumer number and asked if this was the same problem as kia rio recall. I was informed that the nhtsa did not make them recall any other models and only if they were made by nhtsa would there be a recall and they would contact me if there ever was a recall. So after seeing other complaints i am asking the nhtsa to please include all kia models in the recall. I have 93500 miles and was going on 7 years of trouble free driving with my kia until now. I can not afford $1450 repair so it will remain as it is. Thank you. *tr

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• B1448 [3] Wiper Park Sense Circuit Short To Battery