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Kia Sephia Engine Problems

86 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 2 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2000. Best year: 2001.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Engine · 2000 4

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. PH *CB *JB

Engine · 2001 4

ENGINE AND LOTS OF OTHERS. *NLM

Engine · 2001 4

THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. *JB

Engine · 2000 4

AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT FUEL SYSTEM DID SHUT DOWN, CAUSING TRANSMISSION AND OTHER FUEL TO LEAK OUT. *AK

Engine · 2000 4

INCIDENT #1> HUSBAND DROVE V1 TO JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA, ABOUT 21 DAYS AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. I WENT OUT THE NEXT MORNING, STARTED CAR PULLED FROM YARD/ ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, BACKED INTO YARD, CHECKED OIL NOTED NONE IN V1( DEALER STAT...

Engine · 2000 3

DAUGHTER DRIVE CAR IN HOSPITAL 05/12/02 AND 06/06/02 FROM FUEL LEAK BACK INTO CAR, CAUSING HER TO PASSOUT, DIZZINESS,/ NAUSEA/ VOMTING AND DIFFCULT IN BREATHING AND HEADACHE. *AK

Engine · 2000 3

THE MOLD IN THE CAR HAS CAUSED TWO PEOPLE TO GET SICK . WE HAVE TOLD KIA OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING FOR US. THE CAR HAS BEEN TEST FOR TOXICITY MOLD. I HAVE CONTACTED THE BBB AUTO LINE AND NOTHING AS BEEN RESOLVED IN ...

Engine · 2000 2

The contact owns a 2000 Kia Sephia. The contact stated that while driving at 40 MPH and approaching a traffic light, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle stalled. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact was unable to...

Engine · 2001 2

MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE THIRD MAJOR REPAIR IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS. FIRST, IN JAN. OF '04 THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE BLOCK. THAT REQUIRED THE ENTIRE ENGINE TO BE REPLACED ($3,800). THEN, 2 MONTHS AGO, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD TO ...

Engine · 2001 2

I AM JUST A LITTLE DISGUSTED BY THE FACT THAT I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW VEHICLE SO THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT REPAIRS FOR AWHILE. I BOUGHT A 2001 KIA SEPHIA IN AUGUST OF 2001 AND IT IS NOW JULY 2004 AND MY FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED TWICE...

Engine · 2000 2

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON TWICE PRIOR TO VEHICLE STALLING. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO INDICATE THE REASON WHY THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. *AK

Engine · 2001 2

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *PH

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