1998 KIA SEPHIA Electrical Systemwiringfuses And Circuit Breakers Problems

12 NHTSA complaints on file

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Electrical Systemwiringfuses And Circuit Breakers Issues in the 1998 KIA SEPHIA

12 electrical systemwiringfuses and circuit breakers complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1998 KIA SEPHIA. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Electrical Systemwiringfuses And Circuit Breakers Complaints

#747058 | June 25, 2001

INTERIOR IS FALLING APART DASH COMING UNDONE, DOOR PANEL CRACKED, CONTROL KNOBS BROKE, DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AT FUSE BOX FAILURE WITH RELAYS CAUSING NO START, NO DEFROSTER, NO HORN, STALLING OF VECHICLE. CONCERNED OF POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FIRE

#877553 | January 5, 2001

CONSUMER HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT WHITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND SOMETIME HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

#784683 | July 6, 2000

FUSE BOX FAILED. NLM

#724280 | June 23, 2000

THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, THE CAR KEPT BLOWING FUSES AND WOULD NOT START. AFTER 4 VISITS TO A KIA SERVICE CENTER IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE FUSE BOX HAD BEEN BUILT WRONG. KIA HAD A REBUILD KIT ON HAND FOR THIS PROBLEM AND CORRECTED IT, AS WELL AS REPLACEING A NUMBER OF SENSORS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT DAMAGED BY THIS PROBLEM. NEXT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH WHOULD AND DOES SWITCH GEARS FOR NO REASON, JUMPING INTO HIGHER GEAR OR DOWNSHIFING INTO LOWER GEAR WITHOUT WARNING AND STAYING THERE UNTIL THE CAR IS BROUGHT TO A COMPLETE HALT. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN TRACED, KIA SERVICE TECHNICIANS CLAIMED TO HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE EXTENSIVELY BUT COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, DISPITE THE FACT THAT IT OCCURES FREQUENTLY FOR MYSELF AND MY WIFE. THE BRAKES STARTED ACTING FUNNEY AT AROUND 11,000 MILES AND UPON INSPECTION BY KIA PERSONELL WERE FOUND...

#550982 | March 14, 2000

BACKUP LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. YH

#550983 | March 14, 2000

STARTER FUSE BLOWN CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO START. NLM

#713154 | October 11, 1999

NO SUMMARY

#710628 | August 28, 1999

DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS WHEN USING THE AIR CONDITION, WHEN GET TO MY DESTINATION AND THEN I WANT TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, IT COULD BE O MINUTES TO ALMOST TWENTY MINUTES, THE CAR WON'T START AND IF YOU CONTINOUSLY FORCE THE CAR IN THE START MODE IT BLOWS THE 15 AMP STARTER FUSE. ALSO BECAUSE OF THIS THE WATER IN THE BATTERY WAS DEPLETED TO THE POINT WHERE EACH CELL TOOK ABOUT 4 OUNCE OF WATER. THE DEALER SAID THE BATTERY PERFORMED WELL ON A LOAD TEST, YET WHEN ALL THE LIGHTS ARE ON ALONG WITH ALL THE ACCESSORIES THE LIGHTS STAY DIM AND IT SHIFTS SLUGGISHLY. THE VOLTAGE WAS MEASURED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE ALTERNATOR PUTS OUT ONLY ABOUT 13 VOLTS, YET THE DEALER SAID IT PUT OUT 14.25 VOLTS, I ASKED FOR THAT THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY BE REPLACED BUT THEY REFUSED, ALTHOUGH THEY DID...

#842448 | July 15, 1999

CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING ONGOING PROBLEMS: TRANSMISSION MADE LOUD NOISE WHEN CHANGING GEARS , AND GEARS DID NOT LOCK INTO PLACE WHEN PUT IN PARK/FUSES KEPT BLOWING OUT, HAD REPLACED ELECTRICAL WIRES/STARTER WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO START VEHICLE & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, CALIPERS & PADS. BRAKE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

#705655 | April 15, 1999

WE HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS 4 TIMES AND THE DRUMS ONCE. THE CAR HAS DIFFICULTY STARTING AND TAKING OFF. VARIOUS PROBLEMS CONCERNING MINOR PROBLEMS, SEAT CUSHION , LIGHTER, A/C, GAS SPEWING BACK OUT OF TANK ETC. OUR MAJOR CONCERN IS THE BRAKING SYSTEM WHICH STARTED SIX WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE AND HASN'T ENDED YET. THE KIA REPRESENTATIVE IS UNCOOPERATIVE.

#704088 | March 5, 1999

SINCE PURCHASING THE VECHILE ON 2-11-99 AT 7700 MILES, CAR HAS HESITATED STARTING, SLOW STARTS, SPUTTERING STARTS AND SOMETIMES CRANKS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE STARTING. THIS HAPPENS MORE ON COLD STARTS, BUT NOT ALWAYS. ONLY A FEW TIMES ON WARM STARTS. UNPREDICTABLE. CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED TWICE IN PAST TWO WEEKS. STARTER RELAY, STARTER AND FUSE BOX REPLACED. STILL HAS PROBLEM. BEING SERVICED FOR THIRD TIME IN AS MANY WEEKS.

#824447 | June 18, 1998

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE DEALER HAS REPALCED THE FUSE . *AK

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