1999 KIA SEPHIA Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust System Problems
5 NHTSA complaints on file
Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust System Issues in the 1999 KIA SEPHIA
5 engine and engine coolingexhaust system complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1999 KIA SEPHIA. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust System Complaints
1999 SEPHIA BRAKES, TRANSMISSION WERE REPLACED. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE EXHAUST SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TS THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINE THAT THERE WAS A SPLIT IN THE CENTERPIPE OF THE EXHAUST WHICH CAUSED IT TO BE LOUD. THE PART IS A PIECE OF FLEXIBLE HOUSING. THE PART COULD NOT BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY BUT THE CONSUMER HAD TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE PIPE. THE PART WAS REPLACED BUT SPLIT AGAIN THREE MORE TIMES. *NM SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED AND GAS LEAKAGE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED.
#752245
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ENGINE LIGHT RECURRINGLY GOES ON. DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED, PREVIOUSLY, FOR EMISSIONS SOLENOID PART FAILURE. WHEN BROUGHT IN AND, AGAIN, CODES CAME UP AS EMISSIONS / SMALL EVAP LEAK IN SYSTEM, DEALERSHIP KEPT VEHICLE OVER 16 HOURS, TOLD OWNER THEY COULD NOT LOCATE AN AVAILABLE KIA MECHANIC TO LOOK AT OR WORK ON, SO THEY HAD A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER (HYUNDAI) WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THE HYUNDAI MECHANIC, SVC MGR SAID, COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO, AND THEN SVC MANAGER TOLD OWNER THAT THE HYUNDAI MECH MOVED SOME THINGS UNDER THE HOOD AND TIGHTENED GAS CAP, VEHICLE THEN SEEMED OKAY AND VEHICLE OKAY TO DRIVE WITH ENGINE LIGHT ON- JUST NOT WHEN FLASHING ON AND OFF' AND IF GOES BACK ON, BRING BACK IN WHEN A KIA MECHANIC COULD LOOK AT IT. I TOLD THEM THAT I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING, ESP. AS IT HAD JUST BEEN...
#876924
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WOULD BE DRIVING AND VEHICLE STALLED OUT. THEN, WOULD RESTART ON ITS OWN. CRUISE CONTROL REMAINED UNRELIABLE. BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN IT WAS ON. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC REPLACED ELECTRICAL WIRES. ALSO, EXHAUST SYSTEM HAD HOLES IN IT & WAS LEAKING, AND AIR CONDITIONER WAS REPLACED DUE TO COMPRESSOR SEIZING UP. *AK
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THE PROBLEMS I AM HAVING OR HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR ARE AS FOLLOWS, COOLING SYSTEM HAS COMPLETLY FROZE UP, WATER LEAK INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE UNDER DASH, MOLDING AROUND THE DOORS REPLACED, 4 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED, WARPED ROTORS WHICH HAVE ALSO WORN THE BRAKE PADS. AND I JUST RECIEVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE ON BOARD REFUELING VAPOR RECOVERY VALVES, WHICH I AM HOPING WILL STOP THE GAS FROM POURING OUT OF THE CAR ONTO ME WHEN I AM REFUELING. THIS CAR IS NOT ROAD WORTHY. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER THEY BOTH JUST POINT THE FINGER AT ONE ANOTHER, WHEN I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE I EXPECTED IT TO RUN. *AK
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I THOUGHT THE BRAKES WERE GOING BAD IN DECEMBER, THEY SHAFED THE ROTORS. IN LESS THAN THREE MOTHS THEY REPLACED THEM ON MARCH 2, 2000. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS THREE TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE EXHAUST. THEY HAVE TWO RECALLS. THEY HAVE HAD TO FIX MY TRANSMISSION. THE PIN STRIPES ARE NOW STARTING TO COME OFF. THE RUBBER PEICE AROUND THE BACK PASSENGER DOORS ARE ALSO COMMING OFF. *AK( DOT NUMBER: 0 TIRE SIZE: 14 )
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