1998 Kia Sephia complaints

THE ROTORS HAVE WARPED ON US TWICE. MY DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME THAT THIS IS NOT DANGEROUS, AND THAT IT IS MY IMAGINATION THAT I HAVE A HARD TIME BRAKING WHILE WAITING FOR PARTS, AND WHEN COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE, I HAD TO FIGHT FOR THE CONTROL OF MY CAR BECAUSE OF THE SHIMMY. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE PADS WHEN THE ROTERS ARE REPLACED. WHEN THE ROTORS WARP, I HAVE HAD NO NOTICE. THIS CAR SCARES ME. *AK

UNTIL NOW DEALERSHIP NOR MANUFACTURER IS COOPERATING

THE ENGINE JUST DIED WHILE ON A MAJOR 2 LANE HIGHWAY. HAD HAZARDS ON AND WAS HIT ON DRIVER SIDE

ROTORS WARPED/VIBRATED AND WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES. *AK

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.

BRAKES PROBLEM.

WINDSHIELD GLASS IS TOO THIN, CAUSING STRESS CRACKS WHILE DRIVING. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED. VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & HAD THE BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED. *AK

IGNITION COIL AND SPARK PLUGS FAILED.

BOTH HEAD LAMP SEALS FAILED, SO WHEN IT RAINS OR THE CAR IS WASHED THE HEADLIGHTS FOG UP SEVERLY CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

DISC BRAKE FAILED. YH

MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SOME HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE DEALER

DEALER COMMENTED THAT THIS PROBLEM (WARPING OF FRONT ROTORS) HAS BEEN ONGOING WITH KIA SEPHIA SINCE THE 1997 MODEL YEAR. THE SERVICE MANUAL STATES THAT THE BRAKES SHOULD BE INSPECTED AT 30,000 MILES. HERE I AM AT 10,000 AN I NEED THE ROTORS REPLACED A SECOND TIME!!! IF THIS IS NOT DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING, WHAT IS?

ENGINE CONTINUALLY FAILS, UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. DEALER HAS RESET THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYS ON, AND THE ENGINE CUTS OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. DEALER SAYS GAS PEDAL IS BEING APPLIED TOO HARD. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FUEL SIPHONING ITSELF OUT OF FILLER NECK WHENEVER VEHICLE IS 1/8 FROM BEING FULL. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND ARE TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION. *AK

THE DEFECTIVE STEERING COLUMN CAUSES THE WHEEL TO LOCK UP WHILE MAKING A TURN WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE HAS A NO START WHICH WAS CAUSED A DEFECTIVE PART IN THE STEERING COLUMN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPYLING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE BRAKES LOCKS UP ,CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE ALSO VEERS TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. WHENEVER SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE, VEHICLE JUMPED. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & HAD PROBLEM REPAIRED. INFORMED WAS A THROTTLE SENSOR THAT WAS CAUSING THE ACCELERATION. A MONTH LATER, THE PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES DUE TO WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/PADS. ALSO, DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD/PLASTIC PIECES ON SEATS STICKING AND DIGGING INTO SKIN, AND STTERING WHEEL RUBBE RLOOSE ON SPOKES. AK

WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ALLOW ANY ACCELERATION. CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED VERY HARD JERKING WHEN PLACING THE VEHICLE IN GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DISC PLATES/ROTORS WARPED AND PADS FAILED RESULTING IN VIBRATION AND HANDLING PROBLEMS WHILE BRAKING.

FRONT AXLE MADE A NOISE DUE TO A WRONG SIZE OF THE AXLE ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION/ EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. AXLE AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED. GAS TANK WILL NOT FILL PROPERLY, SPITS GAS BACK ONTO THE GROUND. *AK *ML

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SEVERAL PROBLEMS WIT VEHICLE. THE HORN, BRAKES, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT, AND GAS LIGHTS HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING. WHEN THEY PUT IN GASOLINE IN VEHICLE, IT SHOOTS BACK OUT AND THE GAS LIGHT CONTINUES TO ILLUMINATE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES JUST FOR THE ROTORS AND BRAKES AND A NEW MASTER CYLINDER AND NOW A NEW TRANSMISION AND NOW THE BRAKES ARE STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED . I HAVE CONTACTED KIA AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING FOR ME I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANY THING BUT HELP ME REFINCE AGAIN I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO .I WANT THEM TO BUY BACK THE CAR IT IS NOT SAFE FOR THE ROAD . PLEASE HELP ME TJONES5460 THANK YOU.

MOTOR MAKES ALOT OF NOISE WHEN DRIVING ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENTS, IT DOESN'T MATTER. DEALER STATES NO PROBLEM, AND IT IS THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. PROBLEM WA SFINALLY FIXED. *AK

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED,THEY WOULD INTERMITTENTLY GRAB OR START TO MAKE A POPPING NOISE. ALSO, SOUND LIKE METAL GRANDING. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPLACED PADS. CONDITION STILL OCCURS. *AK

ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND HESITATES BEFORE STARTING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPING/ STRIPPING OF WINDSHIELD WIPER GEARS/ SPEEDOMETER HEAD BROKEN.

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THEY WOULD START TO MAKE A POPPING NOISE. IT WOULD SOUND LIKE METAL RUBBING. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED A NUT WAS LEFT OUT OF THE SUSPENSION. IT WAS REPLACED, BUT VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING AGAIN LIKE IT'S OUT OF BALANCE. *AK THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER RIGHT AND SPOSE GAS OUT WHILE FILLING. *YH

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH OR MORE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND CONDITION CANNOT BE RESOLVED. MANUFACTURER ALSO NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITH OUT INDICATIONS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NOISY ENGINE. TWO ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR AND NOISE PERSIST.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO CHANGE LANES THE VEHICLE WENT IN REVERSE AND THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN DRIVE. CONSUMER ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH POOR BRAKING, POOR BRAKING RESPONDS WHEN MAKING A NORMAL STOP. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS AND LOSES POWER FROM 50 MPH TO 40 MPH. DEALERS ARE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. ALSO VEHICLE HAS MANY OTHER DEFECTS. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING 45-55 MPH, VEHICLE WILL DECREASE IN SPEED APPROXIMATELY BY 3-15 MPH, THIS HAPPENS ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND 5TH GEAR, WITH VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND ON AN INCLINE, VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP. *SLC

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE TURN SIGNAL FAILS TO WORK. DEALER REPLACED THE FUSE, BUT IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSNEGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

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

WHILE DRIVING AT 67 MPH VEHICLE LOSES SPEED. PROBLEM OCCURRED 4 TIMES. CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNKNOWN. *AK