1999 Kia Sephia complaints

I HAD TO GET NEW BRAKES PUT ON WITHIN ONE WEEK OF OWNING THE CAR 632 MILES, AND I'VE HAD A CRACKED BRAKE LINE, FUSE PROBLEMS WHICH THEY BLAME ON THE ALARM, BUT ANOTHER WOMEN HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH NO ALARM ATTACHED, I'VE BROUGHT MY CAR IN NUMEROUS TIMES REGARDING THE BRAKES, AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOTHING. I JUST BROUGHT MY CAR IN WITH 23580 MILES ON IT, AND I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED NEW BRAKES AND ROTORS, BUT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR. I HAVE FELT THE SAME KIND OF BRAKE PROBLEMS EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR, EVEN WHEN THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE CAR DRAGS FEELING LIKE IT'S NEVER GOING TO STOP, AND THEN THE BRAKES PUMP ALL THE TIME. I'VE CALLED KIA REGARDING THIS AND THE FUSE PROBLEM EXPLAINING, WHAT IF THIS CAUSES A FUSE TO BLOW WITH MY BRAKES, HEADLIGHTS, ETC....AND THEY DID NOTHING. I ALSO HAVE BUZZING COMING FROM MY ENGINE WITH THE IGNITION JUST SWITCHED TO ON. IT SOUNDS LIKE A WIRING PROBLEM, WHICH I'M AFRAID COULD CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. YOU NAME IT, THIS CAR HAS HAD NUMEROUS SAFETY PROBLEMS.*AK

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. HAD TO REPLACE PADS AND FRONT ROTORS ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS BY DEALER. PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

THE CAR WOULDN'T START SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT IT. IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE DEALER IN ORDER FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE STARTER. AFTER THE STARTER WAS REPLACED THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND THE FLYWHEEL WAS FINALLY REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK PRIOR TO RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE ON THE WIPER BLADES THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING HEAVY RAIN ON A HIGHWAY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE CEILING LIGHT GOING ON AND OFF WHENEVER I TURNED CORNERS. THE CAR BATTERY WAS EVEN REPLACED AFTER THE NEW STARTER AND FLYWHEEL WERE PUT IN BECAUSE THE CAR STILL HAD PROBLEMS STARTING. RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. A WEEK AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING ON AND OFF. THE CAR FINALLY STALLED AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE CAR WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME AND I WAS TOLD THAT A GASKET IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING. A WEEK AFTER THAT THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AGAIN AND THE CAR STARTING DRIVING AS IF IT WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THE CAR FINALLY STALLED AGAIN AND WOULDN'T MOVE.*AK

RECALL NUMBER 99V318000. REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM , FUEL PUMP DOES NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH CURRENT WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. *AK VEHICLE ONLY SHUTS DOWN WHEN IT IT STOPPED OR IS SLOWING FOR A TURN. *SLC

I STARTED TAKING MY CAR IN TO THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR ABOUT THE CAR NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY AND BEING SO SLUGGISH. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE DATES I TOOK THE CAR IN BUT IT WAS SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG OR THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS. IT HAS JUST GOTTEN SO BAD THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR NOW. I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES, THE AIR CONDITIONER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND STAYING ON AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHING ON AND OFF. I'M SURE THEY DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF THE MANY TIMES I'VE GONE BY BECAUSE THEY WOULD USUALLY JUST LOOK AT IT OR DRIVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK AND SAY THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. NOW THAT THE WARRANTY IS OUT , THEY HAVE COME UP WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS AT MY EXPENSE. THE CAR HAS NEVER PERFORMED PROPERLY AND THEY JUST KEPT PUTTING ME OFF UNTIL I FINALLY GAVE UP. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR NOW BECAUSE IT WILL BARELY GET UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR. I WILL GREATLY APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DO TO ASSIST ME. THANKS

THE BRAKES PULSATE WHILE BRAKING, THE BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. NLM

HARTFORD CLAIM #: YBSMD79874. FIRE UNDER HOOD - BATTERY CABLE/TRANS AREA. TOTAL LOSS.*AK

CAR FLIPPED OVER FOUR TIMES AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, SAFETY BELT SAVED MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE. *AK

HANKOOK MODEL UNKNOWN, P185/65R14, DOT T7HCA3Y478, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, KIA, SEPHIA WITH 29000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION, DID $ 1200.00 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. PLEASE ADD MODEL OF TIRE.*AK

BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES IN ONE YEAR. BRAKES SQUEAK WHENEVER WORN EXCESSIVELY. *AK

TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A KIA, SEPHIA 1999, DOT7HCA3Y478, AND TIRE SIZE P185/65R14. RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF, CAN ONLY SEE STEEL BELTS GOING AROUND TIRE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE . *AK THERE WAS 1225 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGES TO VEHICLE, TIRE WAS HANKOOK.*SLC

FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED A SPLIT IN SEAM, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN SERVICED BY DEALERSHIP FIVE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 2 YEARS FOR EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND WARPED ROTORS. DEALERSHIP CONTINUED TO PERFORM SERVICE ON VEHICLE. HOWEVER, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

BRAKES SEEM TO GO OUT EVERY 3,000 MILES. BRAKES HAVE A GRINDING SOUND AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE HAS TO BE INCREASED. DEALER STATED WRONG SIZE BRAKES WERE MADE FOR VEHICLE AND BACK BRAKES WENT OUT. VEHICLE DEPENDED ON FRONT BRAKES. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT NOW THE DEALER WANTS HER TO PAY FOR THE BRAKES, DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND REAR DRUMS, PULSATION ALSO OCCURS. ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED AT 30758 MILES. EXCESSIVE CRANK IN THE AM, DEALER PERFORMED WIRE HARNESS CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS ALSO CAUSING LACK OF POWER. SQUEAL IN STEERING, DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING PUMP AND POWER STEERING BELT. *SLC

WHEN BRAKES LOCKED REAR-ENDED ANOTHER CAR. AS SOON AS CAR WAS OUT OF THE BODY SHOP TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE BACK BRAKES WEREN'T FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. NOW 2 WKS LATER I AM TAKING IT TO THE DEALER AGAIN. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL #00V175, CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL COMING BACK OUT OF TANK AFTER FUELING, THE VALVE WAS REPLACED ONCE, CONSUMER THEN MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND WHEN SHE ARRIVED SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE SERVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE-EIGHTH OF A TANK TOO MUCH GAS IN HER TANK, ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WAS THEN MADE TO HAVE THE ORVR VALVE REPLACED, LATER ON THAT DAY CONSUMER WAS INFORMED AFTER HAVING BEEN TOLD THAT VEHICLE WOULD BE READY THAT THE PART WAS NOT IN STOCK AND IT HAD TO BE ORDERED.*JB

THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF ONLY WITH TRANSMISSION IN FIRST OR REVERSE, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE INFO WAS MISLEADING IN THE OWNERS MANUAL, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE BRAKE CABLE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH, THE PARKING BRAKE HAS BEEN ADJUSTED SEVERAL TIMES, ON ONE OCCASION THE BRAKE WAS SET ON PARK AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED AND HIT A GARAGE DOOR, FRONT DISC PADS AND ROTORS FAILED CAUSING GRINDING NOISE WHILE BRAKING. NLM

DRIVER'S SIDE BUCKLE WILL NOT STAY FASTENED. AT TIMES CONSUMER MUST PUNCH BUCKLE TO MAKE IT FIT IN. ALSO, HAS BEEN SOME INCIDENTS OF WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED QUICKLY, THE SEATBELT WOULD JERK AND POP OFF.*AK*EA04007*

SINCE EARNHARDT KIA RE-GROUND TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS AND WORKED ON FUEL PUMP (ANOTHER RECALL), CAR HAS STILL STUCK IN GEAR, DRAGGED, MADE GRINDING SOUND AND SHAKES FROM 45 TO ESP. 55-75 MPH, PARTIC WHEN RUNNING HOT (OVER 15 MINUTES). IT ALSO STILL RANDOMLY STALLS ON COLD START OR WHEN RAINY/WET. KIA CONSUMER AFFAIRS CALLED AND REQUESTED I NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO EARNHARDT OR TO THOMAS MOTORS AUTHORIZED KIA DEALERSHIPS AND TO PLEASE TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY WOULD CALL BACK TO CONFIRM A LOANER VEHICLE....WHICH THEY DID NOT. SURE ENOUGH, THIS MORNING, ON THE WAY TO WORK, IT WAS DOING IT'S USUAL DRAGGING, GRINDING, AND SHAKING WHILE I DROVE EXCEPT, THIS TIME, IT STUCK IN 1-2 GEAR ALL THE WAY UP TO 45MPH, THEN JUMPED, AND THEN WHEN IT WENT UP TO 65MPH (FREEWAY) RIGHT AFTERWARDS, I SMELLED A STRANGE SMOKEY CHEMICAL SMELL AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY. I WAS TWO EXITS FROM WORK SO WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO WORK AND CALLED KIA AND ANOTHER DEALERSHIP (CHILDRESS KIA) RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 28,800 MILES AND KESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, I TWICE HAD TO CALL KIA BACK WHEN ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND THEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER THEY HAD ARRANGED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE INDICATED THAT KIA HAD PLACED A NOTE IN MY FILE THAT MY WARRANTY WAS "PRE-EXPIRED." IT TOOK CALLING BACK, BEING PUT ON HOLD NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE THEY FINALLY INDICATED THAT THEY HAD MADE AN ADMINISTRATIVE MISTAKE AND, OF COURSE, STILL WARRANTIED. THIS MANUFACTURER HAS

COMPLETE BRAKES SYSTEM AND ROTOR KEEP PREMATURELY FAILING EVERY 9,000 MILES, CAUSING A WHEEL VIBRATION. VEHICLE WAS SENT TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE SYSTEM AND ROTORS, BUT DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF FAILURE.*AK

ON OR ABOUT APRIL 30, 2001 WE EXPERIENCED A BRAKE PROBLEM. UPON NOTIFYING KIA, THE SERVICE DEPT. TOLD S THAT OUR WARRANTY WAS FOR 12 MTH. OR 12,000 MILES. WE HAD PASSED BOTH. WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC TO FIX THE BRAKES. HE SHOWED US THE BRAKE PAD...BARE, AND THE ROTOR WAS CHEWED UP. HE REPLACED THE ROTOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE, AS WELL AS THE BRAKE PADS ON BOTH THE FRONT AREAS. THIA WAS A TOTAL COST OF 300.00. I HAVE THE ROTOR AND PADS. WE AGAIN CONTACTED KIA DUE TO THE FACT THAT BRAKES SHOULD NOT WEAR OUT AT 14000 MILES, THEY HAD A REP TELL US THAT THEY EXPECT THE BRAKES TO GO AT 12000 MILES OR SO. THIS IS NORMAL. BOLOGNA... THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, IF MY BRAKES FAIL...ESPECIALLY WHEN MY TEENAGE SONS ARE DRIVING I WILL NOT BE A HAPPY CAMPER. I WANT KIA TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. PERIOD!*AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT 65 TO 70 TOLD IT WAS THE ROAD. HAD THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED 3 TIMES FOR SHAKING AND WEAR OF FRONT PADS. *AK

UPON REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION VEHICLE CONTINUED RUNNING. ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART VEHICLE IT FAILED TO RESTART. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS, CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 20-5359-685. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED BRAKES MALFUNTIONING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVEN TIMES, AND THEY HAD FOUND OUT THAT ROTORS HAD WORN OUT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH WHEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND OVERDRIVE LIGHT WILL COME ON. THIS SITUATION HAD BEEN A PROBLEM FOR CONSUMER SIXTH TIMES. WHEN LIGHTS COME ON ENGINE WILL STALL. DEALER COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT.*AK

I HAVE HAS THE ROTERS REPLACED ON THIS CAR 4 TIMES! THE LAST TIME AT 32,000 NOW THE CAR IS AT 46,000 AN THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED AGAIN!!!! PAD ARE WORN DOWN TO THE STEEL. ROTER GETS SCARED. SAME THING EVERY TIME!!!! NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. I DONT FEEL THAT THEY HAVE FIXED THIS ISSUE AND SHOULD STILL BE COVERD UNDER THE WARRANTY. EVEN THE WARRENTY ON THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTERS WERE NOT UP YET!!!*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH FRONT LEFT SIDE, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. *AK

WE HAVE HAD MANY PRBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. FIRST THE ORVR VALVE FOR THE GAS TANK WEAD, THEN WE HAVE HAD PRBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS NOT OPENING OR CLOSING THE OTHER DOORS FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, THEN THE AUTOMATIC WINDOWS ON THE PASSANGER SIDE BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK DOORS HAVE GONE UP VERY SLOWLY ALMOST TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO PUSH THEM UP BY HAND. THEN A DASH WAS REPLACED, DO TO IT BUBLING UP. WE HAVE A BATTERY REPLACED ONCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT ALL. ALSO JUST RECENTLY WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, AFTER ONLY TWO WEEKS OF THE DEALERSHIP THAT WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DID A ELECTRICAL CHECK ON THE CAR AND SAID THAT IT WAS OK (TEMPE DODGE KIA) LOCATED IN TEMMPE, AZ. THE REASON WE HAD THEM CHECK THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OUT WAS BECAUSE AFTER THE REPLACED THE DASH WE NOTICED THAT THE INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR THE FAN AND THE AIR FLOW SELACTOR WERE DIMMING OUT AND THE A/C WAS RUNNING REALLY SLOW AT IDLE SPEED. ALL IN ALL THIS CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE AND WE HAVED COTACTED KIA MOTTORS CORP. SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO REAL ANSWERS TO ARE PROBLEMS AND NO COMPENSATION OR UPGRADE OF A WARRANTY ON THE EXISTING WARRANTY. IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP US OUT IN ANY WAY AT ALL OR NOT PLEASE E-MAIL US AT [email protected] OR CONTACT US AT 480-481-0351 OR 602-625-8079. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN THESE MATTERS. JESSICA JUNE BRADY & KEIL WILLIAM CONLEY.*AK

WINDSHIELD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO STRESS CRACKS. *AK ROTORS WERE REPLACED TWO TIMES. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE FOR FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS OVER 6X..3 RECALLS & STILL SEEMS TO RUN HARD/STALL. TRANSMISSION FIRST BROUGHT IN ON 1/1/00, THEY COULDN'T DIAGNOSE AND THEN 3/23/01 DIAGNOSED FOR SAME PROBLEM- REPAIRED. NOW STICKS IN 3-4TH GEAR. ALL 4 ORIGINAL TIRES HAVE SEPARATED AND BEEN REPLACED (15K MILES AND 24K MILES). ELECTRICAL STILL CAUSING POWERTRAIN AND ACCESSORY-RELATED (RADIO) RECURRINGLY FAIL. CAR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND KIA/DEALERSHIP FAILS TO DIAGNOSE/REPAIR ONLY UNTIL RECALL ON EXACT PREV BROUGHT IN PROBLEMS OCCUR (AND KEEP RECURRING). THIS PARTIC VEHICLE IS EXTREME HAZARD/LIABILITY TO DRIVE. (TIRESIZE: 185/65R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 185/65R14 )

ENGINE HAS LOCKED UP ON TWO OCCASIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I AM A FIRE INVESTIGATOR. I HAVE EXAMINED 4 KIA SEPHIA'S WITH SAME FIRE ORIGIN. +12 VOLT CONDUCTOR FROM BATTERY TO STARTER IS CHAFING ON TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK TUBE. *AK

CONSUMER NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ENGINE UNTIL RECALL 99V318000. SINCE THEN VEHICLE WILL STALL, THEN REGAIN POWER. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY SITUATION. *AK

BRAKES SMELL LIKE BURNING PLASTIC WHEN APPLIED GOING DOWN A HILL, BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, 8-30-99, 11-29-99, 3-13-00 AND 2-12-01.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TRANSMISSION LINE SEAL THAT LEADS TO MOTOR CRACKED AND IGNITED A FIRE, CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE, WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM VERY UPSET THAT THE PROBLEMS I HAVE SEEM TO BE REPETITIVE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN DONE 4 MAYBE 5 TIMES AND KIA WILL NO LONGER REPLACE THEM. THE POWER STEERING HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONED TWICE. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND HAVE WORKED OUT THE FIRST 3 TIMES THE BRAKES WENT BAD BUT I HAVE SINCE BEEN BACK TWICE AND HAD A POWER STEERING LEAK AND NOW MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP AGAIN. AS FOR THE BRAKES EACH TIME THEY WENT BACK THERE WAS SEVERE PULSATION WHEN BREAKING AND SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED AND WAS FIXED AND NOW LEAKED AGAIN AND IS BEING FIXED CURRENTLY.*AK

VEHICLE WAS CAUGHT IN A CHAIN REACTION AND REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED INJURIES. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ,REARENED ANOTHER VEHICLE ,DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD VEHICLE AT DEALER/MECHANIC APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES FOR MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE STARTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SPREAD TO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 40-2480-791. *SLC

CONSUMER HAS SUFFERED WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED BRAKES/ROTORS AND PADS WITHIN 18 MONTHS. IF DEALER REPAIRS BRAKES THEY WILL NOT ISSUE A WARRANTY. WARRANTY WILL BE GIVEN IF CONSUMER PAYS FOR REPAIRS. DEALER SAID WARRANTY WASN'T GIVEN BECAUSE OF TYPE CAR IT WAS. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF DRIVER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

THIS 3RD TIME ENGINE LIGHTS, I WENT TO KIA DEALER, GOT IT FIX AND GOT PROOF IF YOU HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. IF YOU LOOK AT MY RECEIPTS YOU BELIEVE HOW MANY TIMES I WENT BACK FOR THIS CAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN STALLING AND STARTING FUNNY. THIS CAR IS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY. THE FIRST TIME WITH CAR WOULD STALLING WOULDN'T GO UP HILL AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. THE SECOND TIME CAR STALLED AGAIN AND CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WENT UP IN SMOKE. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE WIRING NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE CAR WAS RUNNING ON ONE VAUL. THAT EVERYTHING IN THAT SECTION HAS BEEN BURN. AND AFTER THAT THE CAR WOULDN'T START OR SAY A WORD. AND I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHEN IT HAPPEN. HOW CAN 1999 BE SO MUCH TROUBLE. THE THIRD TIME ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN. WHAT IS IT THIS TIME. PLEASE THIS CAR IS HARZARD IT BEEN TROUBLE THAT DAY I BROUGHT IT. PLEASE CONTACT ME OR FAX OR EMAIL. ANYTHING FOR ADVICE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE . DEALER WILL REPLACE FUEL INJECTION HARNESS/ COOLING SYSTEM, AND VARIOUS OTHER PARTS.*AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP 5 TIMES FOR BRAKES; REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS. ALSO, AT TIMES THEY HAD TO REPLACE BOTH. VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A SQUEALING SOUND. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCES. VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, HAS NEVER EXPLAINED WHY PROBLEMS KEEP OCCURRING. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING SEVERAL PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE TIRES, VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AFTER 45MPH, VEHICLE VIBRATES, 3 TIRES HAVE WENT FLAT, A RING OF ONE OF THE TIRES BENT AND WAS REPLACED, ONE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE WEARING AFTER CONSUMER HAD NUMEROUS ALIGNMENTS, TIRE ROTATIONS, BALANCING, AND LOWERED TIRE PRESSURE, CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE A TIRE MAKE, MODEL, OR SIZE, THIS PROBLEM COULD ALSO BE RELATED TO A SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *SLC *SLC