Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Kia Sephia submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 KIA SEPHIA. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 60 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED DURING HEAVY RAIN CONDITIONS AND THE WIPER MOTOR CONTINUED TO ACTIVATE; HOWEVER, THE WIPERS WENT INTO A VERTICAL POSITION AND WOULD NO LONGER OPERATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 138,000.
1. REAR WINDOW TINT DAMAGED BY DEFOSTER WIRES CAUSING THE TINT TO BUBBLE AND OBSTRUCT REAR VIEW. 2. HEAT DAMAGE TO FRONT DASH RESULTS IN AN ADJUSTMENT OR MOVEMENT TO THE FROMT WINDSHEILD CREATING CRACKS IN WINDSHILED TO LARGE TO REPAIR. OCCURS WITH BOTH FACTORY AND COMMERCIALLY INSTALLED GLASS. 3. A SUB RESULT OCCURS WHERE THE DEFROSTER VENTS ON THE DASH BREAK AND NO LONGER PROVIDE DIRECTED AIR TO THE WINDSHILED, CAUSING OBSTRUCTED VIEWS. *JB
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. WINDSHIELD SEPARATED FROM FRAME, MOLDING FELL OFF 4 TIMES DURING FIRST 4 MONTHS OF PURCHASE ALTERNATOR REPLACED TWICE. BATTERY REPLACED AFTER ONLY HAVING VEHICLE 2 MONTHS. AIR CONDITION (A/C) FUSE BLEW TWICE FAN FUSE BLEW ONCE CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. BACK DOORS STICK SHUT. BACK DOORS HINGES RUSTED AND BENT CAUSING SQUEAKING AND NOT COMPLETELY TO SHUT. TRANS SHIFTS HARD AND SOMETIMES STICKS. ENGINE LIGHT AND OVERDRIVE LIGHT BLINKED TRANS WAS SHIFTED BY ITSELF. HAD TRANS FLUSHED SEEMS TO BE OK. CAR SHAKES AT HIGH SPEEDS. TAPE PLAYER MAKES FUNNY NOISES IF USED FOR LONG TIME.GAS MILEAGE HAS BEEN POOR SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED. MOLDING TURNED WHITE. CAR HAS HAD FUEL FILTER REPLACED TWICE. FUEL SENSOR IN TANK REPLACED THREE TIMES. *LA
FRONT POWER WINDOWS HAVE FAILED. THE LEFT SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PURCHASE AND THE RIGHT POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED WITHIN THREE YEARS. *JB
ABLE TO ROLL BOTH FRONT SIDE WINDOWS DOWN BY PRESSING HAND AGAINST WINDOWS, AND FORCING/SLIDING IT DOWNWARD; FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT CLEARING OFF PROPERLY, REPORTING ZERO VISIBILITY WHEN IT RAINS. WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES WERE REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A POWER STEERING, RACK AND PINION, 4 SETS OF BRAKES GOING ON 5. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY TIRES ROTATED MORE TIMES THAN NECESSARY. THE BRAKES MAKES A GRINDING, RATTLING NOISE WHEN I TRY TO STOP. WHEN I PRESS ON THE BRAKES IT DOESN'T STOP QUICKLY. THE GASKETS AROUND THE DOOR IFS FALLING OFF. THE RADIO WILL SHUT OFF FOR NO REASON. THE HEATER WORKS WHEN IT'S HOT OUTSIDE. THE WINDSHIELD WAS LEAKING. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED. SOMETIMES THE CAR WONT CRANK AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE IT WILL CRANK. THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THE GLOVE BOX FELL APART. I HAVE COMPUTER PROBLEMS AND WIRING PROBLEMS. THE GEARS ARE HARD TO PUT IN REVERSE AND THEN WHEN IT FINALLY POPS INTO GEAR IT MAKES A LOUD POPPING SOUND. IT SLOW TO PUT IN DRIVE AND THEN IT WILL TAKE OFF REAL FAST ALMOST MAKING YOU RUN INTO SOMETHING.*AK
THE MOLDING CAME OFF AROUND THE WINDSHIELD.*JB
CONSUMER STATES FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT ROLL UP EASILY, THE ONLY WAY TO RAISE WINDOW IS TO PUSH ON THE HANDLE AS IT IS BEING TURNED, REGULATOR WAS REPLACED.*JB
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE OVERHEATED, THERE WAS STEAM COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, DEALER REPARIED THE WIRING, POWER WIRE TO FAN MELTED CAUSING SHORT TO GROUND.*JB
THE FRONT WINDSHIELD IS WEATHERING. NLM
ANTENNA BROKE ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. NLM
VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH A NEW VEHICLE WITHIN FOURTEEN MONTHS. COMPLETE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED/ BATTERY WAS REPLACED, AND DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WAS LEAKING AIR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WERE DONE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
THE VEHICLE HESITATES AT A SPEED BETWEEN 35 AND 55 MPH WHILE DRIVING. YH
THE MISALIGNED SELECTOR CABLE FOR THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFOGGER MAKES MORE FOG THAN IT CLEARS. NLM
FRONT WINDSHIELD GLASS SEALING KEEPS COMING APART, AND GLASS TREMBLES WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING OR ANYTIME WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD THE DEFROSTER DOESN'T DEFROST THE SIDE WINDOWS. CONTACTED THE DEALER WAS TOLD THAT A PART HAD TO BE ADDED TO THE DEFROSTER. THIS WILL TAKE TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE RECEIVING THE PART. THE DOOR LOCK MECHANISM WILL NOT CATCH WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE IN COLD WEATHER, AND ONCE IT IS CLOSED, THEN IT WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN THE DOOR. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ALONG WITH OTHER SAFTEY FEATURES ON THE VEHICLE ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. DOOR LOCKS BECOME JAMMED FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, AND THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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