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2003 Kia Sephia Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 16, 2004
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Oct 30, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 Kia Sephia. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Airbags
Filed Dec 16, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ADVANCED AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WILL INADVERTENTLY ILLUMINATE. THIS COULD CAUSE THE AIR BAGS TO BE INOPERATIVE. DEALERSHIP WA SAWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE IT.

NHTSA ID
10103923
Incident
Nov 22, 2004
Mileage
18,000 mi
Engine
Filed Oct 30, 2002

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT CAUSING IT TO BE HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

NHTSA ID
8021925
Incident
Oct 26, 2002

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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