2000 Kia Sephia Service and Repair Manual

HIT A LIGHT POLE/AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *SC *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 KIA SEPHIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, HEAD, AND JAW BONE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, HEAD, AND NECK INJURIES. THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER SUFFERED A NECK INJURY. ALL THE OCCUPANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICL

WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I WAS THE PASSENGER I ALSO WAS THE OWNER OF THE CAR. KIA SOPHIA 2000. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD CAUSING MY HEAD AND HAND TO BE THROWN INTO THE WINDSHIELD TWICE. MY HAND WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD MY HEAD BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. MY CAR WAS TOTALED OUT FROM THE ACCIDENT BUT I FEEL AS THOUGH KIA IS AT FAULT FOR THE AMOUNT OF INJURIES I RECEIVED DUE TO THE FAULT OF THEIR SEAT BELTS. I HAVE TO HAVE EPIDORALS ON MY LOWER SPINE AND SURGERY ON MY NECK. ALSO THE AIR B

THIS CAR WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A SAND AND GRAVEL ONE TON TRUCK GOING 35 MPH. IT WAS PUSHED INTO THE LARGE SUV IN FRONT OF IT. THE KIA AND SUV WERE BOTH STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC WHEN HIT. THE KIA SEATS BROKE AND RECLINED BACK AND THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE BROKE. MANY INJURIES WERE INCURRED ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC.*MR CONSUMER JUST SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR WHEN TRAFFIC STARTED TO STOP. BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT TO NO AVAIL. CONSUME KEPT PUMPING THE BRAKES BUT NOTHING. TWO REPAIRS SHOPS STATED BRAKE FAILURE. CONSUMER CHECKED THE INTERNET AND LEARNED OF A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT FOR BRAKE FAILURE ON 1998-2000 SEPHIA'S/SPORTAGE'S FOR BRAKE FAILURE. *PH

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 KIA SEPHIA. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 20 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED TO THE LEFT. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AND SUSTAINED BRUISES TO HER CHEST. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE

NEARLY FATAL CAR ACCIDENT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE BREAKS DID NOT LOCK UP. *TR

I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON MY OWN, I FOUND THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST KIA SEPHIA & SPORTAGES FOR THEIR 1998-2000 MODELS FOR BRAKE FAILURE. THE BRAKES EITHER COMPLETELY FAIL AT ONCE OR A PERSON IS CONTINUALLY REPLACING BRAKES/PADS, ETC. I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO FILE A COMPLAINT IF THEY HAVE ANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *NLM *CB

DT: 2000 KIA SEPHIA. CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON JULY 26, 2005 WHEN A DEER RAN IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, SHE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND SWERVED TO MISS THE DEER. SHE HIT THE METAL GUARD RAIL AND A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD ON. THIS TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS ISSUED. CONSUMER HAS A GASH ON RIGHT EYE AND HER LIP WAS SWOLLEN. SHE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. *AK *JB

PURCHASED VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS BEFORE ACCIDENT AND NOTICED IMMEDIATELY THAT THE BRAKES WERE "MUSHY" AND STOPPING DISTANCE SEEMED UNUSUAL. INDIVIDUAL SELLING VEHICLE (NOT DEALER) STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE. IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO BE CERTAIN SINCED MY PREVIOUS VEHICLE IS KNOWN FOR VERY TOUCHY BRAKES AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT JUST BE AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD. HOWEVER, I AM A CAREFUL AND PATIENT DRIVER AND IN 20 YEARS OF DRIVING HAVE HAD ONLY 4 SPEEDING TICKETS AND ZERO ACCIDENT

WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. HAD EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR SHOULDER BELT ABRASION. *AK

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN A DEER CROSSED AND WAS HIT BY OUR VEHICLE. THE CAR HIT THE DEER BROADSIDE WITH THE FRONT END, THEN THE CAR WAS KNOCKED DOWN INTO THE DITCH AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT WITH THE FRONT END. BOTH IMPACTS WERE ACROSS THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE CAR. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WITH EITHER IMPACT. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE TOTALING THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE AMONT OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD A CRASH IN THIS VEHICLE SO THIS

THE CONSUMER STATES DURING THREE ACCIDENTS, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, ON ONE OCCASION A CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. *AK DRIVER'S WAS INJURED DURING ACCIDENT AND THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *YH