2001 Kia Sephia Service and Repair Manual

THE SEPHIA WAS HIT AT AN ANGLE ON THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE AIRBAGS DELOYED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND WIRING IMMEDEATLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CABIN FILLED WITH DUST FROM THE BAGS AND SMOKE. THE POWER WINDOWS DID NOT WORK AT THAT POINT. THE DRIVER COULD NOT SEE THE DOOR HANDLE. SOMEONE OPENED THE DOOR TO LET HER OUT. A PASSENGER HAD RECENTLY EXITED THE CAR OR THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DELPOYED AND WENT DOWN SO FAST THAT

ON MARCH 28, 2009, MY DAUGHTER WAS A PASSENGER IN A 2001 KIA SEPHIA THAT LOST CONTROL IN THE RAIN DOING ABOUT 50 MPH, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT & RAVINE ON ITS SIDE, STARTED TO OVERTURN, WHEN IT SLAMMED INTO A TREE. THE ROOF ON THIS CAR THEN COLLAPSED ONTO MY DAUGHTERS HEAD CAUSING SUCH SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA AND SWELLING IN HER BRAIN, ALONG WITH MANY MANY OTHER INJURIES THAT SHE DID NOT SURVIVE THE CRASH. WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY! ! ! HOW MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CAR NEED

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES. *AK VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *PH

WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT SEATBACKS COLLAPSED BACKWARDS INTO THE REAR. THEN, VEHICLE WAS PUSHED INTO A DITCH , AND AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PASSENGER SUFFERED BROKEN BACK AND LEG. DRIVER SUFFERED SEVERE BACK SPRAIN. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK *YD

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 KIA SEPHIA APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH IN DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA ON AUGUST 1, 2006 WHEN A PONTIAC BONNEVILLE PULLED INTO MY LANE OF TRAVEL. MY SEPHIA COLLIDED WITH THE BONNEVILLE AT A 20 DEGREE ANGLE. NEITHER OF THE FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND MY SON (FRONT SEAT PASSENGER) WAS THROWN INTO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WHERE HIS HEAD WAS LODGED IN THE GLASS. HE SUSTAINED A SEVERE AND PERMANENT CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND NOW REQUIRES 24/7 CARE. IN ADDITION TO SUFFERING A CLOSED HEAD INJURY, MY S

CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE LEFT FRONT BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH, NEITHER THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAG EXPERIENCED DEPLOYMENT, CAUSING INJURIES TO BOTH PEOPLE. *SLC

AFTER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED INSURANCE FAILED TO NOTICE THE STEERING WHEEL HAD BEEN CRACKED, I HAVE HAD THE CAR AT A BODY SHOP AND THERE IS SOME TYPE OF CONFUSION WITH GETTING A NEW STEERING WHEEL FROM KIA. WE ARE NOT CERTAIN OF THE EXACT ESTIMATE TO THIS DAY, NOR DO WE KNOW WHEN WE WILL BE GETTING OUR CAR REPAIRED. BECAUSE OF THE AIRBAGS FAILURE TO DEPLOY INJURIES DID OCCUR WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD THEY DEPLOYED . THE CRASH WAS AT 35 MPH AND WAS A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT. WE CALLED THE DE

AFTER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED INSURANCE FAILED TO NOTICE THE STEERING WHEEL HAD BEEN CRACKED, I HAVE HAD THE CAR AT A BODY SHOP AND THERE IS SOME TYPE OF CONFUSION WITH GETTING A NEW STEERING WHEEL FROM KIA. WE ARE NOT CERTAIN OF THE EXACT ESTIMATE TO THIS DAY, NOR DO WE KNOW WHEN WE WILL BE GETTING OUR CAR REPAIRED. BECAUSE OF THE AIRBAGS FAILURE TO DEPLOY INJURIES DID OCCUR WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD THEY DEPLOYED . THE CRASH WAS AT 35 MPH AND WAS A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT. WE CALLED THE DE

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE BELOW DATE AT 730PM.THERE WAS MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER IN MY 2001 KIA SEPHIA AND WE HIT A TREE AFTER LOSING CONTROL ON ICY ROAD.THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS BUT YET NEITHER AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED.*AK I FEEL THAT YOU AND OTHER CONSUMERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DEFECT IN THE AIRBAGS, CONSIDERING THE VECHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND PER THE OWNERS MANUAL THERE WAS NO SPEED LIMIT IN WHICH THEY WOULD DEPLOY.I HAVE PICTURES SHOWING THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE VECHICLE A

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I WAS STOPPED AT A YIELD SIGN DUE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND WAS STUCK FROM THE REAR FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK AND MY CHEST STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL AND REBOUNDED INTO THE SEAT. MY SEAT MOVED FORWARD CAUSING DIFFICULTY EXITING THE VEHICLE.

I WAS ON MY WAY TO COLLEGE WHEN I HIT A PATCH OF WET ROAD, WHEN I TRIED TO CORRECT THE SLIDE, THE RIGHT SIDE GRABBED AND PUT ME INTO A SPIN OVER BOTH LANES AND I HIT THE LEFT SIDE GUARD RAIL HEAD ON AT APPROX. 45MPH. AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY FOR EITHER SIDE. CAR IS ALMOST WORTH FIXING BUT I WILL NEVER DRIVE THAT METAL DEATHTRAP AGAIN. THIS IS MY FIRST AND ABSOLUTELY THE LAST KIA I WILL EVER BUY. *TR

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP IN TRAFFIC THAT CAME TO A SUDDEN HOLT, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. PEDAL WAS APPLIED, AND VEHICLE JUST BEGAN SLIDING, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN REAR. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN. KIA HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON ACCIDENT AT 30 MPH, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND I WAS INJURED.

CONSUMER STATES WHEN HAD A ACCIDENT THE REAR SEAT SHOULDER STRAPS DID NOT LOCK CAUSING INJURIES. TS