5.2

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
18,750 miles

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1999 Kia Sephia seat belts / air bags problems

seat belts / air bags problem

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1999 Kia Sephia Owner Comments

problem #4

Nov 012016

Sephia

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Seat belts work improperly, windshield wipers don't work, fuel pump is working inefficiently.

- Poplarville, MS, USA

problem #3

Nov 092016

Sephia

  • 75,000 miles
Seat belt patch clicks but will come loose with tension. This is the second recall notice that hasn't been repaired or reported by Kia after 17 years.

- Irvine, CA, USA

problem #2

Dec 262002

Sephia

  • miles
This is a complaint regarding equipment on the 1999 Kia Sephia ls, manufactured by Kia in Korea on 08/25/98, and targets an extremely important safety item, specifically the driver's seat belt which has a defectively designed latch, since when the tab is inserted securely seated into the latch, it pulls out when pulled, or when one leans forward slightly stressing the seat belt. It is very, very dangerous, and I informed the closest dealer to my location, bay ridge Kia when I brought the car in for correction of recall items, but the belt was not on the list. I am informing dot in the hope of preventing anyone from being injured by this defect. I went back to the dealer and at my expense immediately ordered a new latch section of the belt, part no. 0K2ab-57-680-96. Of course I asked, if that part had been modified? the answer was, no surprise, yes. I also had sent a letter to Kia service headquarters in san diego, California. Do not hesitate to recall this item, as the belt seems locked, but it isn't.*EA04007*

- Brooklyn, NY, USA

problem #1

Jan 112000

(reported on)

Sephia

  • miles
While trying to install a child safety seat the right rear lap/shoulder belt failed to stay switched into the automatic locking retractor mode a the owner manual states, leaving the child safety seat loose and not secured properly.

- Oakland, CA, USA

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