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Brake rotor and pad warping, wear and pulsationSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC54 complaints1998-11 → 2003-05sephia-1997-brake-rotor-warping
746838 THE LAST TIME MY ROTORS WARPED FOR THE FIFTH TIME, MY DEALER WASN'T GOING TO REPLACED THEM UNTIL I HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION WITH HIM AND HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER
857536 AT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3,000 MILES BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WARPING, CAUSE UNKNOWN
716048 I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED 3 TIMES DUE TO WARPAGE, THIS CAUSES VIBRATION
Seat belt buckle unlatching or breakingSEAT BELTS13 complaints1998-12 → 2005-03sephia-1997-seat-belt-latch
757001 SEAT BELT ON DRIVERS SIDE WILL COME UNBUCKLED WHILE DRIVING
837509 DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH ON PROPERLY,AND UNBUCKLES UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN MOVING AROUND
563257 ON IMPACT DURING AN ACCIDENT THE SEAT BELT BROKE IN ABOUT 4 PERFECT PIECES
Engine stalling while drivingENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING17 complaints1999-08 → 2006-10sephia-1997-engine-stalling
858365 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH
899476 WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN WITHOUT WARNING
10169738 DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING
Dashboard warping, lifting and separatingSTRUCTURE26 complaints1999-10 → 2007-09sephia-1997-dashboard-lifting
10040743 THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD IS LIFTING UP, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS MAY CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY
10037744 THE DASHBOARD CAME LOOSE AND LIFTED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE
743970 ON DRIVER SIDE DASHBOARD IS SEPARATING...AND BUBBLING
Air bags not deploying in frontal crashesAIR BAGS15 complaints1999-02 → 2007-03sephia-1997-airbag-no-deployment
10186043 AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A FRONT END CRASH
718078 DRIVER-SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING HEAD-ON COLLISION
10015761 NEITHER THE DRIVER NOR PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED
Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.
Wrench.Pro (2026). 1997 Kia Sephia vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1997/kia/sephia
@misc{wrenchpro_1997_kia_sephia_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1997 Kia Sephia},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1997/kia/sephia}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
