Premature brake rotor and pad wear with pulsationSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC33 complaints2000-10 → 2004-10sephia-1998-brake-rotor-pad-wear
- 877607 BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURLY WEARING OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHAKE. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED ROTORS 3 TIMES WITHIN 19,000 MILES
- 895016 WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY SQUEAL/ PULSATE, AND THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPLACED DEFECTIVE FRONT ROTORS 4 TIMES WITH NEW AND IMPROVED ROTORS
- 872440 BRAKE ROTORS KEEP WARPING AND ARE PREMATURELY FAILING. CONSUMER REPLACED ROTORS 8-10 TIMES
Brake pedal to floor and loss of brakingSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC8 complaints2000-10 → 2004-09sephia-1998-brake-pedal-to-floor
- 10091514 THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO THE DEALER
- 887722 WHEN CONSUMERATTEMPTS TO APPLY BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, AND MUST BE PUMPED IN ORDER TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP
- 872086 WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT ON BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL WAS ALMOST RIPPED OUT OF DRIVER'S HAND
Fuel spill at refueling after ORVR recall repairFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE7 complaints2000-11 → 2003-10sephia-1998-orvr-fuel-spillback
- 8002137 RECALL 00V175000 REPAIRS ON ORVR VALVE WAS DONE THE SECOND TIME IN NOV. 2001. WHEN FUELING VEHICLE FUEL IS STILL SPILLING ON GROUND
- 888777 CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V175000, AND HAD IT REPAIRED IN DECEMBER 2000. PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED AS THOUGH IT WAS NEVER FIXED
- 898636 FUEL TANK WILL ONLY FILL UP 95% OF FUEL CAPACITY
Dashboard warping and cracked defroster ventsSTRUCTURE6 complaints2001-01 → 2008-07sephia-1998-dashboard-lifting
- 10038264 DASHBOARD IS BEGINNING TO LIFT AND BUBBLES ARE FORMING NEAR THE VENTS FOR THE DEFROSTR
- 740661 FRONT OF DASHBOARD HAS WARPED, AND DEFROST VENTS ARE CRAKCED CAUSING DEFROST ON FRONT WINDSHIELD TO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY
- 10234731 THE DASH BOARD IS CURLING UP AROUND THE FRONT WINDOW VENTS WHICH IS KICKING THE VENTS OUT
Engine stalling and no-start with fuel pump wiringFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE11 complaints2001-01 → 2019-11sephia-1998-stall-fuel-wiring
- 11281090 WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING
- 8020852 AS A RESULT, VEHICLE STALLS W/O WARNING AND WIRINGS HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED BEFORE VEHICLE IS ABLE TO RESTART
- 10261658 THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HIS VEHICLE WOULD PERIODICALLY FAIL TO START
Automatic transmission failure and replacementPOWER TRAIN14 complaints2001-03 → 2007-07sephia-1998-transmission-failure
- 10002299 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES AND EACH TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM
- 882698 TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND VEHICLE STALLED/ MALFUNCTIONED
- 742277 MY VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILING IN THIRD GEAR
Vehicle fire and wiring harness burningELECTRICAL SYSTEM6 complaints2001-04 → 2006-05sephia-1998-underhood-fire-wiring
- 8014890 A FIRE STARTED FROM MAIN WIRING HARNESS UNDER DASH WHICH LED TO FUSE RECPTICLE UNDER HOOD
- 886541 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY COULD SEE SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE
- 10025070 WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD, AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE
Air bag non-deployment in frontal collisionAIR BAGS6 complaints2001-01 → 2007-07sephia-1998-airbag-non-deployment
- 10096855 THE DUAL AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT
- 878732 UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO CONSUMER AND CHILD IN VEHICLE
- 10001672 CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THEY WAS HIT IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER
