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Brake pad and rotor wear requiring replacementSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC27 complaints2001-06 → 2008-04sephia-1999-brake-pad-rotor-wear
8021192 CONSUMER STATES THAT SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, HE HAS HAD TO CHANGE THE BRAKES/ROTORS EVERY 4-6K MILES-5 TIMES, AND STILL EXPERIENCING SLOW STOPPING
10113557 THREE OF THE FOUR BRAKE PADS HAD FALLEN OFF OF THE SHOES. THE PADS WERE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BUT THE GLUE THAT HELD THEM TO THE SHOES HAD DISINTEGRATED
890103 BRAKES SEEM TO GO OUT EVERY 3,000 MILES. BRAKES HAVE A GRINDING SOUND AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE HAS TO BE INCREASED
Transmission failure and repeated replacementPOWER TRAIN17 complaints2001-09 → 2006-11sephia-1999-transmission-failure
10047788 A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACE AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION THAT HAS BEEN PLACED IN VEHICLE
10006736 WHILE DRIVING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION KEEPS SKIPPING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST
899282 WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WILL JUMP OUT OF GEAR. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE FOUR TIMES BEFORE CORRECTING THE PROBLEM
Fuel spit-back and overflow at filler neckFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE10 complaints2001-06 → 2016-11sephia-1999-fuel-filler-spit-back
10043380 FUEL SPIT BACK FROM FILLER SPOUT: WHEN TRYING TO ADD FUEL, THE FUEL SPITS BACK OUT AT YOU
562947 THE VEHICLES GAS TANK WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS ON RECALL, THE DEALER ATTEMPED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE TANK WAS STILL SPITTING GAS OUT WHEN FILLING GAS
8004464 WHILE PUMPING SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK GAS WILL SEEMS OVER FLOWING AND SPILL
Door latch and lock freezing in cold weatherLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES3 complaints2004-09 → 2009-04sephia-1999-door-latch-freezing
10266203 WHEN IT GETS COLD, ABOUT 20 DEGREES, THE FRONT DOORS WILL FREEZE OPEN
10148899 THE DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH /FREEZES UP IN WINTER, AND THE DOOR CANNOT BE CLOSED
10090837 WHEN BELOW FREEZING, DOORS AND LOCKS CONSISTENTLY FREEZE, AND WILL NOT ALLOW ENTRY OR WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY (DOORS WILL NOT CLOSE)
Engine compartment fireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING20 complaints2001-07 → 2004-06sephia-1999-engine-compartment-fire
10029424 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT
6900912 WHILE INSURED WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, ALSO THE FIRE SPREAD TO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT
10026154 WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE AND PULLED OVER, THE CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED BY A PASSING MOTORIST, THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE
Engine stalling while drivingENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING18 complaints2001-08 → 2015-07sephia-1999-engine-stalling
10052230 THERE WAS AN ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A STOP POSITION OR WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH OR MORE
8008924 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING, ALSO VEHICLE WILL NOT START UNTIL AFTER 8 OR 9 TRIES
769684 THIS VEHICLE JUST TURNS OFF DURING DRIVING - STALLS OUT AT ANY TIME
Air bags not deploying in frontal collisionsAIR BAGS10 complaints2001-07 → 2007-11sephia-1999-air-bag-non-deployment
10090395 WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY
10019758 THE VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH BUT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT
10003653 WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. CONSUMER STATED NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED
Steering wheel lock-up while drivingSTEERING3 complaints2002-08 → 2003-07sephia-1999-steering-lock-up
8016191 STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE GOING 55MPH ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY. CONSUMER HEARD A CLICK IN THE STEERING AS IT TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT, AND THE ABS WAS THUMPING
8022509 THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH, VEHICLE WENT INTO A 120 FF RAVINE AND WAS TOTALED LOST
10024040 WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN , THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND ALMOST HIT A CURVE
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 1999 Kia Sephia vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1999/kia/sephia
@misc{wrenchpro_1999_kia_sephia_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1999 Kia Sephia},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1999/kia/sephia}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
