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10082790 I HAD A NEW SET OF BRAKES AND ROTORS AT 2000 MILES, AGAIN AT 11000 MILES, 20000, NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAVE HAD ABOUT 6 SETS OF BRAKES AND FOUR SETS OF ROTORS
10016741 IN THE 3 YEARS I HAVE HAD THE CAR, THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED 4 TIMES AND ARE BEING SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN
8007586 BRAKES HAD A GRINDING NOISE. WAS HARD T0 STOP AND HAD A BUMPING FEEL TO IT
Automatic transmission failure and repeated replacementPOWER TRAIN13 complaints2001-11 → 2004-08sephia-2000-transmission-failure
10076217 CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED 7 TIMES
10074231 THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES SINCE THE CONSUMER OWNED THE VEHICLE
10001621 CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE
Gear shifter unable to leave parkPOWER TRAIN3 complaints2002-06 → 2005-12sephia-2000-shifter-stuck-in-park
10070775 GEAR SHIFT IS MY BIG PROBLEM RIGHT NOW WITH MY CAR. IT HAS BEEN IN 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. 1ST TWO TIMES WAS DUE TO THE IN-ABILITY TO GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK
8012625 CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SIX OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED
10146130 IT BECAME INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THE CAR TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. IT CONTINUALLY FELT LIKE THE SHIFTER WAS STUCK
Door latches and locks failing in cold weatherLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES7 complaints2003-01 → 2015-03sephia-2000-cold-weather-door-latches
10137468 WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD, THE DOORS ON MY KIA'S DON'T CLOSE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERSON BUMP THE DOOR CLOSE FROM THE OUTSIDE
10191005 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS UNDER 0 DEGREES THE DOORS FREEZE SO BADLY THAT I CANNOT SHUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OR ANY OTHER DOOR THAT I MIGHT OPEN AND THEN TRY TO CLOSE
10300338 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED BELOW 25 DEGREES NONE OF THE DOORS LATCHES FUNCTION PROPERLY AND ITS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE THE DOOR
Dashboard warping and cracked defroster ventsSTRUCTURE5 complaints2006-03 → 2007-11sephia-2000-dashboard-warping-vents
10209279 NOW THE WHOLE DASHBOARD IS CURLING UP TO WHERE THE VENTS WON'T EVEN WORK
10161867 DASHBOARD WARPED AND BROKE THE DEFROSTER VENT
10164428 THE SEAMS ARE TORN OUT ON THE DASH BOARD IN FRONT OF THE MILEAGE ODOMETER
Brake pedal going to the floor or loss of brakingSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC10 complaints2001-10 → 2005-08sephia-2000-brake-pedal-to-floor
10081558 WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN BRAKING THE BRAKES FELT VERY MUSHY. CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR
10048289 VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC
898890 VEHICLE GOES THROUGH STOP SIGNS, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR ,AND VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN, BUT WILL NOT STOP
Air bags not deploying in frontal collisionsAIR BAGS11 complaints2002-02 → 2015-06sephia-2000-airbags-no-deploy
10260293 WE WERE IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 40MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
10080146 WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
8004724 UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED
Engine stalling while drivingENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING7 complaints2002-01 → 2004-03sephia-2000-engine-stalling
10062857 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON TWICE PRIOR TO VEHICLE STALLING
8001938 VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM
10018098 WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND TO RESTARTED TEN TO TWENTY MINUTES LATER
Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.
Wrench.Pro (2026). 2000 Kia Sephia vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2000/kia/sephia
@misc{wrenchpro_2000_kia_sephia_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2000 Kia Sephia},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2000/kia/sephia}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
