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Automatic and manual transmission failure and replacementPOWER TRAIN8 complaints2002-07 → 2005-04sephia-2001-transmission-failure
10051866 TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STATED TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED FIVE TIMES
10067652 MY CAR HAS 30,000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES
10018677 THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED ON ME TWICE
Gear shifter and park position malfunctionPOWER TRAIN5 complaints2001-12 → 2011-04sephia-2001-shifter-park-lock
10081877 VEHICLE HAD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND THE GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT STAY IN PARK
10396329 I AM COMPLAINING BECAUSE MY GEAR SHIFT WON'T SHIFT
566019 CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING CONSTANTLY THE SHIFT LOCKS AND 3-35 MINUTES VEHICLE WILL BE OUT OF POWER
Door lock and latch malfunctionLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES4 complaints2001-12 → 2011-01sephia-2001-door-lock-latch
10088168 IN FREEZING TEMPATURES DOOR LOCK FREEZE UP AND ARE UNABLE TO BE OPENED FROM EITHER THE INSIDE OR OUT
10113397 AT COLD TEMPERATURES DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAD TROUBLE OPENING AND CLOSING
Air bags not deploying in frontal collisionsAIR BAGS16 complaints2001-02 → 2012-05sephia-2001-airbag-no-deploy
10328228 DRIVE AND PASSENGER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN 2001 KIA SEPHIA LS
10048076 WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
881104 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 30-35 MPH, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
Engine stalling while drivingENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING10 complaints2001-12 → 2003-12sephia-2001-engine-stalling
10050093 WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS
8002003 VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES FOR PROBLEM
10004785 WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE
Brake pedal to floor and hydraulic brake component failureSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC5 complaints2002-09 → 2007-02sephia-2001-hydraulic-brake-loss
10178913 WHEN STARTING THE CAR MOSTLY IN THE MORNING, THE BRAKE FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR
8018672 MASTER CYLINDER GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR
10004493 THE FLEXLINE SUPPLYING THE BRAKE FLUID TO THE LEFT REAR WHEEL HAD BEEN RUBBING AGAINST A RETAINER RING AND CAUSED ALL THE FLUID TO LEAK, RESULTING IN AN INOPERATIVE BRAKE PEDAL
Seat belt locking and release malfunctionSEAT BELTS6 complaints2001-08 → 2005-01sephia-2001-seat-belt-lock-release
8024110 CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK WHEN DRIVE SLAMMED ON BRAKES, CAUSING INJURIES
894855 WHILE TRAVELING WITH REAR SEAT BELTS ON SEAT BELTS LOCKS UP AND PASSANGER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE
8003236 BOTH REAR SEATBELT RETRACTORS KEEP TIGHTENING WHEN USED
Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.
Wrench.Pro (2026). 2001 Kia Sephia vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2001/kia/sephia
@misc{wrenchpro_2001_kia_sephia_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2001 Kia Sephia},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2001/kia/sephia}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
