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Kia Sephia by model year

3,077 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Kia Sephia across 9 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Kia Sephia

Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Kia Sephia 0 500 1,000 1994: 25 '94 1995: 104 '95 1996: 203 '96 1997: 375 '97 1998: 994 '98 1999: 749 '99 2000: 461 '00 2001: 158 '01
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
199425
1995104
1996203
1997375
1998994
1999749
2000461
2001158

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2001 158 Engine (17%)
2000 461 Brakes (22%) 1
1999 749 Brakes (28%) 5 23 to 24
1998 994 Brakes (32%) 6 23 to 24
1997 375 Brakes (24%) 1 23 to 27
1996 203 Brakes (25%) 1 21 to 27
1995 104 Brakes (17%) 1 22 to 28
1994 25 Brakes (20%) 1 24 to 26
1993 24 to 27