2000 Kia Sephia problems
NHTSA has received 461 complaints about the 2000 Kia Sephia, and 22% of them involve brakes. Next are electrical system (11%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 461 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 57 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 45 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 44,000 miles 112 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 22 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 27 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 23 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 112 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 44,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 34,000 miles (24 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 57 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 45 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Kia Sephia with enough data (337 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving at 35 MPH, the consumer's vehicle was involved in a front end collision. Upon impact, the air bags did not deploy.
Tl* the contact owned a 2000 kia sephia. While driving approximately 40 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the contact's vehicle causing significant damage to the front end. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver suffered injuries to the right shoulder, head, and jaw bone. The front passenger sustained injuries to the right shoulder, head, and neck injuries. The rear seat passenger suffered a neck injury. All the occupants were transported to the hospital. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed.
This car was hit from behind by a sand and gravel one ton truck going 35 MPH. It was pushed into the large SUV in front of it. The kia and SUV were both stopped for traffic when hit. The kia seats broke and reclined back and the seat belt on the driver side broke. Many injuries were incurred on both the driver and passenger.
When my boy friend went to change the front brake pads on my 2000 sephia he was told that kia didn't make pads for my car.we had to purchase new rotors because the old ones were so warped you could hardly drive the car.kia said there was a defect in the rotors and that replacement ones were avaiable(at my expense).this ocurred in spring of 2003 then in sept 2003 my cv axles went out.my boy friend is an automotive technicianb and he is continuning his education at austin peay state university.
1. Rear window tint damaged by defoster wires causing the tint to bubble and obstruct rear view. 2. Heat damage to front dash results in an adjustment or movement to the fromt windsheild creating cracks in windshiled to large to repair. Occurs with both factory and commercially installed glass. 3. A sub result occurs where the defroster vents on the dash break and no longer provide directed air to the windshiled, causing obstructed views.