2001 Kia Sephia transmission problems
17 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2001 Kia Sephia, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 11% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 crash.
What owners wrote
The first day driving the vehicle, I drove approx. 3 miles and the "engine" light came on and the "overdrive-off" light kept flashing off and on. The dealership told me it was a defective shift lever bushing and they had the car for 3 days to replace the part. A week later the engine light and o/d lights came on again.
I was driving down the road and the transmission started slipping. Then another day the car died going down the road. I managed to get off the road, and then I got it started back up ,and was going home and the car stopped running again. When I got it running again I took it home, and I am afraid to drive it again. I bought it at a used car dealer and it only had 37,000 miles on it when it bought it. It is not quite 93,000 miles on it now and I am still having to pay for something that I am afraid to drive.
Other problems reported for the 2001 Kia Sephia
- Engine 26 complaints
- Air bags 21 complaints
- Electrical system 18 complaints