Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SEPHIA / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004016271 Incident Date: Nov, 20 2004
Consumer's City: MARTIN Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SEPHIA Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNAFB121115 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 15 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 21 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 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. i have replaced the brake pads 3 times.the dya it quit running twice with me is dec. 21 merry christmas to me.i didn't have the money to take it to a mechanic. so i just parked it in my backyard.*ak