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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004288640 | Incident Date: Jul, 01 2004 |
| Consumer's City: BREMERTON | Consumer's State: WA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America |
| Model Name: SEPHIA | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:delivery:fuel pump |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 17 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 16 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I am just a little disgusted by the fact that i bought a brand new vehicle so that i wouldn't have to worry about repairs for awhile. i bought a 2001 kia sephia in august of 2001 and it is now july 2004 and my fuel pump has failed twice now. i have had vehicles in the past that have had well over 100,000 miles before ever having to replace a fuel pump. i feel that they should last more that a year or year and a half. i also had the shifter replaced due to a defect. this is a part i have never had to repace on a vehicle even with 300,000 miles!! the fuel pump is my biggest compaint however. i am just over the 60, 000 mile warranty and the fuel pump is going out for the second time. i had to have it replace after i had the vehicle for only a year. the majority of the miles on the car are highway miles as i have approx. a 70 mile commute per day. i can't believe i would be the only person that has had the problem with the fuel pump. all maintenance and oil changes have been done on schedule. i only use gas from either a texaco or chevron station...no cheap gas so this is really difficult to swallow. please let me know if there have been other similar compaints. thank you |
