Consumer Complaint Detail

KIA / SEPHIA / 1996

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999084616 Incident Date: Feb, 14 1999
Consumer's City: ORLANDO Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America
Model Name: SEPHIA Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring:interior/under dash
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KNAFA1253T5 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 02 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 28 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The first month i had car the ignition/steering locked and needed towing by kia-nothing charged to me. the check engine light has been coming on and staying on shortly after 'repair' ever since i bought car 3-28-1998. i just got "run-around' from western diversified/kia and independent repair shop over axles. kia told me nothing covered after 36,000 mi.. after i thought i could send in bill for axles to extended warranty instead of calling at the time (male chauvinist mechanic) and after western diversified seeminly indicated axles part of routine maintenance (cv boot-didn't know were going bad) and i couldn't afford $200-300 for dealer to check car earlier-- dealers and kia then say i have 5/60 warranty on engine/trans and now won't cover axles because of independent mechanic touching car and he won't back up his 'warranty'. i just started full-time work not as a temp (but term) with co i worked 5 1/2 yrs before. all my money is going alternately to car repairs then catch up on car pmts and ins and i still need to move and can't afford to and really steamed and writing to atty general about kia--y2k means yuck to kia. *ak