Vehicle profile
1996 Kia Sephia
Sedan · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 105 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 1.6L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 1996 Compact Cars
- 0.27× the 3.76 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- SEAT BELTS — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1996 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
02V216000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLYON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE SAFETY BELT BUCKLE MAY "FALSE LATCH" AND EXPOSE THE DRIVER TO UNRESTRAINED MOVEMENT DURING A CRASH.
Consequence: IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED, INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY.
Remedy: OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 20, 2002. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542.
16/08/2002
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"year": 1996,
"make": "Kia",
"model": "Sephia",
"trim": "Sephia",
"submodel": "Sedan",
"horsepower": 105,
"cylinders": 4,
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"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "FWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Compact Cars",
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"recall_count": 1
}Compare
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