Vehicle profile
2000 Kia Sephia
Sedan · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 122 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 1.8L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2000 Compact Cars
- 0.24× the 4.09 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- SEAT BELTS — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2000 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
04V305000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLYON CERTAIN PASSENGER AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLES MAY EMIT A "CLICK" SOUND DURING THE BUCKLING PROCESS THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE SOUND EMITTED WHEN A BUCKLE IS BEING LATCHED, WHEN IT IS NOT.
Consequence: THE LATCH CAN THEN PULL OUT OF THE BUCKLE WHEN TENSION IS APPLIED.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE BOTH FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLES. THE RECALL BEGAN AUGUST 16, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542.
24/06/2004
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