1996 Kia Sephia review from Barbados
"Lemon from the get go."
What things have gone wrong with the car?
What hasn't gone wrong.
Brakes disks and rotors pads been changed to numerous to mention.
Turn signal unit is gone. When I go from bright to dim it stays on bright. If I make the mistake and leave the car on dim during the night the light will come on and drain the battery by morning.
Recently replaced the whole engine.
Console LED gone. Where the fan and ac controls are supposed to light up don't. LED in the cassette player gone. At night you can't see the radio station.
Driver side shock burst. Rear shocks and struts gone. The back of the car wiggles badly when cornering.
Had some problems with the power windows.
The Power antenna gave some problems. The driver side rear brake light keeps blowing.
The spoiler was not fitting back properly from the dealer. Had to get a replacement.
Power Steering pump went. I was driving with no power steering for about 2 days till we found a replacement.
Gas line problems. The top of the tank where the gas nozzle reaches, had rusted so I can't fill the tank right up with gas. When it gets under half tank it burns a lot of gas very quickly.
Had transmission problems. Had to replace the whole transmission.
General comments?
This car should have never been put into production.
Get the feeling Toyota.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Year of manufacture | 1996 |
| First year of ownership | 1996 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2003 |
| Engine and transmission | Automatic |
| Performance marks | 1 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 2 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 5 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 1 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 1 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Most recent distance | 475000 kilometres |
| Previous car | Daihatsu Hijet |
| Date of Entry | 22nd April, 2003 |