2003 Kia Sephia problems

NHTSA lists 2 complaints for the 2003 Kia Sephia, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-07.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as KIA SEPHIA.

At a glance

Complaints: 2
With crash: 0
With fire: 0
With injury (complaints): 0
Injuries: 0
Deaths: 0
Recalls: 0
Do not drive recalls: 0
Park outside recalls: 0
Recall potential units (maximum): Unavailable
Investigations: 0
Open investigations: 0
Manufacturer communications: 3

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
System	Complaints	Share of this vehicle's complaints
AIR BAGS	1	50.0%
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	1	50.0%

Top subsystems
System	Subsystem	Complaints
AIR BAGS	FRONTAL	1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	ENGINE	1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.

Recalls

0 recalls.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

3 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
System	Count
EXTERIOR LIGHTING	2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	1
PARKING BRAKE	1
STRUCTURE	1

10201529

Date: 2021-09-13. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EXTERIOR LIGHTING, STRUCTURE.

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: INFORMATION FOR HEADLAMP CONDENSATION AND MOISTURE - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information relating to some Kia models tha

10041265

Date: 2011-06-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

KIA MOTORS: INSTALLING AN ADDITIONAL GROUND CABLE TO THE BATTERY MAY CAUSE SENSOR PROBLEMS. *RM

10026726

Date: 2008-08-28. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EXTERIOR LIGHTING, PARKING BRAKE.

KIA: ALL MODELS. ARTICLE PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATING TO THE IMPROVED DURABILITY OF BULB LIFE FOR REAR COMBINATION BULB; REAR STOP LAMP/TAIL LAMP BULB UTILIZED ON MULTIPLE KIA MODELS. *PE

Notes on this record

Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model label	Complaints
SEPHIA	2

Same model, other years

2000 Sephia: 266 complaints
2001 Sephia: 107 complaints
2002 Sephia: 6 complaints
2003 Sephia (current year): 2 complaints

All model years | All Kia models

Other Kia models, 2003

Sorento: 305 complaints
Sedona: 163 complaints
Optima: 141 complaints
Spectra: 90 complaints
RIO: 74 complaints
Sedona EX: 34 complaints
RIO Cinco: 8 complaints
Sportage: 4 complaints

Sources

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