Eight problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 1998 Kia Motor Sephia. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The airbag in my daughters kia Sephia 1998 passenger side only deployed while she was sitting at a red light. There was no accident and no reason for the airbag to go off. Took to dealship for review and was told that the expert looked at the car and said there is nothing they can do and no idea why it happen. Then continued to say that someone could have done something wrong to the car and we would never no, but they were not going to spend any more time or money to find out what really may have caused this. My daughter, the driver, was slightly injured and now is affraid while driving or riding in a car.
Dashboard is lifting up and affecting frontal air bag on passengers side. Dealer has been notified.
Brakes,lights,seats,battery,airbags,odometer,leaks,aircondition,leftdoorhandle (tiresize: 14`)( dot number: tire size: 14` ).
While driving on main street, traveling 15mph, traffic was slow, and vehicle in front stopped suddenly, causing consumer to rearend vehicle in front. Upon impact, neither airbag deployed. Hasn't contacted dealer or manufacturer.
While crossing an intersection about 20 mph another vehicle ran head- on into consumer's vehicle and air bags deployed without prior warning.
Consumer was driving over a speed bump when the airbag experienced false deployment causing damage to the windshield.
Consumer was traveling during dry weather conditions at 40mph when his vehicle rearended another vehicle, and frontal airbags didn't deploy. There were no injuries. Consumer just received the vehicle back from dealer, and wants a second opinon.
While driving on old route 50 another vehicle cut across in front of consumer's vehicle. Consumer was not able to stop, and hit vehicle broadside. Neither airbag deployed. Contacted manufacturer, and was told nothing was wrong. Since the accident, airbags have been on all the time. Also, had brakes replaced 5 or 6 times. When applying brakes the steering wheel shakes. Also, done an alignment.