Axle Assembly Problems of Kia Motor Sephia

This car has been a constant repair and financial problem for the last 4 years starting two weeks after I purchased the car. It is an unsafe vehicle and can not be kept maintained for safety or reliability it was purchased with 21000 miles on the vehicle and a majority of repairs has had to be fixed. 4 starters, ignition switch, ignition switch wiring harness (ignition still doesn't work), air bag sensor, air bag wiring (air bags still does not work), alternator, front passenger side drive axel broke while I was driving the car, right passenger ball joint fell off the car while I was driving the car, master cylinder and rear brake cylinder went out at the same time while I was driving the car, heater/air conditioning motor. The car has been towed 3 times, and has left me and my children stranded too many times to count. The car is still in need of major repair. The driver rear stabilizer bushings need replaced, the driver's side drive axel needs replaced, the air bags still do not work, the ignition switch still gets stuck and won't turn over, and two weeks ago a piston was thrown through the engine and caught the car on fire. The car is now parked in my drive way leaving me stuck with a car payment and a car that is not worth fixing.

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While making a right turn a loud knocking noise CA from the from the vehicle. Driver took the vehicle to dealer, and mechanic determined that front passenger side axle needed to be replaced due to corrosion.

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When my boy friend went to change the front brake pads on my 2000 Sephia he was told that kia didn't make pads for my car. We had to purchase new rotors because the old ones were so warped you could hardly drive the car. Kia said there was a defect in the rotors and that replacement ones were avaiable(at my expense). This ocurred in spring of 2003 then in sept 2003 my cv axles went out. My boy friend is an automotive technicianb and he is continuning his education at austin peay state university. He took my car to his professor who is a. S. E. Certified and he was told that the axles most likely went out due to the vibration of the rotors. We replaced the rotors but waited until the dealer told us that they were not covered by the warranty. Thus the damage incurred because of the rotors was Kia Motor comapnies fault. We have paid over 1200. 00 dollars on repairs in 2003 and this vechicle only has 42000 miles on it. Can you please help us?.

While driving vehicle had a leaking problem from rear. Took vehicle to dealership, and mechanic indicated that brakes had only dust on them, and it was okay to drive. Drove vehicle on freeway and right rear axle broke, causing tire to roll down interstate. Vehicle was towed back to dealership.

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The first month I had car the ignition/steering locked and needed towing by kia-nothing charged to me. The check engine light has been coming on and staying on shortly after 'repair' ever since I bought car 3-28-1998. I just got "run-around' from western diversified/kia and independent repair shop over axles. Kia told me nothing covered after 36,000 mi. . After I thought I could send in bill for axles to extended warranty instead of calling at the time (male chauvinist mechanic) and after western diversified seeminly indicated axles part of routine maintenance (cv boot-didn't know were going bad) and I couldn't afford $200-300 for dealer to check car earlier-- dealers and kia then say I have 5/60 warranty on engine/trans and now won't cover axles because of independent mechanic touching car and he won't back up his 'warranty'. I just started full-time work not as a temp (but term) with CO I worked 5 1/2 yrs before. All my money is going alternately to car repairs then catch up on car pmts and ins and I still need to move and can't afford to and really steamed and writing to atty general about kia--y2k means yuck to kia.

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Ongoing problem with battery failure; dealer notified, and replaced faulty battery on two occasions, and problem reoccurred. Also, and problem engine hesitation. Dealer notified. The consumer found out right after leasing the vehicle, that the radio was inoperable. The vehicle began squeeking in the rear end when turning. The heater malfunctioned. The left rear strut assembly failed causing knocking noise at right rear. The o-ring failed causeing the distributor leak and there was loss of power while driving.

Transmission- drove car to dealer because of suspected axel problem(reacurring), was unable to drive it out of dealership, they replaced axel (3rd time) then said it was transmission problem. I told them not to do transmission work, they removed new axel( said it wasn't defective after all) had car towed at my expense from dealership. Axel was replaced 1st time, broke within 30 days, repaired again. 11 months later started having same problem. Brakes replaced 3 times. Tires replaced 3 times in 3 years.

Axle failed.