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1999 Kia Sephia hesitation / surging reports

11 NHTSA complaints describe hesitation, surging or lurching on acceleration on the 1999 Kia Sephia — roughly 3% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Hesitation / surging reports
3%
share of complaints
59,000 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Hesitation / surging in other Sephia years

2000 Sephia10
1998 Sephia9
Sephia hesitation / surging by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 1999 Kia Sephia report before drawing conclusions.