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Used 1997 Kia Sephia Sedan Consumer Reviews

3.7 out of 5 stars
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3.13 out of 5 stars

Low Price Transportation

manolito, 09/26/2009
1997 Kia Sephia LS 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I just bought this 15 exterior color combination with a toredown interior. This little car will get me to school for the next 8 months and I will have no major or minor repairs. Yes, I paid $650.00 for it and I drove 56 miles one way to get it.

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2.5 out of 5 stars

HOPE YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE!

WATCH OUT!, 12/16/2002
1997 Kia Sephia RS 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful

I bought this car in March of this year. It has been in the shop every month since then. The car constantly stalls & shuts off. Have had multiple O2 sensors replaced, catalit convertor, not to mention the whole computer as well. Thank God it was still under WTY. Not a good car to have if you don't have spare time to be sitting in the shop & getting rentals.

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4.63 out of 5 stars

I Have Been Very Pleased With My Kias

zyxw, 08/15/2002
1997 Kia Sephia GS 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful

I was sorry to see that some of the other Kia owners have not had as good as an experience as I have had. I was a little nervous about buying a Kia Sephia in April, 1998, because they were just being introduced to my area of the country, and I seldom saw any others on the road (I see lots of them now). I liked my first Kia well enough to buy a second Kia two years later, and both have been reliable so far (one has about 59,000 miles and the other has about 19,000 miles). Hopefully they will continue to be reliable as their mileage increases.

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3 out of 5 stars

better than what has been described

TWKEEL, 01/14/2003
1997 Kia Sephia RS 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Initially I had some "kinks" that had to be worked out of my Kia. But after rectifying a repetitive brake problem and replacing a set of spark plug wires (that for some reason the dealerships never checked when the car would shutter and die) my lil blue meanie( I have a blue Kia) has been a very reliable vehicle. I have taken it cross country a number of times and am now well passed 100K. I am sure if I kept this car it would zip along for at least another 50-100K miles.

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4.13 out of 5 stars

My Kia was as good as my Civic

skymax, 08/19/2002
1997 Kia Sephia LS 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Kia got a bad rap. They are now on track to becoming one of the top 5 automakers in the world.

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