1999 Kia Sephia: doors won't lock, open or latch

5 of the 422 complaints about the 1999 Kia Sephia describe doors won't lock, open or latch.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 1%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year

2001
5
2000
13
1999
5
1998
4
1997
2
1995
1

What owners say

Filed Jan 28, 2006 · Locks · 35,000 miles · NY

The driver's door latch /freezes up in winter, and the door cannot be closed. Once the weather warms up, the door closes.

Filed Sep 11, 2004 · Body, Locks · 24,500 miles · OH

When below freezing, doors and locks consistently freeze, and will not allow entry or will not close properly (doors will not close). This has happened every year I have owned the car. This past year, the kia dealer tried to fix, and only improved for a few days (lubricate/oil etc). Usually had to "warm up" car for about 15 minutes to defrost lock just to be able to close doors (I tried to not lock car once winter begins). The locks are frozen daily and cannot lock or unlock until interior is warmed up. Not looking forward to winter again.

Filed Jan 2, 2003 · Body · WI

Consumer states driver side door handle popped preventing occupant from existing . Dealer has been contacted. Please provide further information. Ts

Filed Apr 2, 2001 · Body, Electrical · AZ

We have had many prblems with this car. First the orvr valve for the gas tank wead, then we have had prblems with the automatic door locks not opening or closing the other doors from the drivers side door, then the automatic windows on the passanger side both the front and back doors have gone up very slowly almost to the point of having to push them up by hand. Then a dash was replaced, do to it bubling up. We have a battery replaced once because the vehicle would not turn over at all. Also just recently we have the same problem, after only two weeks of the dealership that we took the vehicle to did a electrical check on the car and said that it was ok (tempe dodge kia) located in temmpe, az. The reason we had them check the electrical system out was because after the replaced the dash we noticed that the indicator lights for the fan and the air flow selactor were dimming out and the A/C was running really slow at idle speed. All in all this car has been a nightmare and we haved cotacted kia mottors corp. Several times with no real answers to are problems and no compensation or upgrade of a warranty on the existing warranty. If you could please help us out in any way at all or not please e-mail us at [email protected] or contact us at 480‑481‑0351 or 602‑625‑8079. We thank you for your time and consideration in these matters. Jessica june brady & keil william conley.

Filed Jun 3, 1999 · Locks · SC

Passenger's inside door lock isn't working. Consumer can't get inside vehicle o passenger's side. This problem has happened three times, and dealer can't determine the problem.