Certified child safety seat inspectors working for the local fire department informed us that the length of the female portion of the seat belts in the back seat of our kia sephia are too long to allow an infant child safety seat to be installed properly. The female end of the seat belt comes up into the plastic portion of the car seat (they tried 4 different models of car seats) which does not allow the belt to be tightened enough to hold the car seat securely in place. This inability to install an infant car seat properly in a rear facing position would appear to be a safety defect since all the female ends are too long to allow for proper installation. I fear that this causes a grave safety issue for any family who has an infant riding in a car seat in a kia sephia. We contacted kia and were told that the dealership never should have told us we would be able to install two car seats in the back seat, although the owners manual states that two car seats can be installed. We got no further help from them in solving this problem, because they stated it was a dealership issue not a problem that concerned them.
1999 Kia Sephia seat belts complaints
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Consumer was traveling 35mph and didn't come to a complete stop. She applied brakes,and the seatbelt broke loose from the retractor. Consumer hurt her leg.
While trying to install a child safety seat the right rear lap/shoulder belt failed to stay switched into the automatic locking retractor mode a the owner manual states, leaving the child safety seat loose and not secured properly.
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