KIA Sephia vs Nissan Murano

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	KIA Sephia	Nissan Murano
Complaints on file	3,080	7,478
Model years covered	1986–2003	2003–2026
Worst model year	1999	2004
Best model year	1994	2021
Crashes reported	299	208
Fires reported	118	57
Injuries reported	171	153
Deaths reported	6	3
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Seats
Share of complaints involving harm	19.3%	5.6%

KIA Sephia by year

3 25 104 203 375 994 749 461 158 6 2

86 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 806 26.2%

Engine & Cooling 395 12.8%

Electrical System 348 11.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 293 9.5%

Airbags 174 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 164 5.3%

Body & Structure 127 4.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 125 4.1%

Nissan Murano by year

1,050 850 1,169 916 899 7 805 223 190 169 90 173 267 141 155 172 58 60 22 6 10 5 39 2

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Seats 1,326 17.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 903 12.1%

Electrical System 760 10.2%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 718 9.6%

Brakes 565 7.6%

Engine & Cooling 524 7.0%

Other & Unspecified 445 6.0%

Airbags 339 4.5%