Airbags: problems reported by owners
39 owners in the United States reported problems with the airbags of this car to NHTSA (model years 2004–2008), typically at around 58,000 miles. Reported consequences: 9 crashes, 9 injuries.
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39 owners in the United States reported problems with the airbags of this car to NHTSA (model years 2004–2008), typically at around 58,000 miles. Reported consequences: 9 crashes, 9 injuries.
38 owners in the United States reported problems with the transmission and drivetrain of this car to NHTSA (model years 2004–2008), typically at around 20,000 miles. Most often named: automatic transmission (47%). Reported consequences: 3 crashes, 3 injuries.
34 owners in the United States reported problems with the electrical system of this car to NHTSA (model years 2004–2009), typically at around 54,000 miles. Reported consequences: 4 crashes, 1 fire, 4 injuries.
On certain vehicles, the stop lamp switch may fail and cause intermittent operation of the brake lights. Failure of the brake lights to illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed could result in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the switch. Note: This is an expansion of recall 2013-098.
De remlichtschakelaar kan defect raken waardoor de werking van de remlichten niet gewaarborgd is.
Kia Motors Corporation (Kia) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Rondo, model year 2007-2011 Sedona, Sorento and Sportage, model year 2010-2011 Soul, model year 2008-2011 Optima, model year 2010 Forte, model year 2007-2009 Amanti, and model year 2009 Borrego vehicles. Originally, in April 2013, Kia recalled 623,658 model year 2007-2010 Rondo and Sportage, model year 2007-2011 Sorento, model year 2007 Sedona, model year 2010-2011 Soul, and model year 2011 Optima vehicles. In September 2013, Kia informed the agency that it was adding an additional 356,719 vehicles to this campaign. The total number of vehicles being recalled is now 980,377. In the affected vehicles, the stop lamp switch may malfunction. A malfunctioning stop lamp switch may cause the brake lights to not illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed or may cause an inability to deactivate the cruise control by depressing the brake pedal. Additionally, a malfunctioning stop lamp switch may also result in intermittent operation of the push-button start feature, affect the operation of the brake-transmission shift interlock feature preventing the shifter from being moved out of the PARK position and cause the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) malfunction light to illuminate.
Kia motors: Installing an additional ground cable to the battery may cause sensor problems. *rm
Kia motors: Relating to oil control valve (ocv) used in constant variable valve timing (cvvt). If at any time ocv is suspected as a cause of rough idling, poor accelertion, camshaft timing misalignment related trouble codes, misfire related trouble codes etc., on the vehicle equipped with the cvvt system, be sure to perform the ocv inspection procedure below before replacement. No model years specified. *pe
Some customers of 2006-2007 sedona (vq), 2007 amanti (gh), or 2007 sorento (bl) may experience a concern of a check engine light (mil) being on. 02 sensor (ho2s) codes. *pe
Quellen: NHTSA (USA, gemeinfrei), Transport Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada), DVSA (Vereinigtes Königreich, Open Government Licence v3.0), RappelConso und EU-Safety-Gate (Frankreich, Licence Ouverte 2.0).