| Inv. Number | Vehicle Make | Vehicle Model | Model Year | Description | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP02006 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 2000 | VEHICLE ROLLOVER | There is no summary currently available |
| PE02022 | KIA | RIO | 2001 | AIR BAG NON-DEPLOYMENT FRONTAL CRASH | In addition to the december 2001 fatal crash reported to odi that provided the basis for opening pe02-022, kia provided odi 29 additional reports of |
| PE99042 | KIA | SEPHIA | 1999 | REFUELING SPIT- BACK | The subject vehicles are equipped with onboard refueling vapor recover systems.owners report that, during the refueling process, fuel sprays out of |
| EA04030 | KIA | OPTIMA | 2001 | POWER DOOR LOCK FAILURE | Investigation failed to disclose a malfunction with a clear and consistent pattern of compromise to motor vehicle safety.failure of the subject door |
| EA04007 | KIA | SEPHIA | 1999 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE FALSE LATCH/MALFUNCTION | The manufacturer has initiated a safety related campaign to recall the subject vehicles for correction of the seat belt buckle defect.the corrective |
| PE10030 | KIA | SOUL | 2010 | Steering Shaft Separation | The office of defects investigation (odi) is aware of a single complaint on the subject vehicles that alleges the hand wheel became mechanically de- |
| PE04065 | KIA | SPECTRA | 2002 | REAR DRUM BRAKE WHEEL CYLINDER LEAKAGE | The office of defects investigation (odi) opened this preliminary evaluation to investigate allegations of rear drum brake wheel cylinder leakage in |
| EA04020 | KIA | RIO | 2001 | STEEL WHEEL FRACTURE | On march 24, 2004, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation (pe04-030) to investigate alleged steel wheel fractures |
| PE13035 | KIA | SORENTO | 2013 | Panoramic Sunroof Breakage | On october 21, 2013 the office of defects investigation (odi) opened pe13-035 in order to further examine claims that the sunroof would spontaneously |
| PE13025 | KIA | SORENTO | 2014 | Front Axle Shaft Failure | In a letter dated august 9, 2013, hyundai-kia america technical center, inc. (hyundai-kia) submitted two defect information reports (dir) to nhtsa |
| PE05035 | KIA | SEDONA | 2003 | ELECTRICAL FIRE | By letter dated october 4, 2005, kia notified the agency that it is conducting a safety recall (nhtsa recall no. 05v463) involving all model year (my |
| PE00028 | KIA | SEPHIA | 1998 | TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE | THE OIL COOLER LINE ALLEGEDLY DEVELOPS LEAKS AT IT'S JUNCTION TO THE RADIATOR |
| PE00026 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 2000 | INCORRECT BATTERY JUMP-START | ALLEGE BATTETY MAY EXPLODE IF OWNER'S ATTEMPT TO JUMP-STATE THE VEHICLE BY FOLLOWING THE OWNER'S MANUAL DIAGRAM |
| EA08017 | KIA | SEDONA | 2003 | STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BINDING | Odis analysis of warranty data shows that the alleged defect has occurred at a relatively high frequency in salt-belt states (5.9 percent).however, |
| PE06002 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 2000 | FUEL TANK LEAKAGE | On january 4, 2006, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation to investigate alleged fuel leakage from the steel fuel |
| PE04030 | KIA | RIO | 2001 | STEEL WHEEL FRACTURE | On march 24, 2004, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation to investigate alleged steel wheel fractures in certain |
| PE02051 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 1997 | SAFETY BELT BUCKLE MALFUNCTION | By letter dated august 25, 2002, kia advised nhtsa that the subject vehicles will be recalled.specific corrective action to be taken by kia has not |
| PE02002 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 1999 | WINDSHIELD WIPER | |
| SQ99021 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 1997 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON | A monthly technical times published by kia and distributed to dealer technicians identifying a wiring harness problem that could cause connectors c123 |
| PE20008 | KIA | SORENTO | 2013 | HEADLIGHT FAILURE | The office of defects investigation (odi) has received 74 reports of sudden, unexpected loss of headlights in model year 2011-2013 kia sorento |
| EA09017 | KIA | SORENTO | 2008 | Air Bag Occupant Classification System | The sorento's front passenger air bag may be turned off when an adult is seated in the passenger seat. the front passenger air bag is designed to be |
| EA07001 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 2002 | FAN BLADE CRACKING/SEPARATION | Kia motors america, inc. (kia) has identified a defect in the plastic engine cooling fan in the subject vehicles and will conduct a safety recall.kia' |
| PE06042 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 2002 | FAN BLADE CRACKING/SEPARATION | The investigation of engine cooling fans in the subject vehicles was opened on september 21, 2006 as pe06-042.the basis for opening was 10 consumer |
| PE03016 | KIA | RIO | 2001 | ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES | Kia has identified 22 non-crash engine compartment fires of any or unspecified cause on the subject vehicles.nine fires (of which 4 were also reported |
| RQ02013 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 1997 | ENGINE STALLING POST-RECALL | Rq02-013 was opened to assess the scope and adequacy of recall 99v-325, which involved modifications to the engine fuel injection wire harness ( |
| PE02028 | KIA | SEPHIA | 2000 | BATTERY CABLE CHAFING | |
| EA99034 | KIA | SEPHIA | 1998 | REFUELING SPIT BACK | The number and dates of complaints and warrant claims reported by kia indicates that fuel spit-back has been a serieous ongoing problem with the |
| PE99033 | KIA | SEPHIA | 1998 | WINDSHIELD WIPER | ALLEGED WINDSHIELD WIPER BECOMES INOPERATIVE WHEN THE WIPER ARM AND PIVOT SEPARATE |
| EA19001 | KIA | OPTIMA HYBRID | 2012 | Air Bag ACU Electrical Overstress | The office of defects investigation (odi) is expanding the investigation to include the equipment supplier and vehicle manufacturers (oems) using this |
| PE19004 | KIA | SOUL EV | 2015 | Non-crash Vehicle Fires | In a letter dated june 11, 2018, the center for auto safety (cas) petitioned the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) to initiate a |
| DP18003 | KIA | SOUL EV | 2015 | Non-crash Vehicle Fires | In a letter dated june 11, 2018, the center for auto safety (cas) petitioned the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) to initiate a |
| PE18003 | KIA | SEDONA | 2012 | Air bags may be disabled during crash | The office of defects investigation (odi) opened pe18-003 on 3/16/18 to investigate incidents involving crashes, resulting in significant collision |
| RQ17003 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 2012 | Scope and Timeliness | On march 31, 2017, kia motors america (kia) filed a defect information report (dir) recalling 618,160 my 2011-2014 optima, my 2012-2014 sorento, and |
| PE15031 | KIA | SPECTRA | 2009 | Occupant Classification System | The subject vehicle population is my 2007-2009 kia spectra vehicles.consumers report that the srs (air bag) warning light is illuminated in their |
| EA14002 | KIA | SORENTO | 2013 | Panoramic Glass Sunroof Breakage | The investigation focused on spontaneous breakage (fracture) of the "panoramic sunroof" (sunroof) on my 2011-2013 kia sorento vehicles. the sunroof is |
| PE11010 | KIA | SORENTO | 2011 | Transmission Intermediate Driveshaft | on april 25, 2011, kia motors corporation submitted a defect notification letter to nhtsa regarding a transmission intermediate driveshaft condition |
| PE10046 | KIA | OPTIMA | 2008 | Transmission Shift Cable Detachment | During manufacture the automatic transmission shift cables in certain subject vehicles were installed incorrectly causing extra tension on the cable. |
| PE10023 | KIA | SORENTO | 2003 | Fuel Spill During Refueling | Complaints allege that while refueling the vehicle, fuel can spill out or spit back from the fuel filler port on model year (my) 2003 kia sorento |
| PE09034 | KIA | SORENTO | 2007 | AIR BAG OCS | Kia reports that for vehicles built prior to the software update of 11/27/2007, the vehicles can improperly classify an adult as a child restraint |
| PE08033 | KIA | SEDONA EX | 2003 | STEERING BINDING | On april 28, 2008, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened preliminary evaluation pe08-033 to investigate complaints alleging steering |
| EA06007 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 2000 | FUEL TANK LEAKAGE | A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time.review of the warranty data revealed elevated tank leakage experience in vehicles |
| PE04067 | KIA | SEDONA | 2003 | THROTTLE CABLE BINDING | Kia provided information describing a water entry point at the rubber sealing boot located at the throttle body end of the throttle cable, advising |
| PE04050 | KIA | OPTIMA | 2001 | POWER DOOR LOCK FAILURE | This pe disclosed that the subject vehicles have experienced incidents of the alleged defect in significant numbers.this pe has been upgraded to an |
| EA04004 | KIA | SPECTRA | 2001 | REFUELING SPIT BACK | Based on the low rate of fuel spit-back incedents (14.3 incidents per 100,000 vehicles sold), a low warranty claims rate of 0.02 percent, and the lack |
| RQ03007 | KIA | SPORTAGE | 2001 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE FALSE LATCH/MALFUNCTION | Information received and analyzed during this rq disclosed that my 1999 and 2000 kia sephia and sportage vehicles were equipped with modified versions |
| EA03015 | KIA | RIO | 2001 | FUEL RAIL LEAKAGE | On april 15, 2003, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation (pe03-016) to investigate engine compartment fires due to |
| RQ03006 | KIA | SEPHIA | 2001 | REFUELING SPIT BACK | In june 2000, kia notified odi of a defect condition in approximately 100,000 my 1998-99 sephia passenger vehicles manufactured from october 17, 1997 |
| EA02016 | KIA | SEPHIA | 1999 | NON-CRASH ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES | odi gathered fire data from various sources and inspected subject vehicles to assess the scope and frequency of non-crash engine compartment fires |
| EA02009 | KIA | RIO | 2001 | AIR BAG NON DEPLOY | This investigation identified a total of 82 reports alleging non-deployment of the dual front air bags.of the 82 reports, only one incident, the fatal |
| EA00018 | KIA | SEPHIA | 1998 | TURN SIGHAL | There is no summary currently available |
| PE00004 | KIA | SEPHIA | 1999 | TURN SIGNAL, TRAFFIC SAFETY HAZARD | Allege that while driving, the trun signal switch failed.this failure increases the risk of a vehicle crash due to operator distraction and due to |
| SQ99020 | KIA | SEPHIA | 1999 | INTERMITTENT STALLING | Kia issued a "kia technical times" in october 1998 stating that, due to loose connections at the fuel pump ground at g300, the fuel pump may shut off |
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