| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 14595 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: KIA |
| Recalled Component Id: 000007851000072426000000295 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: SPORTAGE | Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 96V131000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | Manufacturer That Filed Report: KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 01 1996 | End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 01 1996 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 693 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jul, 03 1996 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Kia Motors America | Report Received Date: Jul, 15 1996 |
| Record Creation date : Jul, 18 1996 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : The accelerator pedal assembly could bind or stick during operation. | Consequence Summary: This condition can cause the accelerator to hold the throttle partially open, resulting in loss of vehicle control increasing the risk of a vehicle accident. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the accelerator pedal assembly. | Recall Notes: System: fuel; throttle linagkes and control; pedal. vehicle description: multi-purpose passenger vehicles; ex model. owner notification: owner notification is expected to begin during july 1996. a preliminary notification mailgram was sent to owners on july 3, 1996. note: owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact kia at 1-800-333-4kia (1-800-333-4542). also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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