Recall · 20V088000
Kia Motors America recalled 2 models over electrical system
228,829
Vehicles covered
2
Models
8
Model years
February 14, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- The defect
- Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2006-2010 Sedona and 2007-2009 Sorento vehicles. Moisture may enter the Anti-lock Brake (ABS) Module and result in an electrical short.
- What it can cause
- An electrical short within the ABS Module may cause an engine compartment fire, even when the vehicle is turned off, increasing the risk of an injury.
- What the dealer does
- Kia will notify owners, and dealers will install a relay in the main junction box to prevent power from being directed to the HECU when the vehicle's ignition switch is turned off, free of charge. The recall began June 5, 2020. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC186.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| KiaSedona | 2006 to 2010 | 2010 |
| KiaSorento | 2007 to 2009 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 228,829 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 95% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2006 to 2010, so the oldest vehicles on it were 14 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Kia vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 9 times before this, most recently in February 2019 as 19V109000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 8 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,218 complaints with NHTSA, 1,044 of them before this campaign was filed. 246 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2006, 13 years before this filing.
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Kia Motors America with NHTSA on February 14, 2020 as campaign 20V088000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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