Recall · 21V447000
Kia Motors America recalled the KIA K5 over lane departure
846
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
June 14, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
LANE DEPARTURE: LANE KEEP: STEERING ASSIST
- The defect
- Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2021-2022 K5 vehicles equipped with 2.5L T-GDI engines. The Rack-Mounted Motor Driven Power Steering (R-MDPS) system lacks the ability to diagnose communication faults. If a communication fault occurs while driving around a curve with Lane Following Assist (LFA) engaged, the steering assist level may not adjust properly, causing a sudden increase in the steering effort required.
- What it can cause
- A sudden increase in steering effort can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the R-MDPS software, free of charge. Owner notification letters are were mailed June 24, 2021. Owner may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC213.
- 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.nhtsa.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 .
How this campaign compares
At 846 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 57% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2022, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 287 complaints with NHTSA, 9 of them before this campaign was filed. 14 of those name the lane departure, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 5 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V794000 (fuel system, gasoline), 23V149000 (air bags), 22V760000 (power train), 21V519000 (fuel system, gasoline).
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 June 14, 2021 as campaign 21V447000. 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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