Kia remembers 463,000 Telluride SUVs attributable to fireplace danger, urges parking exterior
NEW YORK — Kia America is recalling practically 463,000 Telluride SUVs — and urging house owners to park their vehicles exterior and away from different buildings till a problem posing a fireplace hazard is fastened.
The entrance energy seat motor on the affected Tellurides from the 2020-2024 mannequin years might overheat due to a caught slide knob, in line with the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration. That might probably lead to a fireplace whereas the automobile is parked or being pushed.
Kia made the choice to recall the autos on Might 29, NHTSA paperwork revealed Friday present, after receiving experiences of 1 under-seat fireplace and 6 incidents of localized melting within the seat tilt motor between August 2022 and March 2024. No associated accidents, crashes or fatalities had been reported on the time.
The recall report notes that sturdy exterior influence to the recalled Tellurides’ entrance energy seat facet cowl or seat slide knob may end up in inside misalignment — and with steady operation, that may trigger overheating. Folks driving autos with the difficulty might discover they cannot regulate the ability seat, might discover a burning or melting odor, or see smoke rising from beneath the seat.
To repair this, sellers will set up a bracket for the ability seat swap again covers and substitute the seat slide knobs for free of charge. Till the autos are repaired, house owners are being instructed to park their vehicles exterior and away from buildings.
Proprietor notification letters are set to be mailed out beginning July 30, with vendor notification just a few days prior. Irvine, California-based Kia America didn’t instantly reply to The Related Press’ request for touch upon why these notifications would not start till the top of subsequent month.
Within the meantime, drivers also can affirm if their particular car is included on this recall and discover extra data utilizing the NHTSA website and/or Kia’s recall lookup platform.
The recall covers 462,869 mannequin yr 2020-2024 Tellurides that had been manufactured between Jan. 9, 2019 and Might 29, 2024. Kia America estimates that 1% have the defect.
This isn’t the one recall impacting Kia Telluride house owners. In March, Kia America mentioned it could be recalling greater than 427,000 of 2020-2024 Telluride SUVs attributable to a defect which will trigger the vehicles to roll away whereas they’re parked.
Simply final fall, Kia and Hyundai introduced earlier “park exterior” remembers for 3.4 million different automobile and SUV fashions as a result of hazard of engine compartment fires. Amid long-delayed repairs, lots of these autos remained on the street months later, posing critical considerations from drivers and shopper security advocates.
Hyundai owns a part of Kia, although the 2 corporations function independently.
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