Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of more than 571,000 SUVs and minivans in the U.S. to park them outdoors because the tow hitch harnesses can catch fire while they are parked or being driven. The affiliated Korean automakers are recalling the vehicles and warning people to park them...
Colo., bottom. Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of nearly 485,000 vehicles in the U.S., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, to park them outdoors because they can catch fire. Credit: AP Photo
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Hyundai dealers will install an additional valve in the gasoline tank of the affected vehicles. The agency considers the potential for a fuel spill in a crash to be a safety defect because it creates a fire risk.Stoffer...
Recall affects roughly 240,000 electric vehiclesHyundai and Kia are recalling more than 208,000 electric vehicles to fix a problem that can cause the loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.The recall covers more than 145,000 Hyundai and Genesis including some IONIQ 5 and IO...
Hyundai and Kia announced on October 11, 2019 that they have agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over engine fires by paying customers who purchased certain Hyundai Expand DETROIT - Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than 600,000 vehicles in the U.S. because damage to the trunk latch...
A problem involving the charging system and the 12V battery on several electric vehicles from Hyundai, Kia and Genesis is now forcing the automaker to recall a large number of units. Possibly up to 600,000 vehicles could be affected globally, including 170,000 in South Korea, 147,000 in ...
Hyundai Recall: Hyundai Recalls Certain Hyundai Vehicles Due to Risk of Engine Compartment Fire Hyundai Recall: Hyundai Has Recalled 1.64 MIllion Vehicles Due to Fire Risk from the Anti-Lock Brake System (“ABS”). On September 22, 2023 Hyundai…Read more: Hyundai Recall: Hyundai Recalls Certain...
In August,Hyundai and Kia told the owners of nearly 92,000 vehiclesin the U.S. to park them outside because an electronic controller in an oil pump can overheat and cause fires. The affiliated Korean automakers recalled the vehicles and told owners to park them away from structures until re...
This isn’t the first time seat belt pretensioners, which lock the belts in preparation for a crash, have come under the transportation department’s scrutiny. Earlier this year, 230,000 Hyundai and Kia models were recalled for pretensioners exploding in much the same way Takata airbags have ...
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