Posted on 08/03/2022 7:39:15 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods
Yup- my camera batteries do too-
lol a friend of mine had one of those corvairs- it was a nightmare- interesting though is they were made to ‘go anywhere’ - they had a commercial for it showing it driving through some petty gnarly stuff-
2017 article. 2022:
“DETROIT — Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of nearly 485,000 vehicles in the U.S. to park them outdoors because they can catch fire even if the engines have been turned off.”
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/park-hyundai-kia-recall-vehicles-due-fire-risk-82740515
I own and drive a Kia. I’ve never received such a notification
“I own and drive a Kia. I’ve never received such a notification”
IS YOUR Kia ON THE LIST?
The fires in those cars seem to originate not in the engine but a braking component
The post made it sound like those cars were engine fires which started the thread. Engine fire in EV
“The post made it sound like those cars were engine fires which started the thread.”
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This time the problem is contamination in the antilock brake control module that can cause an electrical short. This increases the risk of fire while the vehicles are being driven or are parked.
True of any short
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