Posted on 02/08/2022 7:18:29 AM PST by Red Badger
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 when stopped.
The recalls from the two Korean automakers are another in a long string of fire and engine failure problems that have dogged the companies for the past six years.
This time the problem is contamination in the antilock brake control module that can cause an electrical short.
Affected are certain Kia Sportage SUVs from 2014 through 2016, and the 2016 through 2018 K900 sedan. Recalled Hyundais include certain 2016 through 2018 Santa Fe SUVs, 2017 and 2018 Santa Fe Sports, the 2019 Santa Fe XL and 2014 and 2015 Tucson SUVs.
The automakers say they have 11 reports of fires in the U.S. but no injuries.
Documents posted Tuesday by U.S. safety regulators say owners should park the vehicles outside and away from structures until repairs are made.
Dealers will replace a fuse. In addition, Hyundai dealers will inspect the control modules and replace them if needed. Hyundai owners will be notified starting April 5. Kia expects to mail letters starting March 31.
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"Why don't we just take out the 20 amp fuse and replace it with a 5 amp?"
If you park outside, your catalytic converter can be stolen more easily. Also, Kia and Hyndai are the most steal-able mass-market cars made.
Doing the opposite is what causes heat and fires😂
I have two Hyundais. Not sure there will be a third. They aren’t bad cars. The price and the warranty is good, the features for what you pay are excellent.
There do seem to be a few more than average recalls.
My biggest beef is with the engine I decided upon, for both cars, the 2.4L naturally aspirated 4 cylinder. Decent power, good fuel economy, and it’s a time bomb. A manufacturing error left metal shavings in the motor. Our Santa Fe had to fail 3 times before it was fixed. 2 of the 3 failures were pretty far from home. The failure triggers the knock sensor and it goes into limp home mode, which is no fun. The first time, they flashed the ecu, second time they replaced the knock sensor, third time they replaced the entire engine.
I’ve owned a Toyota and an Acura, never had that kind of issue.
The new and improved Pinto.
I knew just from names of those car manufactureres to never consider one.
Maybe I have ESP.
Glad my 2019 Tucson Sport is not on the list as it is garage kept.
Cars and trucks were known to catch fire running or not.
The problem was that the brake pressure switch would leak brake fluid and drip into wire harness connector and catch fire.
Recall solution/correction/fix...resolve the leaking brake pressure switch?
No.
The fix was to move the wire harness connector a few inches toward the engine, secure harness (tie strap) and mark with a blue tag to show corrective action taken.
All these recalled vehicles will still be leaking brake fluid though.
Wife chose a Sorento as her last car 2 years ago. So far, aside from using more oil than I think a new car should, with the price and the 100k warranty it seems to be a great vehicle.
Does well in snow and ice, comfortable, the V6 has plenty of power to get out of it’s own way, and so far we haven’t been back to the dealer yet once. I was a Detroit only guy for almost my whole life having grown up there but I didn’t want to push that on my wife this time.
Omg my sister has been very happy with her Kia! What a shame. I’ll let her know.
It is hard to beat Toyota/Honda and their up-brands for reliability and longevity.
I have owned many brands but these are the two that never disappoint. Living in a northern climate with a crazy driveway that gets icy our Toyota SUV’s do not miss a beat.
Keep the oil changed and other critical maintenance and these vehicles are capable of very high mileage without a drop in performance.
They are solid vehicles and if you are like me (buy used and drive a long time) they are worth the extra expense that their reliability brings.
Well, I have a 2011 Soul with no recall outstanding, so I guess I can still park it in the carport at my house.
dang, i made the list this time
This same thing has happened to our Kia Sorrento twice. They keep replacing the sensor. Next time they will be replacing the engine. Annoying but I will take a new engine when it comes to that.
Scotty Kilmer on Youtube is going to have a field day. He keeps saying Korean cars are junk.
“This same thing has happened to our Kia Sorrento twice. They keep replacing the sensor. Next time they will be replacing the engine. Annoying but I will take a new engine when it comes to that.”
As you can imagine, they are in no hurry to give away new engines. From talking to a service tech, they had an unofficial 3 strikes policy, meaning the 3rd hard failure led to engine replacement. Don’t back down, fight them. It’s uncommon for a knock sensor to fail on a relatively low mileage car, especially not twice. The knock sensor replace is just a way to buy time. When they replaced my engine, the service advisor walked me past 6 crated engines waiting for install.
The good news is we have a lifetime warranty on the engine. The bad news is, getting it replaced is a huge pain in the tush.
FAKE NEWS!!!
As many at FR appear to believe, only an ELECTRIC VEHICLE catches fire!
No way can I believe this report!
Bought a new Kia Soul for 15k out the door. At 25k absolutely no problems with 100,000mile warranty. Comparable Toyota would have cost twice that.
Kia 10 year, 100k warranty is hard to beat.
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