{"id":15353,"date":"2020-02-25T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15353"},"modified":"2020-02-25T11:21:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:21:26","slug":"kia-recalls-over-200000-vehicles-because-abs-module-may-short-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/02\/25\/kia-recalls-over-200000-vehicles-because-abs-module-may-short-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kia recalls over 200,000 vehicles because ABS Module May Short Circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - NHTSA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/nhtsa-200x113.png\" alt=\"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - NHTSA\" width=\"180\" height=\"102\"><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong> &#8211; The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2006-2010 Sedona and 2007-2009 Sorento vehicles. Moisture may enter the Anti-lock Brake (ABS) Module and result in an electrical short.<\/p>\n<p>An electrical short within the ABS Module may cause an engine compartment fire, even when the vehicle is turned off, increasing the risk of an injury.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_482569\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2010-Kia-Sedona.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-482569\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-482569\" title=\"2010 Kia Sedona is one of the models being recalled.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2010-Kia-Sedona-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Kia Sedona is one of the models being recalled.\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-482569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2010 Kia Sedona is one of the models being recalled.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Recall Information<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Manufacturer:<\/strong> Kia Motors America<\/p>\n<p><strong>NHTSA Campaign Number:<\/strong> 20V088000<br \/>\n<strong>Components:<\/strong> Service Brakes, Hydraulic, Electrical System<br \/>\n<strong>Potential Number of Units Affected:<\/strong> 228,829<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><strong>Make<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Model<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Year<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kia<\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" align=\"left\">Sedona<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" align=\"left\">2006-2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kia<\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" align=\"left\">Sorento<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" align=\"left\">2007-2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2006-2010 Sedona and 2007-2009 Sorento vehicles. Moisture may enter the Anti-lock Brake (ABS) Module and result in an electrical short.<\/p>\n<h3>Remedy<\/h3>\n<p>Kia will notify owners, and dealers will install a relay in the main junction box to prevent power from being directed to the HECU when the vehicle&#8217;s ignition switch is turned off, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin April 10, 2020. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1.800.333.4542. Kia&#8217;s number for this recall is SC186.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[320center]<\/p>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<p>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 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safercar.gov\" >www.safercar.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &#8211; The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2006-2010 Sedona and 2007-2009 Sorento vehicles. Moisture may enter the Anti-lock Brake (ABS) Module and result in an electrical short. An electrical short within the ABS Module may cause an engine compartment fire, even when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1779,2459,11374,12703,10820,639,1699,629,3338],"class_list":["post-15353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-brakes","tag-fire-hazard","tag-kia-motors-america","tag-kia-sedona","tag-kia-sorento","tag-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","tag-nhtsa","tag-recall","tag-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15354,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15353\/revisions\/15354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}