Kia America is recalling almost 463,000 Telluride SUVs — and urging homeowners to park their automobiles exterior and away from different constructions till a difficulty posing a hearth hazard is mounted.
The entrance energy seat motor on the affected Tellurides from the 2020-2024 mannequin years might overheat due to a caught slide knob, based on the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration. That would probably lead to a hearth whereas the automobile is parked or being pushed.
Kia made the choice to recall the autos on Could 29, NHTSA paperwork revealed Friday present, after receiving experiences of 1 under-seat hearth and 6 incidents of localized melting within the seat tilt motor between August 2022 and March 2024. No associated accidents, crashes or fatalities have been reported on the time.
The recall report notes that robust exterior influence to the recalled Tellurides’ entrance energy seat facet cowl or seat slide knob may end up in inner misalignment — and with steady operation, that may trigger overheating. Individuals driving autos with the difficulty might discover they will’t modify the facility seat, might discover a burning or melting scent, or see smoke rising from beneath the seat.
To repair this, sellers will set up a bracket for the facility seat change again covers and substitute the seat slide knobs without charge. Till the autos are repaired, homeowners are being instructed to park their automobiles exterior and away from buildings.
Proprietor notification letters are set to be mailed out beginning July 30, with seller notification a couple of days prior. Irvine, California-based Kia America didn’t instantly reply to The Related Press’ request for touch upon why these notifications wouldn’t start till the top of subsequent month.
Within the meantime, drivers may also 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 have been manufactured between Jan. 9, 2019 and Could 29, 2024. Kia America estimates that 1% have the defect.
This isn’t the one recall impacting Kia Telluride homeowners. In March, Kia America stated it could be recalling greater than 427,000 of 2020-2024 Telluride SUVs as a result of a defect which will trigger the automobiles 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 because of the hazard of engine compartment fires. Amid long-delayed repairs, lots of these autos remained on the street months later, posing severe considerations from drivers and shopper security advocates.
Hyundai owns a part of Kia, although the 2 firms function independently.
