NHTSA Campaign 00V205000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 00V205000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system. The repair is free.
KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC filed the report for 00V205000 with NHTSA on July 27, 2000; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 00V205000, NHTSA lists up to 66,482 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 00V205000 were scheduled from September 7, 2000, 42 days after the report.
00V205000 covers 1 model from Kia, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V205000 covers have filed at least 32 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V205000 ranks 7 of 25 KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 00V205000, KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC has 2 other recalls on the electrical system on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE. THESE VEHICLES WERE DISTRIBUTED WITH OWNERS MANUALS WITH AN INCORRECT JUMP START DIAGRAM. THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR JUMP STARTING ARE ACCURATE. HOWEVER, THE DIAGRAM DEPICTS THE JUMPER CABLES ATTACHED TO THE WRONG POLARITY TERMINALS. IF THE DIAGRAM WERE FOLLOWED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE RESULTING IMPROPER CONNECTIONS COULD CAUSE THE BATTERY TO RUPTURE AGGRESSIVELY DUE TO INCREASED INTERNAL PRESSURES.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE POTENTIAL SERIOUS INJURY TO BYSTANDERS.
- The fix
- OWNERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ADHESIVE LABEL WITH THE CORRECT ILLUSTRATION TO PERMANENTLY AFFIX TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS MANUALS.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 7, 2000. OWNERS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE THE ADHESIVE LABEL WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542.
Reported July 27, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V205000 (1)
Kia (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V205000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: July 27, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted