NHTSA Campaign 03V135000
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 03V135000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the seats: mid/rear assembly. The repair is free.
KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC filed the report for 03V135000 with NHTSA on April 3, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V135000, NHTSA lists up to 4,276 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 28, 2002 and June 23, 2002.
The 03V135000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V135000 were scheduled from April 25, 2003, 22 days after the report.
03V135000 covers 1 model from Kia, model years 2002.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V135000 ranks 21 of 25 KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, SOME OF THE SECOND AND THIRD ROW SEAT STRIKERS INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE FLOOR PAN HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND COULD BREAK IN A CRASH.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS OF THESE SEATS.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SEAT STRIKERS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 25, 2003. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542
- Notes
- KIA RECALL NO. SC030.
Reported April 3, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V135000 (1)
Kia (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V135000, 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: April 3, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted