NHTSA Campaign 05V120000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)
NHTSA campaign 05V120000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electronic stability control: automatic (asc). The repair is free.
KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC filed the report for 05V120000 with NHTSA on March 29, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V120000, NHTSA lists up to 7,619 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 24, 2004 and February 27, 2005.
The 05V120000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V120000 were scheduled from April 13, 2005, 15 days after the report.
05V120000 covers 1 model from Kia, model years 2005.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V120000 ranks 19 of 25 KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM (ESP), THE YAW RATE SENSOR MAY BECOME TOO SENSITIVE AND MAY RECALIBRATE INACCURATELY. WHILE DRIVING THE ESP PROGRAM MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REDUCE POWER AND MAY CAUSE A BRAKE AT ONE OF THE WHEELS TO BE INAPPROPRIATELY.
- The risk
- BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSED BY INADVERTENT ESP ACTIVATION MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ESP HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 13, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542.
- Notes
- KIA RECALL NO. SC-044.
Reported March 29, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V120000 (1)
Kia (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V120000, 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: March 29, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted