NHTSA Campaign 05V159000
WHEELS
NHTSA campaign 05V159000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the wheels. The repair is free.
KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC filed the report for 05V159000 with NHTSA on April 20, 2005; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 05V159000, NHTSA lists up to 24,119 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 12, 2000 and October 17, 2000.
The 05V159000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V159000 were scheduled from June 22, 2005, 63 days after the report.
05V159000 covers 1 model from Kia, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 05V159000 covers have filed at least 31 complaints naming the wheels, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V159000 ranks 13 of 25 KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 05V159000, KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC has 1 other recall on the wheels on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES MAY HAVE A MANUFACTURING FLAW THAT COULD CAUSE THE WHEELS TO CRACK UNDER LONG TERM DRIVING FATIGUE. IF CRACKS OCCUR, WHEEL NOISE AND VIBRATION WILL RESULT AND BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME.
- The risk
- IF THE CRACK IS SEVERE, THE WHEEL COULD SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE ALL FOUR WHEELS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 22, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542.
- Notes
- KIA RECALL NO. SC046.
Reported April 20, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V159000 (1)
Kia (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V159000, 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 20, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted