NHTSA Campaign 05V212000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
NHTSA campaign 05V212000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: storage. The repair is free.
KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC filed the report for 05V212000 with NHTSA on May 3, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V212000, NHTSA lists up to 10,360 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 28, 2004 and March 26, 2005.
The 05V212000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V212000 were scheduled from May 31, 2005, 28 days after the report.
05V212000 covers 1 model from Kia, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 05V212000 covers have filed at least 7 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V212000 ranks 18 of 25 KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 05V212000, KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC has 4 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 05V212000 was 04V180000, reported on April 12, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, FUEL MAY LEAK FROM THE O-RING INTO THE INTERNAL VAPOR CHAMBER LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK AT FULL TANK CONDITIONS.
- The risk
- THE ENGINE MAY STALL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. IT WILL BE HARD TO FILL THE GAS TANK AND EXTERNAL FUEL MAY LEAK FROM THE EVAPORATIVE AIR FILTER INLET. FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE FUEL TANK AND REPLACE THE CHARCOAL CANISTER FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 31, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542.
- Notes
- KIA RECALL NO. SC-048.
Reported May 3, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V212000 (1)
Kia (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V212000, 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: May 3, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted