NHTSA Campaign 05V353000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 05V353000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. The repair is free.
KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC filed the report for 05V353000 with NHTSA on August 4, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V353000, NHTSA lists up to 2,935 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 7, 2002 and August 14, 2002.
The 05V353000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V353000 were scheduled from October 10, 2005, 67 days after the report.
05V353000 covers 1 model from Kia, model years 2003.
Owners of the model years 05V353000 covers have filed at least 41 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V353000 ranks 24 of 25 KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 05V353000, KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC has 4 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 05V353000 was 05V212000, reported on May 3, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A FUEL LEAK FROM FUEL TUBES NEAR THE FUEL TANK DUE TO AN INTERFERENCE FIT WITH THE VEHICLE FLOOR PANEL.
- The risk
- FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE A SECTION OF THE FUEL LINE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 10, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542.
- Notes
- KIA RECALL NO. SC-052.
Reported August 4, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V353000 (1)
Kia (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V353000, 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: August 4, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted