NHTSA Campaign 07V161000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
NHTSA campaign 07V161000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan. The repair is free.
KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC filed the report for 07V161000 with NHTSA on April 16, 2007; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 07V161000, NHTSA lists up to 35,090 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 15, 2001 and October 2, 2002.
The 07V161000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V161000 were scheduled from June 11, 2007, 56 days after the report.
07V161000 covers 1 model from Kia, model years 2002.
Owners of the model years 07V161000 covers have filed at least 69 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V161000 ranks 10 of 25 KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE HEAT GENERATED BY THE ENGINE CAUSES REPEATED BENDING DEFORMATION OF THE POLYPROPYLENE COOLING FAN INCLUDING ITS RETAINING RING, WHICH STRESSES THE POLYPROPYLENE THEREBY INITIATING CRACKING OF THE BLADES. THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCES GENERATED BY THE ROTATION OF THE BLADES CAN CAUSE THE CRACKS TO PROPAGATE UNTIL COMPLETE SEPARATION OCCURS.
- The risk
- SEPARATION OF THE FAN BLADE(S) CAN CREATE A RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ENGINE COOLING FAN WITH A FAN MADE OF IMPROVED MATERIAL. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 11, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542.
- Notes
- KIA RECALL NO. SC070.
Reported April 16, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V161000 (1)
Kia (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V161000, 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 16, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted