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Passenger car "Sportage" – Kia

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 5 Mar 2012In the weekly report of 2 Mar 2012 (week 9, 2012)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car "Sportage"
Brand
Kia (82 alerts)
Type / model
Sportage 1.7 CRDiThe model build dates are October 2010 to April 30, 2011 and the VIN range is U5YPC8****L019910 to U5YPC8****L065395
Description
Passenger car.
Risk
null Some vehicles have been fitted with a vacuum pump that could fail in service. If this occurs it will reduce the amount of vacuum available to the servo which, after a number of braking applications, will result in increased braking distances and pedal hardness. This could lead to a road accident.
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
Slovakia
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0356/12
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2012-009 (XML)
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