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Passenger transport vehicle – Kia “Soul EV (SK3) Niro EV (DE)”

Serious risk Environment

Published by Safety Gate 30 Sep 2021In the weekly report of 8 Oct 2021 (week 40, 2021)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 3 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger transport vehicle
Brand
Kia (82 alerts)
Name
Soul EV (SK3) Niro EV (DE)
Type / model
Niro de e4*2007/46*1139*09 à e4*2007/46*1139*09 Soul de e4*2007/46*1365*02 à e4*2007/46*1365*02
Batch numbers
Soul EV: from 7 January 2020 to 11 January 2020 Niro EV: from 8 January 2020 to 17 January 2020 (official alert record)
Barcodes listed
211069 (official alert record)
Description
Open circuit of the bus bar
Production dates
Soul EV: from 7 January 2020 to 11 January 2020 Niro EV: from 8 January 2020 to 17 January 2020
Risk
The open circuit of the bus bar generating a vehicle malfunction producing a DTC. The bus bar is the large socket which is fixed by screws on the injection computer (ECU) the loose plug can lead to injection faults, hence the risk of pollution emission at the exhaust. The product does not comply with the requirements laid down in the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the distributor · from 7 Aug 2021
Company recall code
211069
Notifying country
France
Country of origin
Republic of Korea
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/01401/21
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2021-40 (XML)
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