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Passenger car – Kia “Niro”

Serious risk Fire, Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 16 May 2019In the weekly report of 24 May 2019 (week 21, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Kia (82 alerts)
Name
Niro
Type / model
Type-approval numbers: e4*2007/46*1139*00, e4*2007/46*1139*01, e4*2007/46*1139*02; types DE HEV, DE PHEV
Batch numbers
The affected vehicles are from model years 2016, 2017 (Niro DE HEV) and model year 2018 (Niro DE PHEV). (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
The affected vehicles are from model years 2016, 2017 (Niro DE HEV) and model year 2018 (Niro DE PHEV).
Risk
The main relay within the power relay assembly may have inadequate connections between its contacts. This may cause a short circuit or prevent the vehicle from starting, increasing the risk of fire and potential accident.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Poland
Country of origin
Republic of Korea
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0790/19
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2019-021 (XML)
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