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Passenger car – Kia “Sorento”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 22 Sep 2016In the weekly report of 30 Sep 2016 (week 39, 2016)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Kia (82 alerts)
Name
Sorento
Type / model
Type-approval number: e4*2007/46*0894*01, *04, *05; Type: UM;
Batch numbers
The vehicles affected were produced between 20 March 2015 and 18 May 2016. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
The vehicles affected were produced between 20 March 2015 and 18 May 2016.
Risk
null Due to a software problem in the electronic control module of the tow-bar, the brake light of a trailer attached to the vehicle is not activated when the towing vehicle slows down through the cruise control. This increases the risk of accidents for following vehicles.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Republic of Korea
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1195/16
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2016-039 (XML)
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