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Passenger car – Kia “Optima”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 10 Sep 2019In the weekly report of 13 Sep 2019 (week 37, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Kia (82 alerts)
Name
Optima
Type / model
Type JF
Batch numbers
The affected vehicles are from model years 2019 and 2020. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
The affected vehicles are from model years 2019 and 2020.
Risk
A software error in the Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist system may cause the brake assist function not to engage as expected. As a result, the system may not detect another vehicle standing in front of the moving car, increasing the risk of an accident.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer · from 31 Jul 2019
Notifying country
Poland
Country of origin
Republic of Korea
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1361/19
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2019-037 (XML)
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