Kia Sportage-4x4 2009

• Recall 244974 [USA]: A fire increases the risk of injury.
  Kia america, inc. (kia) is recalling certain 2008-2009 sportage vehicles previously recalled under recall 16v-815. An engine compartment fire originating from around the hydraulic electronic control unit (hecu) may occur while parked or driving.
  owners are advised to park outside and away from structures and other vehicles until the recall repair has been performed. Dealers will inspect and replace the hecu, its wiring harness, and its fuses, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed december 22, 2022. Owners may contact kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is sc253.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

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• Recall 121138 [USA]: If the hecu short circuits, there is an increased risk of an engine compartment fire.
  Kia motors america (kia) is recalling certain model year 2008-2009 kia sportage vehicles manufactured august 9, 2007, to may 13, 2009. The wire harness cover on the hydraulic electronic control unit (hecu) may be improperly sealed allowing water to get onto the hecu circuit board. If the water is contaminated with salt, such as could occur from melted snow, the wire harness connector pins may corrode and the circuit board may short circuit.
  kia will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the connector pins for corrosion, if no corrosion is found, the connector cover will be replaced. If corrosion is present, the dealer will replace the hecu assembly and the connector cover, free of charge. The recall began on november 28, 2016. Owners may contact kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is sc138.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 99908 [USA]: Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. additionally, when the ignition is in the 'on' position, the transmission shifter may be able to be moved out of park without first applying the brake. this may lead to unintentional movement of the car which may increase the risk of a crash.
  Kia motors corporation (kia) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 rondo, model year 2007-2011 sedona, sorento and sportage, model year 2010-2011 soul, model year 2008-2011 optima, model year 2010 forte, model year 2007-2009 amanti, and model year 2009 borrego vehicles. Originally, in april 2013, kia recalled 623,658 model year 2007-2010 rondo and sportage, model year 2007-2011 sorento, model year 2007 sedona, model year 2010-2011 soul, and model year 2011 optima vehicles. In september 2013, kia informed the agency that it was adding an additional 356,719 vehicles to this campaign. The total number of vehicles being recalled is now 980,377. In the affected vehicles, the stop lamp switch may malfunction. A malfunctioning stop lamp switch may cause the brake lights to not illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed or may cause an inability to deactivate the cruise control by depressing the brake pedal. Additionally, a malfunctioning stop lamp switch may also result in intermittent operation of the push-button start feature, affect the operation of the brake-transmission shift interlock feature preventing the shifter from being moved out of the park position and cause the electronic stability control (esc) malfunction light to illuminate.
  kia will send an interim notification to owners in may 2013. When parts are available, owners will receive a second notification and dealers will replace the stop lamp switch, free of charge. Owners may contact kia at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's recall campaign number is sc098.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall R/2013/055 [UK]: Brake lights may malfunction
  The vehicles brake lights may intermittently malfunction due to carbonisation of the contacts within the brake light switch. This can also affect other systems on the vehicle including: esc cruise control gear selection (autoboxes) engine check lamp.
  recall vehicles likely to be affected to replace the brake light switch.

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• Recall 2016562 [Canada]: Electrical
  On certain vehicles, the connector pins within the hydraulic electronic control unit (hecu) assembly can corrode due to improper sealing of the hecu’s wire harness cover. If moisture and road salt reaches the hecu’s circuit board, electrical short circuits may occur to the circuit board, which could increase the risk of an underhood fire causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: dealers will inspect the connector pins of the hecu for corrosion. If no corrosion is identified, dealers will replace the connector cover with a new one. If corrosion is present, dealers will replace the hecu assembly and connector cover with a new one. Note: the presence of salt water in the hecu does not affect brake performance.

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• Recall 2013098 [Canada]: Electrical
  On certain vehicles, the stop lamp switch may fail and cause intermittent operation of the brake lights. Failure of the brake lights to illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed could result in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: dealers will replace the switch.

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• Hyundai and kia abs module fires investigation # AQ23002

  The office of defects investigation (odi) has received eight hyundai motor america (hyundai) and eight kia america, inc. (kia) part 573 recall reports between 2016 and 2023. The combined 16 safety recalls all involve the antilock braking system (abs) modules or hydraulic electronic control units (hecu) manufactured by the equipment supplier mando. The part 573 recall reports contain varying defect descriptions and differing remedy descriptions for the same or similar equipment supplied by mando. Safety recalls included in this audit query (aq) review include: hyundai recalls 20v-520, 20v-543, 21v-161, 21v-160, 21v-303, 22v-056, 22v-810, and 23v-651. Kia recalls 16v-815, 20v-518, 20v-519, 21v-137, 21v-331, 22v-051, 22v-800, and 23v-652 the purpose of this aq is to evaluate the timeliness and scoping of hyundai and kia’s defect decision making and adherence with reporting requirements; and understand the varying defect descriptions and remedies between these recalls.
  

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Brake light circuit doesnt work

Brake light circuit doesnt work

While the car was off and parked in the driveway the car caught on fire in the passenger side of the motor. The entire front part of the car was totaled.

While the car was off and parked in the driveway the car caught on fire in the passenger side of the motor. The entire front part of the car was totaled.

Left side front corner under the hood started smoking. Had to disconnect battery to make it stop. Car was parked and turned off

Left side front corner under the hood started smoking. Had to disconnect battery to make it stop. Car was parked and turned off

The car has a rough idle. It will stall randomly, sometimes while in traffic. The computer has been replaced and numerous sensors have been checked. The problems occurred when we first bought the car used in december 2009. It was fixed but began happening again in the fall of 2018. The random stalling occurred again in late summer 2019 and has been a problem ever since.

Heading down highway 198 from mabank tx to canton tx we had hit deer two jump out about 2 feet in from of us . We miss the first deer and second one we hit dead smack in front of car, it did so much damage had to replace most of the front end including radiator and cooling fan and battery because it had pop hole in front battery. But air bags never deployed. And that morning notice when person sitting in passenger side the air bag light above dash says passenger air bag on than says off. There pic attach shows damaged had to replaced cost about 1400 dollars or more in damage . Air bags should deployed

When i pulled in my yard i heard a clicking in the wheel and when i got out the wheel had squatted out on the drivers side front.Axle is off. I was in motion when it happened

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• B1489 [1] Door Handle Right Front Short To Battery
• B1495 [1] Decklid Punch-Out Sensor Circuit Failure