Kia recall: Air bags
What is wrong
Kia is recalling certain model year 2006-2008 rio vehicles, manufactured from february 20, 2005, through december 9, 2007. The front passenger seat occupant sensor mat can experience fatigue cracking. If sufficient cracking occurs, the occupant classification system (ocs) will cease to function such that the system will not be able to detect whether a child passenger is in the seat and the airbag will deploy during a crash necessitating deployment.
What could happen
Air bag deployment with a child in the front passenger side seat increases the risk of injury to that child.
The fix
Kia will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ocs seat sensor mat, free of charge. The recall began on july 26, 2012. Owners may contact kia consumer assistance center at 1-800-333-4542.
Vehicles covered
- Kia Rio 2006–2008
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 12V244000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Kia Motors Corporation
- Reported to NHTSA
- May 31, 2012
- Owners notified
- Jul 26, 2012
- Vehicles or items affected
- 72,568
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Air bags › Frontal › Sensor/control module-inactive
- Maker's own recall number
- SC097
Notes
Kia's safety recall campaign number is sc097.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
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- Kia recall: Steering May 5, 2022
- Kia recall: Service brakes, hydraulic Dec 1, 2021
- Kia recall: Latches/locks/linkages Aug 9, 2021
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.