Saturday, April 6, 2013

Hyundai and Kia simultaneously recall nearly 1.9 million vehicles


- The recall newly launched Hyundai and Kia vehicles affected 13 that the two companies sold in the U.S. market.
Two car manufacturers from Korea announced recalls a very large scale, with a total of 1.9 million vehicles in the U.S. in the recovery area. Most of the cars were withdrawn due to errors in electronic systems has led to the headlights may not work. In addition, the cruise control system can not be shut down, the start button can act erratically and errors in transmission.
Of these, 1,059,824 Hyundai vehicles recovered. The area lies in the Hyundai Elantra recall includes 2007-2010 version, version 2007-2009 Accent and Tucson, Veracruz versions 2008-2009, 2010-2011 edition Genesis Coupe, Sonata and the Santa Fe 2011 version from 2007 to 2011.
According Leftlanenews, Hyundai will begin to notify owners of affected vehicles to take their vehicles to inspect and replace the defective car from next June.
Meanwhile Kia to recall 623 658 vehicles conducted to check for errors. Among these are the Sorento 2007-2011 version, the 2007 version Sedona, Sportage version of the Rondo and the 2007-2010 and the 2010-2011 version of the Soul Optima 2011 version. Kia says it will notify the car owner to check and correct errors mid-May to.
Hyundai and Kia will inspect and change free devices for cars making mistakes.
According Leftlanenews, Hyundai had conducted a similar recall 500,000 vehicles in 2009.
In addition, Hyundai also conducted an independent recall involved 186 254 Elantra 2011-2013 version. According to information given Hyundai, a system framework to support the safety and mistakes can lead to injury risk injury when air bags inflate. The recall Elantra will take place next May.















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