2000 Kia Sportage recall: electrical system
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: sport utility vehicle. These vehicles were distributed with owners manuals with an incorrect jump start diagram. The written instructions for jump starting are accurate. However, the diagram depicts the jumper cables attached to the wrong polarity terminals. If the diagram were followed without reference to the instructions, the resulting improper connections could cause the battery to rupture aggressively due to increased internal pressures.
💥 The risk
This could cause potential serious injury to bystanders.
🔧 The fix
Owners will be provided with an adhesive label with the correct illustration to permanently affix to their respective owners manuals.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V205000
- Manufacturer recall #
- SCO17
- Manufacturer
- KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 66,482
- Component
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Owner phone
- 1-800-333-4542
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 7, 2000
- Recall started by
- ODI
- Notes
- Owner notification began september 7, 2000. Owners who do not receive the adhesive label within a reasonable time should contact KIA at 1-800-333-4542. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).