Fire risk prompts Hyundai and Kia to advise 113,000 owners to park vehicles outdoors

[midian182]

PSA: Kia and Hyundai have been winning plenty of praise and awards recently for their latest vehicles, but there's some bad news for North American owners: the companies have recalled more than 113,000 newer models due to fire risks and are warning people to park them outside away from structures.

Reuters reports that about 52,000 Hyundai vehicles and nearly 40,000 Kia vehicles are covered under the recall in the United States, along with 11,000 Hyundai vehicles and 10,700 Kia vehicles in Canada.

The affected models include Hyundai's 2023-2024 Palisade and 2023 versions of the Tucson, Sonata, Elantra, and Kona. Kia's impacted vehicles include 2023-2024 models of the Seltos and the 2023 Kia Soul and Sportage.

The 2024 Hyundai Palisade

The fire issues stem from the electronic controllers for the Idle Stop & Go oil pump assembly, which may contain damaged electrical components that can cause the pump to overheat.

There have been six reports of overheating incidents in Kia vehicles potentially related to the fault and four reports from Hyundai.

While there have been no accidents or injuries reported, the car companies are taking the risk seriously by warning owners to park their vehicles outdoors and away from structures and other vehicles, suggesting that a fire danger is still present even when the engine is turned off.

The fire risk was initially reported by the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) in March when over half a million older vehicles were recalled. It's now been confirmed that some newer models are also affected. The Korean automakers told the NHTSA that the problem part has not been in production since March.

Hyundai says that customers who do not feel safe driving their vehicles should be provided a rental from a dealer until a fix is available. It also warned that heat damage could trigger a short circuit impacting other onboard vehicle controllers, in addition to the fire risk.

In JD Power's recent Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study, Hyundai Motor Group had the most awards for models ranking highest in their respective segments, while Kia set a record for most brand awards in a single year with seven.

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[preyingrazor]

Had this been about Tesla, the tone of this article would have been entirely different. Shameful.

 

[UdyrL]

Kia and Hyundai have been winning plenty of praise and awards recently for their latest vehicles

If you're talking about KBB and other magazine/tabloid type of awards, they're not winning it; they're buying them.

If you go to car forums you'll see a lot of complaints about these manufacturers lack of quality, which is reflected once a gain.

 

[MyIOnU]

You meant the same companies that their cars got hacked by just a USB?

 

[trparky]

So, what you're telling me is that I need to keep my high-profile theft magnet out and in the open (where it can be stolen) because... fire hazard. Right?

At this point, there's no saving this brand. They might as well just throw in the towel because anybody with an ounce of sense in their heads wouldn't buy a Kia.

 

[wiyosaya]

Had this been about Tesla, the tone of this article would have been entirely different. Shameful.

And deservedly so, IMO, given Li fires are exceptionally difficult to put out.

 

[p51d007]

Another "government" thing. But but but I don't remember anything like that?
Remember the CAFE standards in the U.S. What don't you bet companies are
installing these stop the engine at traffic lights, then power them back up nonsense
to get around CAFE or pollution regulations?

 

[nulll]

Chinese brand BYD (They're unknown in NA but they're a massive player in Asia and now they're moving into Europe, they're product quality is quite solid as well) has had a huge issue with something similar as of late, specifically the microswitch that controls the switching on and off of the ICE engine while driving in full EV mode has been getting stuck in a mid position and then overheating. This has affected exclusively their hybrid vehicles. There are a couple of other Chinese brands with microswitch issues as well which is starting to make this look like the type of blanket component failure that Takata Dome had with airbags a few years back.

 

[ddferrari]

"There have been six reports of overheating incidents in Kia vehicles potentially related to the fault and four reports from Hyundai."

So 10 incidents in total... out of HOW many vehicles sold??

A miniscule percentage for all the outrage here, folks. Relax. Take a break from the news if it triggers so easily.

 

[lripplinger]

More junk to break..errr catch on fire....

 

[Mr Majestyk]

Their ICE engines are garbage too. Now their EV's. Avoid like the plague. And no I would never touch a Tesla either.

 

[OortCloud]

nVidia need to advise 4090 owners to keep their PC's outside too.

 

[Neatfeatguy]

"There have been six reports of overheating incidents in Kia vehicles potentially related to the fault and four reports from Hyundai."

So 10 incidents in total... out of HOW many vehicles sold??

A miniscule percentage for all the outrage here, folks. Relax. Take a break from the news if it triggers so easily.

"Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."

 

[John Staerck]

"Fire risk prompts Hyundai and Kia to advise 113,000 owners to park vehicles outdoors"

And in the UK your insurance premiums will increase.