The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) started an investigation into the 2007 model in November after getting three reports of weak or broken shift cables in automatic transmission cars preventing owners from shifting between Park, Drive and Reverse. In one case, a broken cable caused a parked car to roll away.
As answer to the NHTSA inquiry, Kia has done more testing and assessment on the cars and decided that a recall was necessary. Despite the recall, Kia says the trouble hasn't resulted in any "real world safety incidents."
Nouvelles connexes