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Pallisade and Telluride trailer hitch wiring might cause a fire. And a stop-sale
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are telling owners of some of their large SUVs to park them outdoors and away from buildings after a series of fires involving trailer hitch wiring.
The Korean automakers are recalling more than 281,000 vehicles in the U.S. because of the problem, but they haven’t figured out how to fix it yet. The automakers reported 25 fires or melting incidents in the U.S. and Canada caused by the problem, but no crashes or injuries.
The recalls cover more than 245,000 Hyundai Palisade and over 36,000 Kia Telluride SUVs from the 2020 through 2022 model years.
In documents posted Tuesday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the companies said debris and moisture can accumulate in a circuit board in the tow hitch wiring. That can cause an electrical short, which can lead to a fire.
Hyundai said that dealers will inspect the wiring and remove a fuse as an interim repair. Kia doesn’t have an interim repair. The companies say a final repair is being developed.
In addition, dealers from both automakers have stopped selling the affected SUVs until repairs are made.
From the last time I posted I've had 3 more failed engines from Kia/Hyundai with the newer being a 2017 on engine 3
I also had two wiring harnesses melt
My friend had her KIA Forte engine replaced. KIA put the original starter and alternator on it. Nothing but problems after that. KIA did good will a new starter when it was towed back with a new engine but faulty starter. Such a mess for her.
No joke I just had someone call me at 11pm with a 16 Sonata that isn't charging so likely an alternator........same car is one that also had it's springs break in half on the rear.
No joke I just had someone call me at 11pm with a 16 Sonata that isn't charging so likely an alternator........same car is one that also had it's springs break in half on the rear.
If you change an engine out? Let’s say 8 year old. Would you put a new alternator and starter on the new engine? Or keep the old parts
If you change an engine out? Let’s say 8 year old. Would you put a new alternator and starter on the new engine? Or keep the old parts
I would recommend new starter and alt if the alt is in a bad location, otherwise I would use the parts it had since I know they worked.
Hyundai starters break all the time. Did another one yesterday and had a front main blow out on a Kia optima with 112k and hopefully didn't kill the engine, tow truck should be dropping that one shortly....
of course the ones you see are broken, you're a mechanic!
so 10 yr old and 9 yr old cars with problems. i'm shocked i tell you. shocked.
Im surprised since their counterparts just simply do not break at 15-20 years yet alone the same generation. I view them by generation the platform is on so in my mind for example there is no difference between an 07 or 17 LS460 other than the engine cams and slight internal revisions. Everything else is the same.
These Hyundai/Kias are of a very recent gen and are doing horribly vs their counterparts from other brands of the competing gen. I have NEVER replaced any Toyota/Lexus starter, I'm up to over 30 Kia/Hyundai on cars only 5-10 years old and sometimes newer, this is due to a stupid fork design that puts a lot of stress on it and breaks. They still haven't changed it after 2 generations.
I've also only ever had front mains blow out like this on 20-30 year old GMs and a few fords and never once so much as a leak on any Japanese car and even BMW/M/A all give warning and usually only at 150k plus.
I've also never replaced this many of the same engine. It's actually hilarious since book is over 10 hours but I have them done in 4 since it's mindless now.
I thought this was the Hyundai/Kia lawsuits and recalls thread, not the anecdotes made by someone who claims to race cars at 120+ miles per hour on public Ohio roads thread.
I thought this was the Hyundai/Kia lawsuits and recalls thread, not the anecdotes made by someone who claims to race cars at 120+ miles per hour on public Ohio roads thread.
Im not racing, just driving. Not hard to go that fast when you do 0-100 in under 8 sec
08-23-22 | 07:20 AM
