Kia Motors Corporation: Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Arm
Kia Motors Corporation reported this defect to federal regulators on Nov 5, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 79,867. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Kia Motors Corporation (Kia) is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 Kia Sedona vehicles manufactured from June 15, 2005, through August 14, 2012 originally sold in, or currently registered in Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, West Virginia or the District of Columbia. In the affected vehicles, the front lower control arms may break due to corrosion resulting from prolonged exposure to salty environments.
The risk
A broken control arm can result in the loss of control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Kia will notify owners and dealers will inspect the degree of corrosion of the front lower control arms, and will either rustproof or replace them, free of charge. The recall began on December 20, 2013. Owners may contact Kia at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's recall number is SC100.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Kia Sedona | 108 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 Kia Sedona | 65 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 Kia Sedona | 32 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 Kia Sedona | 48 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 Kia Sedona | 170 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 2007 Kia Sedona | 157 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| 2006 Kia Sedona | 385 | 7 | 8 | 13 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 13V550000.
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