Automaker Kia America is recalling greater than 80,000 automobiles attributable to ground wiring beneath the entrance passenger seat that may grow to be broken and forestall airbags and seat belts from deploying correctly.
Broken wiring also can trigger an unintended facet curtain air bag deployment, in response to paperwork filed with the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration.
The recall covers 80,255 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and Hybrid automobiles.
To treatment the scenario, sellers will examine, change and reroute the ground wiring meeting, as vital, at no cost. As well as, sellers will set up wiring covers. House owners might be notified by letters mailed in March.
The recall follows one in November, when Hyundai and Kia recalled over 208,000 electrical automobiles to repair a transistor in a charging management unit that might be broken and cease charging the 12-volt battery.
That in flip may trigger lack of drive energy, growing the chance of a crash.
