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Hyundai, Kia Launch New Recall for Engine Stalling Problem
Hyundai Motor Co. and its Kia Motors affiliate are planning to recall as many as 1.3 million cars in South Korea and the U.S. to fix an engine stalling issue, the Yonhap news service reports.
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Hyundai Motor Co. and its Kia Motors affiliate are planning to recall as many as 1.3 million cars in South Korea and the U.S. to fix an engine stalling issue, the Yonhap news service reports.
The companies announced earlier today they will call back 171,300 vehicles in Korea, citing a flawed manufacturing process that introduces metal debris into the crankcase. The contamination can cause serious internal engine damage.
Hyundai and Kia says the problem is not related to any structural shortcoming of the engines themselves.
The recall targets multiple models equipped with 2.0- and 2.4-liter Theta 2 gasoline engines made before August 2013, according to Korea’s transport ministry.
Hyundai tells Reuters the recall targets a new defect that is unrelated to a U.S. recall in 2015. That campaign targeted 470,000 of the company’s 2011-2012 Sonata sedans. Dealers replaced components in 2.0- and 2.4-liter engines damaged by metal particles from improperly manufactured crankshafts.
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