MOTORING NEWS - KIA Motors South Africa will conduct a voluntary safety recall of 180 KIA Cerato vehicles (from the 2011 model year) commencing Monday, 23 May 2016.
The purpose of the recall is to replace two Automatic Transmission Cooling Hoses.
These hoses carry hot transmission fluid from the transmission to the transmission cooler, and cooled transmission fluid back to the transmission.
There is a possibility that the transmission cooling hoses may have been improperly cured during the manufacturing process and that, over time, it may leak transmission fluid.
In such instances, the malfunction indicator lamp will illuminate and some vehicles may display abnormal shifting. Depending on the amount of transmission fluid lost, reduced vehicle mobility may occur. The recall only affects models with automatic transmissions.
The affected vehicles were all assembled in Korea between 27 August 2010 and 11 November 2010, and only 180 units from this production run were shipped to South Africa.
The affected vehicles were all assembled in Korea between 27 August 2010 and 11 November 2010, and only 180 units from this production run were shipped to South Africa.
Owners of affected vehicles involved will be be telephonically notified by the KIA Motors South Africa’s call centre as of Monday, 23 May 2016.
The call centre will assist owners in having their nearest or preferred KIA dealer carry out the replacement of both automatic transmission cooling hoses, which will take less than an hour (depending on the vehicle’s position in the work queue on the day of the booking).
KIA Motors and its dealer network will implement this recall at no charge to the vehicle owner.
