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Fire Risk Prompts Kia Niro Hybrid and PHEV Recall

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The Kia Niro Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid are being recalled for an issue that could cause fires in the engine compartment. Recall documentation states that the circuit board could become contaminated with fluid, which could cause a short and lead to a fire. & [Image: Kia] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Hyundai, Kia, Genesis recall 147,000 US EVs over 12V battery issue

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Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis are recalling nearly 150,000 EVs in the U.S. This follows a recall of nearly 170,000 Hyundai and Kia EVs in South Korea earlier this month for the same issue. Dealers will also install updated software for the ICCU aimed at decreasing thermal loading and peak voltage.

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Fire Risk: Hyundai and Kia Recall More Than Three Million Vehicles

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Hyundai and Kia are the latest manufacturers to issue a fire-related recall, this time for millions of gas vehicles with faulty hydraulic electronic control units (HECU) and antilock brake modules.& million Kias and 1.6 In total, the recall wrapped up more than three million vehicles from both automakers, with around 1.7

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Hyundai, Kia U.S. gross sales go eleventh directly pace

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light-vehicle gross sales rose for the eleventh consecutive pace in June at Hyundai and Kia, helped via emerging inventories and extra beneficiant reductions join to July 4 sleep promotions. At Kia, June gross sales rose 8 % to 70,495, capping a primary 1/2 that produced document deliveries of 394,333, up 18 %.

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Fully Charged OUTSIDE 2021: Win a Kia E-Niro Lease

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Win a 1 year lease of the Kia E-Niro 4+. Keeping in line with DriveElectric traditions, at this years Fully Charged Outside event one lucky attendee will get the chance to win a free 1 years lease of the brand new all-electric Kia E-Niro 4+. About the Kia E-Niro 4+. Lease the Kia E-Niro 4+ now Competition entry conditions.

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Opinion: Tesla Needs to Behave Better

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I would say the same about Ford or GM or Toyota or Honda or Kia -- had I been working here during the GM ignition switch recall, ho boy. Internal documents seem to show that the company knew about defects and kept both consumers and safety regulators in the dark.

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GM’s rosy year-end figures obscure the fact that legacy automakers are in deep trouble – Charged EVs

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We strongly believe in EVs,” say auto dealers as they support efforts to slow the EV transition. Hyundai/Kia and the Chinese certainly aren’t waiting. A litany of other issues led to scathing reviews from Edmunds (which documented 23 problems with a 2 month-old car) and InsideEVs (whose press vehicle broke down ).

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