Kia Forte. Published by Transport Canada as 2016061 on 8 February 2016. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions, the transmission’s fluid cooler hose may have been improperly manufactured. This could result in transmission fluid leaking from the hose, and cause abnormal transmission shifts and/or illumination of the instrument cluster malfunction indicator lamp. If …
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Kia FORTE in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2016061
- Recall date
- 8 February 2016
- Make
- Kia
- Models
- Forte
- Model years
- 2011
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,402
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions, the transmission’s fluid cooler hose may have been improperly manufactured. This could result in transmission fluid leaking from the hose, and cause abnormal transmission shifts and/or illumination of the instrument cluster malfunction indicator lamp. If enough fluid is lost, the loss of hydraulic pressure to the transaxle could cause a loss of motive power, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will replace the cooler hose with the revised hose.
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Kia elsewhere in this register
Kia is named on 197 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2016120 · 17 March 2016 · Sorento · Structure
- 2016166 · 18 April 2016 · K900 · Lights And Instruments
- 2016221 · 12 May 2016 · Forte · Seats And Restraints
- 2016273 · 2 June 2016 · Sedona · Suspension
- 2016274 · 2 June 2016 · Sedona · Structure
- 2016346 · 5 July 2016 · Sorento · Structure
- 2016514 · 18 October 2016 · Optima · Powertrain
- 2016540 · 1 November 2016 · Sorento · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2016060 · 8 February 2016 · Tucson · Powertrain
- 2016062 · 9 February 2016 · Fr-S · Powertrain
- 2016079 · 18 February 2016 · Leu, Mru, TD · Powertrain
- 2016172 · 19 April 2016 · Dash, Enforcer, Arrow XT · Powertrain
- 2016183 · 26 April 2016 · F-150, Mustang, Expedition · Powertrain
- 2016184 · 26 April 2016 · 300, Charger, Grand Cherokee · Powertrain
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Kia: 197 in the register, and 644 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2016.
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