Kia Sportage, Optima, Sorento. Published by Transport Canada as 2017199 on 7 April 2017. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with 2.0L and 2.4L engines, the engine may contain residual metallic debris from factory machining operations. If debris is present, it could potentially restrict oil flow to the main bearings and rod bearings and could lead to premature wear. If the vehicle continues to be driven with …
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Kia SPORTAGE in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Kia SPORTAGE is named on 17 American notices, 17 British, 10 European and 9 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017199
- Recall date
- 7 April 2017
- Make
- Kia
- Models
- Sportage, Optima, Sorento
- Model years
- 2011 to 2014
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 37,504
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with 2.0L and 2.4L engines, the engine may contain residual metallic debris from factory machining operations. If debris is present, it could potentially restrict oil flow to the main bearings and rod bearings and could lead to premature wear. If the vehicle continues to be driven with worn bearings, the bearings could fail, which could cause an engine stall while the vehicle is in motion, resulting in loss of motive power which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Worn bearings could also result in the illumination of the oil pressure lamp in the instrument cluster. Correction: Dealers will inspect, and if necessary, replace the engine sub-assembly.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2017199.
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.
- 2017168 · 23 March 2017 · Niro · Steering
- 2017380 · 2 August 2017 · Rio · Label
- 2017469 · 28 September 2017 · Soul · Seats And Restraints
- 2017514 · 23 October 2017 · Soul Ev, Soul · Steering
- 2017626 · 13 December 2017 · Forte, Forte Koup · Brakes
- 2017657 · 21 December 2017 · Sorento · Airbag
- 2016562 · 14 November 2016 · Sportage · Electrical
- 2016540 · 1 November 2016 · Sorento · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2017204 · 11 April 2017 · R Class · Engine
- 2017306 · 15 June 2017 · 7 Series · Engine
- 2017002 · 4 January 2017 · A4, A6, A5 · Engine
- 2017515 · 24 October 2017 · F-150 · Engine
- 2016527 · 25 October 2016 · Mustang · Engine
- 2016512 · 18 October 2016 · Gle Class · Engine
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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 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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