Kia Soul. Published by Transport Canada as 2017469 on 28 September 2017. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with heated cloth seats, over time, the wiring for the seat heater mats could become damaged. If a heating mat were to be damaged, it could melt a small hole in the lower portion of the seat base or backrest, which could result in injury to the seat occupant. Correction: Dealers will …
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Kia SOUL in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Kia SOUL is named on 14 American notices, 11 British, 15 European and 3 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017469
- Recall date
- 28 September 2017
- Make
- Kia
- Models
- Soul
- Model years
- 2010 to 2013
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 43,551
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with heated cloth seats, over time, the wiring for the seat heater mats could become damaged. If a heating mat were to be damaged, it could melt a small hole in the lower portion of the seat base or backrest, which could result in injury to the seat occupant. Correction: Dealers will attach a patch on the seat cushion and seat back heater bridge side and adjust the positioning. If there are traces of burning or melting during the inspection, dealers will replace the heater with a new one and adjust the bridge wire side positioning.
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 2017469.
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.
- 2017514 · 23 October 2017 · Soul Ev, Soul · Steering
- 2017380 · 2 August 2017 · Rio · Label
- 2017626 · 13 December 2017 · Forte, Forte Koup · Brakes
- 2017657 · 21 December 2017 · Sorento · Airbag
- 2017199 · 7 April 2017 · Sportage, Optima, Sorento · Engine
- 2017168 · 23 March 2017 · Niro · Steering
- 2018132 · 15 March 2018 · Optima · Powertrain
- 2018218 · 1 May 2018 · Niro · Engine
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2017459 · 22 September 2017 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2017445 · 15 September 2017 · Silverado HD, Sierra HD · Seats And Restraints
- 2017509 · 19 October 2017 · Rogue · Seats And Restraints
- 2017420 · 31 August 2017 · MD30, XD40, Xde40 · Seats And Restraints
- 2017423 · 31 August 2017 · Pacifica · Seats And Restraints
- 2017413 · 30 August 2017 · F-150, F-350 Super Duty, F-250 Super Duty · Seats And Restraints
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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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