Kia Soul Ev, Soul. Published by Transport Canada as 2017514 on 23 October 2017. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles previously repaired under recalls 2014-237 or 2015-535, the pinion plug may not have been secured properly. As a result, the pinion gear may separate from the steering gear assembly causing a loss of steering which could result in a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: …
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Kia SOUL EV in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017514
- Recall date
- 23 October 2017
- Make
- Kia
- Models
- Soul Ev, Soul
- Model years
- 2014 to 2016
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 25,956
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles previously repaired under recalls 2014-237 or 2015-535, the pinion plug may not have been secured properly. As a result, the pinion gear may separate from the steering gear assembly causing a loss of steering which could result in a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will inspect the pinion plug to ensure that the recall repair, if previously conducted, was properly done. Based on the inspection results, the recall repairs will either be redone with an improved method or, if necessary, the steering assembly will be replaced. Note: This recall supersedes recalls 2014-237 and 2015-535. Vehicles repaired under the previous recall(s) will require re-inspection and possible repair.
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 2017514.
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.
- 2017469 · 28 September 2017 · Soul · Seats And Restraints
- 2017626 · 13 December 2017 · Forte, Forte Koup · Brakes
- 2017657 · 21 December 2017 · Sorento · Airbag
- 2017380 · 2 August 2017 · Rio · Label
- 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: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2017523 · 26 October 2017 · General 1000 · Steering
- 2017438 · 8 September 2017 · Xpert · Steering
- 2017425 · 1 September 2017 · VNL · Steering
- 2017426 · 1 September 2017 · Chu, Cxu · Steering
- 2017630 · 15 December 2017 · Outlander 450, Outlander Max 570, Outlander Max 450 · Steering
- 2017415 · 30 August 2017 · Police Interceptor Utility (explorer), Police Interceptor Sedan (taurus), Explorer · Steering
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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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