Kia Sportage. Published by Transport Canada as 2019099 on 27 February 2019. System: Engine.
What the notice says Issue:
The engine oil pan seal could leak on some vehicles with a 2.4 L engine. If the leak is not repaired, over time this could lead to engine damage or an engine failure. An engine failure would cause a sudden loss of motive power with an inability to restart.
Safety Risk:
A sudden loss of motive power …
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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
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2019099
- Recall date
- 27 February 2019
- Make
- Kia
- Models
- Sportage
- Model years
- 2011 to 2012
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 4,166
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
The engine oil pan seal could leak on some vehicles with a 2.4 L engine. If the leak is not repaired, over time this could lead to engine damage or an engine failure. An engine failure would cause a sudden loss of motive power with an inability to restart.Safety Risk:
A sudden loss of motive power could increase the risk of a crash. In some cases, an engine failure may also result in a fire.Corrective Actions:
Kia will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to replace the oil pressure switch. If an oil leak is detected, the dealer will also replace the oil pan.
Note: A driver may notice any of the following symptoms before an engine failure: an oil leak under the vehicle, a smell of hot or burning oil, a knocking sound from the engine, reduced power or hesitation, a check engine light, and/or an oil pressure warning light.
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 2019099.
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.
- 2019098 · 27 February 2019 · Sportage, Optima, Sorento · Fuel System
- 2019101 · 28 February 2019 · Soul · Engine
- 2019103 · 1 March 2019 · Sedona · Seats And Restraints
- 2019143 · 18 March 2019 · Sportage, Optima, Sorento · Engine
- 2019153 · 21 March 2019 · Optima, Sportage, Sorento · Engine
- 2019278 · 10 June 2019 · Telluride · Label
- 2019367 · 25 July 2019 · Optima · Brakes
- 2019416 · 20 August 2019 · Telluride · 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.
- 2019101 · 28 February 2019 · Soul · Engine
- 2019012 · 10 January 2019 · Sonata, Santa Fe Sport, Tucson · Engine
- 2019223 · 10 May 2019 · C Class · Engine
- 2019301 · 17 June 2019 · GLC Class · Engine
- 2019314 · 25 June 2019 · Backcountry, Summit, Renegade · Engine
- 2019322 · 27 June 2019 · Cx-5, Mazda6, Mazda3 · 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 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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