Kia Optima. Published by Transport Canada as 2022004 on 11 January 2022. System: Engine.
What the notice says Issue:
Kia Canada is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign that provides an update to the engine control module to detect potential problems before an engine fails. An engine failure could cause a sudden loss of power with an inability to restart.
Note: This only affects Optima Hybrid and Optima Plug-In Hybrid …
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Kia OPTIMA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Kia OPTIMA is named on 17 American notices, 4 British, 7 European and 2 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2018/123: Kia Optima PHEV (High voltage battery system may malfunction and cause a sudden loss...)
- DVSA recall R/2019/259: Kia Sportswagon and Optima Saloon (The forward collision avoidance assist may fail to identify station...)
- DVSA recall R/2023/255: Kia Ceed, Stonic, Sportage and 1 more (The mesh filter inside the tandem pump may block causing insufficie...)
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
- 2022004
- Recall date
- 11 January 2022
- Make
- Kia
- Models
- Optima
- Model years
- 2019 to 2020
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 200
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
Kia Canada is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign that provides an update to the engine control module to detect potential problems before an engine fails. An engine failure could cause a sudden loss of power with an inability to restart.
Note: This only affects Optima Hybrid and Optima Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) models equipped with a 2.0 L NU GDI engine.Safety Risk:
A sudden loss of engine power could increase the risk of an accident. An engine failure could also create the risk of a fire.Corrective Actions:
Kia will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to update the software for the engine control module.
Note: Kia recommends that you should always follow the correct vehicle maintenance schedule, which is printed in the Owner's Manual. If you experience unusual engine noise, reduced power, or a check engine/oil warning light, Kia advises you to immediately visit a Kia dealership to have your vehicle diagnosed.
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 2022004.
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.
- 2022023 · 27 January 2022 · Soul Ev, Forte Koup, Forte · Airbag
- 2022044 · 2 February 2022 · Sportage, K900 · Brakes
- 2022077 · 21 February 2022 · Soul · Airbag
- 2022102 · 7 March 2022 · Sorento · Seats And Restraints
- 2022124 · 16 March 2022 · Cadenza · Structure
- 2022222 · 2 May 2022 · Forte · Brakes
- 2022238 · 6 May 2022 · Rio, Forte · Steering
- 2022247 · 11 May 2022 · Ev6 · Powertrain
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.
- 2022107 · 10 March 2022 · Sonata · Engine
- 2022122 · 16 March 2022 · Golf R, GTI · Engine
- 2022133 · 23 March 2022 · S7, S6, A8 · Engine
- 2022152 · 29 March 2022 · Escape, Bronco Sport · Engine
- 2022217 · 28 April 2022 · Grand Cherokee, Durango · Engine
- 2022266 · 23 May 2022 · Q5, A5 · Engine
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Kia Optima, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 637 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2022.
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