In a uncommon stumble for the Kia Telluride, the automaker is recalling 427,407 items over a possible rollaway danger. With the related meeting dates of automobiles within the recall pool working from January 9, 2019, to October 19, 2023, we’re speaking about almost all the manufacturing run of Kia’s massively in style three-row SUV. In automobiles with the issue, splines on the precise entrance driveshaft and the intermediate driveshaft (situated between the 2 entrance driveshafts, therefore “intermediate”) may not have interaction totally in some cases. Kia’s recall report stated the issue is “suspected improper meeting by the provider” of the bearing and bracket meeting the place the shafts unite.
Over time, the imprecise alignment can harm the splines. When that occurs, good engagement is unimaginable between the elements that flip the entrance wheels — the identical elements that stop the entrance wheels from shifting when the transmission is in Park. Kia wrote in its recall report, “Broken shaft splines could end in unintended car motion whereas in Park if the parking brake just isn’t engaged.”
The Kia North America Security Workplace started receiving proprietor complaints in April 2022, drivers noting the “transmission not holding in Park or unintended car motion,” the shortcoming to shift the transmission into Park or Reverse, grinding noise, vibration, “or noise when hitting [a] bump and/or whereas turning.”
Unintended rollaway is among the worst phrases within the trade, so Telluride house owners ought to get this checked and stuck ASAP. The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration recommends drivers manually activate the parking brake within the meantime each time they park the car.
Kia believes simply 1% of the entire recall inhabitants is likely to be affected; the recall timeline file states that of the 16 reported circumstances of unintended car motion whereas in Park, solely six the place discovered “to have spline harm/put on on intermediate shaft in line with intermediate shaft and right-hand entrance axle partial engagement.”
The treatment is a two-step course of. Kia says house owners ought to cease by their sellers, and the sellers “will set up up to date Digital Parking Brake (EPB) software program to robotically have interaction the EPB to stop unintended car motion when the gear shifter is within the ‘P’ (Park) place and the engine is turned off, or when the car is stopped in any gear shifter place and the motive force’s door opens.” The NHTSA discover makes no point out of the second step, however Automotive Information stories that sellers can even examine the shafts and bearing and bracket meeting, and change elements that want it.
Letters to house owners will exit by Could 15. Within the meantime, house owners are welcome to contact Kia customer support at 800-333-4542 and reference inner recall quantity SC303. Telluride drivers are additionally welcome to contact the NHTSA Security Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov, for extra info on marketing campaign quantity 24V214000.
There isn’t any point out of whether or not the mechanically related Hyundai Palisade may very well be affected by the identical situation.
