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<updated>2009-11-07T10:26:40-08:00</updated>
<author><name>Justia Inc.</name>
<uri>http://www.justia.com</uri>
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<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2001 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2001/09e025000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:dd5806d2-4889-7095-e266-478c52e33b1a</id>
<updated>2009-05-11T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[DOPE, INC. IS RECALLING 42,540 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2002 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2002/09e025000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:64459f35-504f-9df8-03fe-bad58d218541</id>
<updated>2009-05-11T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[DOPE, INC. IS RECALLING 42,540 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2000 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2000/09e025000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4978e7e3-1142-741b-fe36-e7d8dc08cb22</id>
<updated>2009-05-11T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[DOPE, INC. IS RECALLING 42,540 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1999 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1999/09e025000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d99ad509-4161-48d3-22e6-c55f2f18a13b</id>
<updated>2009-05-11T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[DOPE, INC. IS RECALLING 42,540 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1998 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1998/09e025000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e689f197-7641-ade3-b414-706d6a8bd986</id>
<updated>2009-05-11T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[DOPE, INC. IS RECALLING 42,540 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2007 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2007/09v130000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f6be78c2-ee29-44f9-52ff-e5c01c91a108</id>
<updated>2009-04-17T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[HUYNDAI-KIA IS RECALLING 139,844 MY 2006-2007- SEDONA, SPORTAGE, SORENTO AND MY RONDO AND AMANTI VEHICLES.  THE STOP LAMP SWITCH IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY MALFUNCTION.  A MALFUNCTIONING STOP LAMP SWITCH MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED.  A STOP LAMP SWITCH MALFUNCTION MAY ALSO AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKE-TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK FEATURE SO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION.  IT MAY ALSO CAUSE THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL "ESC" MALFUNCTION LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, AND IT MAY NOT DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2006 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2006/09v130000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:665637c1-f4c1-c8b5-1237-7cd12bbf960d</id>
<updated>2009-04-17T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[HUYNDAI-KIA IS RECALLING 139,844 MY 2006-2007- SEDONA, SPORTAGE, SORENTO AND MY RONDO AND AMANTI VEHICLES.  THE STOP LAMP SWITCH IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY MALFUNCTION.  A MALFUNCTIONING STOP LAMP SWITCH MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED.  A STOP LAMP SWITCH MALFUNCTION MAY ALSO AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKE-TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK FEATURE SO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION.  IT MAY ALSO CAUSE THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL "ESC" MALFUNCTION LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, AND IT MAY NOT DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2001 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2001/09e012000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:54a8aa22-fd58-e590-339a-fd5f3c45a09f</id>
<updated>2009-04-07T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2002 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2002/09e012000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a1c3aae2-8696-a9fd-fc0c-b9ef01b98333</id>
<updated>2009-04-07T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2000 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2000/09e012000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c96ed127-d70e-1d39-45c4-0bd2f97fe37b</id>
<updated>2009-04-07T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1999 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1999/09e012000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ec1b8048-3591-d66a-dfd9-ba94aafe0e11</id>
<updated>2009-04-07T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1998 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1998/09e012000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2758a944-8046-3741-b9cc-ec7f0c11b935</id>
<updated>2009-04-07T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."  THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2002 - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2002/07v161000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b028a207-a733-f4af-0880-352fd7f964b5</id>
<updated>2007-04-16T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE HEAT GENERATED BY THE ENGINE CAUSES REPEATED BENDING DEFORMATION OF THE POLYPROPYLENE COOLING FAN INCLUDING ITS RETAINING RING, WHICH STRESSES THE POLYPROPYLENE THEREBY INITIATING CRACKING OF THE BLADES.  THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCES GENERATED BY THE ROTATION OF THE BLADES CAN CAUSE THE CRACKS TO PROPAGATE UNTIL COMPLETE SEPARATION OCCURS.  ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2005 - PARKING BRAKE</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2005/05v318000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c8483dd6-6b86-bfc4-a333-c134b4a40ed0</id>
<updated>2005-07-14T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER RATCHET PAWL WAS NOT PROPERLY MANUFACTURED AND MY DAMAGE THE TEETH OF THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER RATCHET.  DAMAGED PARKING BRAKE LEVER RATCHET TEETH MAY PREVENT THE PARKING BRAKE FROM ENGAGING OR MAY ALLOW THE PARKING BRAKE TO RELEASE AFTER IT HAS BEEN ENGAGED. ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2005 - FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2005/05v212000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:99909c2f-e0eb-dfe8-d460-214f82819517</id>
<updated>2005-05-12T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, FUEL MAY LEAK FROM THE O-RING INTO THE INTERNAL VAPOR CHAMBER LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK AT FULL TANK CONDITIONS.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2005 - SUSPENSION:AUTOMATIC STABILITY CONTROL (ASC)</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2005/05v120000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d4307ab8-ec54-af0f-53ca-3ab5cd83822a</id>
<updated>2005-03-29T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM "ESP",  THE YAW RATE SENSOR MAY BECOME TOO SENSITIVE AND MAY RECALIBRATE INACCURATELY.  WHILE DRIVING THE ESP PROGRAM MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REDUCE POWER AND MAY CAUSE A BRAKE AT ONE OF THE WHEELS TO BE INAPPROPRIATELY.  ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1999 - SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1999/04v305000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a555cbe3-368d-f1e3-1824-be7b29d693c7</id>
<updated>2004-06-30T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN PASSENGER AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLES MAY EMIT A "CLICK" SOUND DURING THE BUCKLING PROCESS THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE SOUND EMITTED WHEN A BUCKLE IS BEING LATCHED, WHEN IT IS NOT.    ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2000 - SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2000/04v305000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cb0c0e05-ab7d-a4f9-746d-2163b4920033</id>
<updated>2004-06-30T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN PASSENGER AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLES MAY EMIT A "CLICK" SOUND DURING THE BUCKLING PROCESS THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE SOUND EMITTED WHEN A BUCKLE IS BEING LATCHED, WHEN IT IS NOT.    ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1998 - SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1998/02v216000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9661e63d-0fa9-cd5d-0e3a-2953c75e316d</id>
<updated>2002-08-28T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE SAFETY BELT BUCKLE MAY "FALSE LATCH" AND EXPOSE THE DRIVER TO UNRESTRAINED MOVEMENT DURING A CRASH.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1997 - SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1997/02v216000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2cfca2ea-3c68-1fd7-117c-5880aa26aed0</id>
<updated>2002-08-28T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE SAFETY BELT BUCKLE MAY "FALSE LATCH" AND EXPOSE THE DRIVER TO UNRESTRAINED MOVEMENT DURING A CRASH.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1996 - SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1996/02v216000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3d83fb42-a90a-c29f-4c9b-7cb01c31f0ad</id>
<updated>2002-08-28T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE SAFETY BELT BUCKLE MAY "FALSE LATCH" AND EXPOSE THE DRIVER TO UNRESTRAINED MOVEMENT DURING A CRASH.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1995 - SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1995/02v216000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1baee0f6-3666-2ad5-e3cf-d590d0a94038</id>
<updated>2002-08-28T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE SAFETY BELT BUCKLE MAY "FALSE LATCH" AND EXPOSE THE DRIVER TO UNRESTRAINED MOVEMENT DURING A CRASH.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 2000 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/2000/00v205000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0e6f0506-61ef-f851-0074-827d7519f796</id>
<updated>2000-07-28T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE.  THESE VEHICLES WERE DISTRIBUTED WITH OWNERS MANUALS WITH AN INCORRECT JUMP START DIAGRAM.   THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR JUMP STARTING ARE ACCURATE.  HOWEVER, THE DIAGRAM DEPICTS THE JUMPER CABLES ATTACHED TO THE WRONG POLARITY TERMINALS.  IF THE DIAGRAM WERE FOLLOWED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE RESULTING IMPROPER CONNECTIONS COULD CAUSE THE BATTERY TO RUPTURE AGGRESSIVELY DUE TO INCREASED INTERNAL PRESSURES.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1997 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1997/99v325000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:15371645-116f-ee5a-b1db-55edd05facca</id>
<updated>1999-11-29T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.  THE WIRES CONNECTED TO THE C123 AND C124 CONNECTORS CAN BE PUT UNDER TENSION BY MOVEMENT OF THE ENGINE, THUS PULLING THE WIRES AND CONNECTORS, LOOSENING THEM AND RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CIRCUIT CONTINUITY.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1998 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1998/99v325000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:274bc362-82b9-1885-648c-b1159925ab90</id>
<updated>1999-11-29T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.  THE WIRES CONNECTED TO THE C123 AND C124 CONNECTORS CAN BE PUT UNDER TENSION BY MOVEMENT OF THE ENGINE, THUS PULLING THE WIRES AND CONNECTORS, LOOSENING THEM AND RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CIRCUIT CONTINUITY.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1999 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1999/99v325000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:859e91eb-0a3c-c8bc-191b-e2d6645415e7</id>
<updated>1999-11-29T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.  THE WIRES CONNECTED TO THE C123 AND C124 CONNECTORS CAN BE PUT UNDER TENSION BY MOVEMENT OF THE ENGINE, THUS PULLING THE WIRES AND CONNECTORS, LOOSENING THEM AND RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CIRCUIT CONTINUITY.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1998 - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1998/98v222000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:455a0b4d-d4a1-5eed-3010-b5c1089511de</id>
<updated>1998-09-25T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WITHOUT AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM "ABS".  THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT COUPLING CAN CONTACT A HYDRAULIC BRAKE PIPE CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGE.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1999 - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1999/98v222000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:960001c4-3e27-1acd-19d3-92409437744a</id>
<updated>1998-09-25T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WITHOUT AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM "ABS".  THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT COUPLING CAN CONTACT A HYDRAULIC BRAKE PIPE CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGE.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1997 - LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/kia/sportage/1997/97v234000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5736deae-4994-c153-e811-71b34c40e0ac</id>
<updated>1997-12-19T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  PASSENGER VEHICLES.  A MICROSWITCH ON THE REAR HATCH LOCK CYLINDER CAN MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE POWER DOOR LOCKS TO UNLOCK INADVERTENTLY.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1996 - LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK</title>
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<id>urn:uuid:af531e55-c472-3567-9068-f64182397133</id>
<updated>1997-12-19T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  PASSENGER VEHICLES.  A MICROSWITCH ON THE REAR HATCH LOCK CYLINDER CAN MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE POWER DOOR LOCKS TO UNLOCK INADVERTENTLY.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1996 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL</title>
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<id>urn:uuid:573e1513-2b6b-dfd1-0851-76673246607b</id>
<updated>1996-07-18T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY COULD BIND OR STICK DURING OPERATION.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KIA SPORTAGE 1995 - SUSPENSION:REAR</title>
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<id>urn:uuid:1f108f25-0328-fe53-4af7-4898497c070f</id>
<updated>1995-04-14T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[THE NUTS ATTACHING THE REAR AXLE BEARING OIL SEAL RETAINERS AND BRAKE BACKING PLATES TO THE REAR AXLE HOUSING MAY BE UNDER- TORQUED CAUSING THESE UNITS TO LOOSEN OR FALL OFF.]]></summary>
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