Huge Recall of Hyundai, Kia and General Motors Vehicles in South Korea Due to Various Defects

TapTechNews October 11th news, according to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 10th that Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, General Motors Asia-Pacific headquarters, and General Motors Korea will take proactive corrective measures (TapTechNews note: that is, recall) for 607,502 vehicles with manufacturing defects, involving as many as 10 models produced locally or imported.

Hyundai Motor's Sonata and other 2 models with a total of 312,744 vehicles, Kia's Forte and other 4 models with a total of 285,327 vehicles, due to a design error in the airbag control device, the internal components may be damaged, resulting in the inability of the airbag to deploy, so corrective measures will be taken starting from the 11th.

In addition, due to an electronic brake software error, 8,592 Kia EV9 remote control parking function cannot work properly, and corrective measures have begun since the 7th.

Among the three models imported and sold by General Motors Korea, including 839 vehicles such as Cadillac Escalade, due to an electronic brake software error, the warning light failed to light up when the brake fluid was insufficient, which violated the safety standard, and corrective measures have begun since the 8th.

According to TapTechNews' previous reports, from June to July this year, Kia successively recalled a total of 2,393 hybrid vehicles of the Niro HEV produced from October 4, 2016 to October 30, 2018, a total of 1,307 new-generation K3 plug-in hybrid vehicles produced from June 12, 2019 to February 25, 2022, and some imported Kia pure electric EV6 cars produced from June 8, 2023 to November 1, 2023, a total of 165 vehicles.