Hyundai, Kia challenge recall over tow hitch that may trigger electrical fires

South Korea’s two large automakers have recalled greater than 281,000 Hyundai Palisade and Kia Telluride sports activities utility autos over a tow hitch that may trigger electrical fires.

“An adjunct tow hitch offered by way of dealerships might enable moisture into the harness module, inflicting a brief circuit. In some circumstances, {an electrical} quick could cause a car fireplace whereas driving or whereas parked and turned off,” the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) stated in a shopper alert Tuesday.

The recall impacts 245,030 Palisades and 36,417 Tellurides, in each circumstances from mannequin years 2020-22.

The 2 producers have warned shoppers to “park their automobiles outdoors and away from houses and different constructions till their autos have been repaired,” based on the NHTSA shopper alert.

Hyundai Palisade homeowners will be capable to obtain an interim restore whereby the seller will take away the fuse; no such interim restore is accessible for Kia Telluride homeowners.

“The recall restore is beneath growth. When a restore is accessible, all homeowners of autos probably geared up with affected trailer hitch wiring harnesses shall be notified by mail,” the NHTSA shopper alert reads.

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Sellers of each manufacturers will cease promoting the affected autos in the course of the recall interval.

This isn’t Hyundai or Kia’s first tangle with fire-based recollects this 12 months.

An anti-lock brake management module was found to probably quick circuit, beginning fires within the engine compartment, in a number of different fashions from the mid- and late-10s.

In line with CNN Enterprise, Hyundai recalled greater than 350,000 Santa Fe and Tucson SUVs and Kia greater than 125,000 K900 sedans and Sportage SUVs

Whereas no fires, crashes, or different incidents have been reported associated to the Hyundai Palisade within the U.S, there have been three fireplace incidents in Canada, and 16 incidents of melting within the two nations mixed from Jan. 16, 2020, to July 15, 2022, based on Automotive Information.

Kia, for its half, informed regulators that it had studies of six fires with “localized melting” involving 2020 Tellurides, however no additional studies for fashions made after that 12 months, based on Automotive Information.