EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Kia “Sorento” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0709/14
Summary
null In the event of a crash, the driver seat belt anchor pretensioner piston may separate from the cable immediately after the pretensioner activation. This would reduce the protection afforded to the driver.
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Product
Passenger car — Kia
- Brand
- Kia
- Name / model
- Sorento · Sportage (SLe)
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: The recall concerns vehicles, produced from 07 October 20011 to 21 November 2012 with VINs from U5YPC813DCL109497 to U5YPC814ADL264640
What is the risk?
- null In the event of a crash, the driver seat belt anchor pretensioner piston may separate from the cable immediately after the pretensioner activation. This would reduce the protection afforded to the driver.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 09/05/2014
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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