EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Kia “Soul PS” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/01225/20
Summary
The software governing the Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) may be defective.As a result in may fail to prevent potential instances, in which an owner may forget to apply the EPB themselves and the car could roll.
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Product
Passenger car — Kia
- Brand
- Kia
- Name / model
- Soul PS · 9*2007/46*61602015-16
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Production dates: BL: from 14 December 2005 to 17 December 2008 VQ: from 10 June 2005 to 14 December 2009
What is the risk?
- The software governing the Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) may be defective.As a result in may fail to prevent potential instances, in which an owner may forget to apply the EPB themselves and the car could roll.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 24/08/2020
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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