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2007 Kia SORENTO Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1275520
Internal NHTSA #	10854993
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2007
File date	11/04/16
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Daughter was driving the vehicle when the turn signals started flashing. As she pulled to a stop, someone came up to her window and told her there was smoke coming from the back of the vehicle. She pulled in to a parking lot to call me. When i arrived at the vehicle there was a small fire coming from underneath the right rear of the vehicle. Fire department was called and fire was out by the time they arrived. Fire department looked underneath the vehicle and found that the trailer hitch wiring harness shorted out and started on fire. My daughter was not towing anything at the time. Wiring harness is oem
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	12000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL
VIN pattern	KNDJC736875XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons
No. of fatalities
Date of purchase	14/01/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	35
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2007 Kia SORENTO Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2007 Kia SORENTO Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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