We have classified the 5 complaints from 2018 Kia Stinger about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM into the following categories.
An injury has not occurred. the dealer did not seek to resolve the recall issue. kia motors has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exist in certain 2018 stinger vehicles manufactured from july 20, 2017 through june 8, 2018. the defect may cause damage to the front wiring harness which can result in an electrical short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire. the front wiring harness is located in the engine and passenger compartment of the vehicle. i was advised to file an online complaint because the safety recall was not addressed.
The vehicle was in car accident. vehicle was in motion and had adaptive cruise control on and vehicle in front of me so it shifted down so car was in front of me and lane assist jerked the wheel as i was approaching the car in front of me and caused me to go into the other lane and and then it resumed speed because it did not realize a vehicle was coming the other way. at this time i had no control of the car. by the time i could get back over and got control of the vehicle it was to late and i hit someone and they died. this car has a defect or malfunction and these safety features are put in vehicles to help but i am not so sure they help and are
I parked my 2018 kia stinger at home after driving 40 min, mostly highway. nothing was wrong with the car during this time. after roughly 5 minutes in my house, i began to smell a burning odor. i looked around the house for anything burning. i searched the 1st/2nd floor, but nothing. i opened my back door and the smell was stronger, but nothing was unusual. the furnace was okay. then i heard fire trucks and police out front. i went out and saw my car in flames.
2018 kia stinger. consumer writes in regards to safety recall. 18v-754. *ld *tr
Received recall notice 18v-754 possible wire harness damage and brought to dealer on 1/2/19. the inspection failed and dealer provided a loaner car. tomorrow 2/2/18 will be 2 months and dealer has not received a part number for this recall and cannot perform work. wisconsin lemon law can take affect on 2/2/18 (30 days without use). complaint is about why dealer cannot get a part number to order from kia engineering. i also opened a case with kia consumer affairs case # 13009803 but they have been little help to date. car is a 2018 kia stinger gt2
Vehicle was in park with the engine not running. came out of big deal convenient store located on rte 9 chesterfield, nh to find smoke coming out of the engine compartment. called 911 and used a store fire extinguisher to try to put out the flames. waited for the fire dept to arrive, they put the engine compartment fire out.