Sportage 2WD L4-2.0L DOHC (1996)
Power Door Lock Switch: All Technical Service Bulletins
Recall 97V234000: Inadvertant Unlocking of Rear Hatch
Year: 1996, 1997
Make: KIA
Model: SPORTAGE
Year of Recall: '97
Type of Report: Vehicle
Potential Number of Units Affected: 23493
Summary:
Vehicle Description: Passenger vehicles. A microswitch on the rear hatch lock cylinder can malfunction causing the power door locks to unlock
inadvertently.
Should this occur, security from unwanted intrusion into the vehicle is lost.
Dealers will modify the rear hatch door unlock circuit.
Owner notification began December 15, 1997. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive
the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Kia at 1-800-333-4KIA (1-800-333-4542). Also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-800-424-9393.
