Hopefully its only limited to those years.
The Center for Auto Safety on Friday renewed calls for Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors America to recall almost 3 million crossovers and sedans for potential noncollision fire risk.
The center wants the automakers to recall all 2011-14 Kia Sorrento, Kia Optima, Hyundai Sonata and Hyundai Santa Fe models, as well as all 2010-15 Kia Souls.
The public interest group petitioned NHTSA in June to investigate complaints of noncollision fires and burned wires. It is now putting pressure on the companies to issue a recall because the safety agency's review has not resulted in any action and the automakers' current remedy isn't working, said Jason Levine, executive director of the center.
Since June, the center and NHTSA have received more than 220 complaints of spontaneous fire-related incidents, and federal regulators say they also have received complaints about fires resulting from collisions.
"The number and severity of these complaints, when people are simply driving their cars on the highway, is frightening," Levine said in a statement. "It is long past time for Kia and Hyundai to act. Car fires put everyone on the road in significant danger."
Between June 12 and Oct. 12 the center said it learned of 103 additional fire reports, an 85 percent increase.
"Based on the data collected to date, and these manufacturers' inability, or unwillingness, to determine the cause of these fires on behalf of the hundreds of Kia and Hyundai customers who own cars which have burst into flames, the center believes the additional remedy which is warranted is a full recall," Levine said.
The Center for Auto Safety on Friday renewed calls for Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors America to recall almost 3 million crossovers and sedans for potential noncollision fire risk.
The center wants the automakers to recall all 2011-14 Kia Sorrento, Kia Optima, Hyundai Sonata and Hyundai Santa Fe models, as well as all 2010-15 Kia Souls.
The public interest group petitioned NHTSA in June to investigate complaints of noncollision fires and burned wires. It is now putting pressure on the companies to issue a recall because the safety agency's review has not resulted in any action and the automakers' current remedy isn't working, said Jason Levine, executive director of the center.
Since June, the center and NHTSA have received more than 220 complaints of spontaneous fire-related incidents, and federal regulators say they also have received complaints about fires resulting from collisions.
"The number and severity of these complaints, when people are simply driving their cars on the highway, is frightening," Levine said in a statement. "It is long past time for Kia and Hyundai to act. Car fires put everyone on the road in significant danger."
Between June 12 and Oct. 12 the center said it learned of 103 additional fire reports, an 85 percent increase.
"Based on the data collected to date, and these manufacturers' inability, or unwillingness, to determine the cause of these fires on behalf of the hundreds of Kia and Hyundai customers who own cars which have burst into flames, the center believes the additional remedy which is warranted is a full recall," Levine said.
