Kia America announced on Nov. 17 that it was recalling more than a quarter-million vehicles manufactured between 2020 and 2024 due to problems with the vehicles’ fuel tanks that could cause them to melt.
The notice was issued a day before Kia’s parent company, Hyundai, announced a similar recall of more than 85,000 vehicles due to the same issue.
The affected vehicles include 250,547 Kia K5 midsize sedans built at the company’s 2,200-acre manufacturing facility in West Point, Georgia, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in the recall notice posted on its website.
The recalled automobiles all have the 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engines as opposed to vehicles equipped with the larger 2.5-liter engine….