Specifications, Consumer information
and Reporting safety defects
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Reporting Safety Defects (U.S. only)
information under the headings
"NOTICE", "CAUTION" and "WARNING".
If, after reading this manual, you have
any questions regarding the operation
of your vehicle, safety issues and
defects, please contact your Kia's toll-
free Consumer Assistance hot line as
below:
National Consumer Affairs Manager
Kia America, Inc.
P.O. Box 52410
Irvine, CA 92619-2410
1-800-333-4Kia (4542)
Reporting Safety Defects (U.S.
only)
If you believe that your vehicle
has a defect which could cause a
crash or could cause injury or
death, you should immediately
inform the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) in addition to notifying
Kia America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar com
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plaints, it may open an investiga
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tion, and if it finds that a safety
defect exists in a group of vehi
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cles, it may order a recall and
remedy campaign. However,
NHTSA cannot become involved
in individual problems between
you, your dealer, or
Kia America,
Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call
the Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-
free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-
800-424-9153); go to http://
www.safercar.gov; download the
SaferCar mobile application; or
write to: Administrator, NHTSA,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Wash
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ington, DC 20590.
You can also obtain other infor
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mation about motor vehicle
safety from http://www.safer
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car.gov.