According to the manufacturer Kia is set to recall roughly 73000 Kia Rio vehicles due to a potentially faulty airbag sensor on the passenger side. The vehicles affected are from model years 2006 to 2008 and are susceptible to cracking from fatigue. With this potential fault the unit may not be able to detect a child in the seat thus unable to change the deployment settings.
Commentary
Ive mentioned in other blogs that manufacturers will note they are voluntarily recalling something on a member of their fleet. When the recall has anything to do with safety voluntary becomes mandatory according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Id like to point out that while the recall covers vehicles with model years 2006-2008 the cars in question were actually built between February 2005 and December 2007.
– Attorney Michael Grossman
*We appreciate your feedback and welcome anyone to comment on our blog entries, however all visitor blog comments must be approved by the site moderator prior to showing live on the site. By submitting a blog comment you acknowledge that your post may appear live on the site for any visitors to see, pending moderator approval. The operators of this site are not responsible for the accuracy or content of the comments made by site visitors. By submitting a comment, blog post, or email to this site you acknowledge that you may receive a response with regard to your questions or concerns. If you contact Grossman Law Offices using this online form, your message will not create an attorney-client relationship and will not necessarily be treated as privileged or confidential! You should not send sensitive or confidential information via the Internet. Since the Internet is not necessarily a secure environment, it is not possible to ensure that your message sent via the Internet might be kept secure and confidential. When you fill out a contact or comment form, send us an email directly, initiate a chat session or call us, you acknowledge we may use your contact information to communicate with you in the future for marketing purposes, but such marketing will always be done consistent with the advertising ethics rules established by the State Bar of Texas and you will have the option to opt out of future communications.
