Passenger car
Kia · Niro EV
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- Republic of Korea
- Notifying country
- Belgium
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
- Professional product
- Yes
What is the danger
Due to insufficient detection capability in the Battery Management System, micro-shorts between battery cells may remain undetected. Undetected micro-shorts could cause the cells to overheat and lead to a fire while the vehicle is parked or charging.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Importer
Product
- Description
- Passenger car.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- SR/02118/26 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2026-30
- Published
- 29 July 2026
- Modified
- 10 September 2026
- Corrigendum
- Notification SR/02136/26: at the request of the notifying authority the notification has been updated with additional information on the adopted measures. Notifications SR/02134/26 and SR/02135/26 : At the request of the notifying authority, the notification was updated in regards to the legal provision.
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