Passenger car
Kia · Optima
Motor vehiclesInjuries
- Country of origin
- Republic of Korea
- Notifying country
- Poland
What is the danger
A software error in the Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist system may cause the brake assist function not to engage as expected.
Requirements breached
As a result, the system may not detect another vehicle standing in front of the moving car, increasing the risk of an accident.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 31 July 2019
Product
- Description
- Passenger car.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1361/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-037
- Published
- 10 September 2019
- Corrigendum
- At the request of the notifying authority, notifications A12/0209/19 and A12/0230/19, published on report 2019-06 of 08/02/2019, have both been downgraded, having now the corresponding numbers A11/0057/2019 and A11/0058/19 on the same report.
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