# NHTSA recall 00V205000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 00V205000
- Manufacturer's number: SCO17
- Manufacturer: KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
- Reported: 2000\-07\-27
- Owners notified: 2000\-09\-07
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 66482

## What is wrong

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE.  THESE VEHICLES WERE DISTRIBUTED WITH OWNERS MANUALS WITH AN INCORRECT JUMP START DIAGRAM.   THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR JUMP STARTING ARE ACCURATE.  HOWEVER, THE DIAGRAM DEPICTS THE JUMPER CABLES ATTACHED TO THE WRONG POLARITY TERMINALS.  IF THE DIAGRAM WERE FOLLOWED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE RESULTING IMPROPER CONNECTIONS COULD CAUSE THE BATTERY TO RUPTURE AGGRESSIVELY DUE TO INCREASED INTERNAL PRESSURES.


## What can happen

THIS COULD CAUSE POTENTIAL SERIOUS INJURY TO BYSTANDERS.


## The remedy

OWNERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ADHESIVE LABEL WITH THE CORRECT ILLUSTRATION TO PERMANENTLY AFFIX TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS MANUALS.


## Notes

OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 7, 2000. OWNERS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE THE ADHESIVE LABEL WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT KIA AT 1\-800\-333\-4542. ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-DASH\-2\-DOT \(1\-888\-327\-4236\).


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2000 KIA SPORTAGE](/makes/kia/sportage/2000/recalls.md)

## Investigated as PE00026

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- PE00026: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2000\-07\-10, closed 2000\-07\-31. INCORRECT BATTERY JUMP\-START. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/00V205000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/00V205000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [TSB\_ELE220\_R1](/bulletins/10187727.md), 2021-03-04, Service bulletin
- [PS443](/bulletins/10183431.md), 2020-12-03, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/00V205000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/00V205000)

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