NHTSA recall 05V013000

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.

Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	05V013000
Manufacturer's number	SC042
Manufacturer	KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
Reported	2005-01-19
Owners notified	2005-03-21
Component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
Units potentially affected	89238

What is wrong

ON CERTAIN MINI VANS, DURING ASSEMBLY, THE THROTTLE CABLE WOULD TWIST ITSELF OUT OF POSITION.

What can happen

THIS CAN PERMIT THE CABLE TO BE HUNG UP, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE THROTTLE CABLE FREE OF CHARGE. VEHICLES PRODUCED FROM MARCH 20, 2001 THROUGH NOVEMBER 7, 2001 WILL HAVE A GUIDE CLIP INSTALLED ON THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE TENSION FORCE CABLE DOES NOT MOVE OUT OF POSITION. VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 8, 2001, ALREADY HAVE THE EXTENDED GUIDE, WHICH ACCOMPLISHES THE SAME OBJECTIVE. THE RECALL BEGAN MARCH 21, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-333-4542.

Notes

RECALL NO.SC042.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2002 KIA SEDONA	Built 2001-03-20 to 2003-04-03.
2003 KIA SEDONA	Built 2001-03-20 to 2003-04-03.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as PE04067

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.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
PE04067	Preliminary evaluation, opened 2004-09-24, closed 2005-01-27. THROTTLE CABLE BINDING. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
042	2005-07-13. Service bulletin. THROTTLE CABLE ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT RECALL CAMPAIGN. *TT

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