# NHTSA recall 05V120000

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: 05V120000
- Manufacturer's number: SC\-044
- Manufacturer: KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
- Reported: 2005\-03\-29
- Owners notified: 2005\-04\-13
- Component: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC \(ASC\)
- Units potentially affected: 7619

## What is wrong

ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM \(ESP\),  THE YAW RATE SENSOR MAY BECOME TOO SENSITIVE AND MAY RECALIBRATE INACCURATELY.  WHILE DRIVING THE ESP PROGRAM MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REDUCE POWER AND MAY CAUSE A BRAKE AT ONE OF THE WHEELS TO BE INAPPROPRIATELY.


## What can happen

BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSED BY INADVERTENT ESP ACTIVATION MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ESP HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FREE OF CHARGE.  THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 13, 2005.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT KIA AT 1\-800\-333\-4542.


## Notes

KIA RECALL NO. SC\-044.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

- [2005 KIA SPORTAGE](/makes/kia/sportage/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-06\-24 to 2005\-02\-27.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [056](/bulletins/10017955.md), 2005-12-09, Service bulletin
- [044](/bulletins/10015249.md), 2005-07-12, 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/05V120000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/05V120000)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2005V120000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F05V120000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2005V120000)