# NHTSA recall 15V015000

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: 15V015000
- Manufacturer's number: SC113
- Manufacturer: Kia Motors America
- Reported: 2015\-01\-16
- Owners notified: 2015\-02\-20
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 86880

## What is wrong

Kia Motors America \(Kia\) is recalling certain model year 2014 Kia Forte vehicles manufactured December 5, 2012, to April 17, 2014.  In the affected vehicles, the cooling fan resistor may overheat and melt.


## What can happen

If the cooling fan resistor overheats and melts, there is an increased risk of a vehicle fire.


## The remedy

Kia will notify owners, and for vehicles produced from December 5, 2012 to January 27, 2014, dealers will replace the cooling fan resistor and multi\-fuse unit.  For vehicles produced from January 28, 2014 to April 17, 2014, dealers will replace the multi\-fuse unit only.  Owners of vehicles with a 1.8L engine will also have the engine control unit software updated.  The recall began on February 20, 2015.  Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1\-800\-333\-4542.  Kia's number for this recall is SC113.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-07\-19
- Vehicles in the campaign: 86880
- Reported remedied: 64520 \(74%\)
- Reported unreachable: 3308
- Reported removed: 754

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 KIA FORTE](/makes/kia/forte/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-12\-05 to 2014\-04\-17.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [CS2311\_TSB\_R3](/bulletins/11009080.md), 2024-10-23, Service bulletin
- [CS2305\_TSB\_R5](/bulletins/11001596.md), 2024-06-13, Service bulletin
- [CS2311\_TSB\_R2](/bulletins/10250838.md), 2024-03-02, Service bulletin
- [CS2311A\_OWNRYD](/bulletins/10247584.md), 2024-01-06, Service bulletin
- [CS2311\_TSB\_R1](/bulletins/10247554.md), 2024-01-06, Service bulletin
- [CS2311\_TSB](/bulletins/10247553.md), 2024-01-06, Service bulletin
- [CS2305\_TSB\_R4](/bulletins/10245167.md), 2023-12-05, Service bulletin
- [CS2305A\_OWNR2](/bulletins/10240559.md), 2023-08-24, Service bulletin
- [CS2305\_TSB\_R3](/bulletins/10239715.md), 2023-08-02, Service bulletin
- [CS2305\_TSB\_R2](/bulletins/10236651.md), 2023-05-30, 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)

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