NHTSA recall 99V325000

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	99V325000
Manufacturer	KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
Reported	1999-11-19
Owners notified	2000-01-25
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
Units potentially affected	76986

What is wrong

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE WIRES CONNECTED TO THE C123 AND C124 CONNECTORS CAN BE PUT UNDER TENSION BY MOVEMENT OF THE ENGINE, THUS PULLING THE WIRES AND CONNECTORS, LOOSENING THEM AND RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CIRCUIT CONTINUITY.

What can happen

THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE ENGINE STALLING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL SPRING CLIPS TO LOCK THE CONNECTORS TOGETHER. IN ADDITION, THE DEALERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO SOLDER A SPLICE IN THE WIRE HARNESS.

Notes

OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JANUARY 25, 2000.OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY 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
1997 KIA SPORTAGE	Built 1996-08-29 to 1999-02-01.
1998 KIA SPORTAGE	Built 1996-08-29 to 1999-02-01.
1999 KIA SPORTAGE	Built 1996-08-29 to 1999-02-01.

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 SQ99021 and RQ02013

This recall followed 2 NHTSA investigations. 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
SQ99021	Service query, opened 1999-06-30, closed 2000-02-02. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
RQ02013	Recall query, opened 2002-10-18, closed 2003-09-02. ENGINE STALLING POST-RECALL. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.

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