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2022 KIA SELTOS — FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

fire · 2210476 · 2026-05-27

Vehicle

Make
KIA
Model
SELTOS
Year
2022
Manufacturer
Kia America, Inc.
Component
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Speed
10 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

My 2022 Kia Seltos out of nowhere started smoking, losing power, total control and braking. There were no lights on the dashboard warning of any kind complete stall than a little bit of power hesitation stall no brakes. I managed to coast it into a parking space at a hotel with it smoking so bad I couldn’t see. It then burst into flames and golfing the entire Engine bay and melting the front of the car about 90 seconds after I got out of the car all of the symptoms here are completely aligned with the recall on this vehicle and the soul. In fact, my son soul had all the same issues except the fire and Kia refused to replace the Engine claiming that his lack of a recent oil change caused the problem that we all see reported here this vehicle was not in the recall VIN group but failed catastrophically just as described in the recall

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11740429
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown