√Kia Australia recalls 40,000 cars with airbag fault

The fault could cause an airbag failure during a crash, according to the recall notice.

Kia Australia has recalled 40,817 examples of its Carnival people mover, Cerato small car, and Soul small hatch-turned-SUV, citing an airbag fault.

The affected vehicles are stamped Model Years 2016 to 2018.

The recall notice, lodged with the Department of Infrastructure, says: “Due to a manufacturing issue, the Airbag Control Unit (ACU) cover and the Electronically Erasable Programming Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) chip may have been produced with insufficient clearance.

“This could cause the airbag warning lights to illuminate and the airbags may not deploy … In the event of an accident an airbag not deploying as intended could increase the risk of injury or death to vehicle occupants and other road users.”

Date of recall notice	1 March 2022
Make	Carnival, Cerato, and Soul
Model	Kia
Year	2016-2018
Vehicles affected	40,817
VIN list	Click here and here to download the list of affected VIN numbers
Contact link	Click here to contact the manufacturer

A spokesperson for the marque in Australia told Drive “no airbags have failed in Australia.”

A full list of vehicle identification numbers for the

40,817 vehicles involved in the recall can be found here and here.

To have your vehicle checked, find your closest Kia dealership by clicking here. Alternatively, Kia can be contacted by email at customer_service@kia.com.au, or phoned at 131 542.

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