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2022 KIA K5 — AIR BAGS

crash1 injured · 1859271 · 2022-12-13

Vehicle

Make
KIA
Model
K5
Year
2022
Manufacturer
Kia America, Inc.
Component
AIR BAGS

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

Client called about his car. After a exhausting analysis, we noticed that the ADA system released the brakes, causing an incident. The forward collision warning did not get activated. The car should stop automatically if it detects a possible crash or when the car it’s getting out of the road and it never happened. The main problem was the airbag placed above the pedals. It’s too big and when gets deployed, can cause a fracture, mainly on the right leg of the driver.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11497356
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown