In India, South Korean giant Kia has been forced to recall over 30,000 vehicles due to a software bug, located in the digital instrument panel. Due to this bug, the more than 30,000 units of the Carens MPV Model manufactured between September 2022 and February 2023 will have to be inspected, and receive a software update in order to correct the problem.
According to the statement issued by the same company, the recall campaign has been initiated to inspect any potential errors in the cluster initialization process that may cause it to go blank. Kia India, further adds, that it will directly contact the owners of the concerned vehicles to inform them about this voluntary recall campaign.
In October 2022, more than 44,000 units of the MPV model were recalled, also to fix a possible software problem, this time related to the airbag control unit.
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