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Hyundai and Kia ABS module fire recalls

try.vin lists 19 vehicle recalls for Hyundai and Kia ABS module fires, reported to NHTSA between November 10, 2016 and September 25, 2023, and 3 related NHTSA investigations.

15 of the 19 recalls listed are flagged “park outside” in NHTSA's record.

Recall details updated daily from NHTSA's recall file · as of · List reviewed October 25, 2026

Hyundai and Kia have recalled vehicles, Genesis models among them, because the anti-lock brake (ABS) module, which some of the recalls call the Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit (HECU), can short-circuit and, in NHTSA's summaries, cause an engine compartment fire. NHTSA's audit query AQ23-002 names most of these recalls together and says the modules in the recalls it names were made by the supplier Mando; an audit query reviews how companies reported and scoped their recalls and is not a finding about a defect. The other recalls listed here describe, in NHTSA's own text, a short in the ABS module that can cause an engine compartment fire.

“The Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) module may leak brake fluid internally and cause an electrical short, which can result in an engine compartment fire while parked or driving. An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.”

— NHTSA's summary of recall 23V-651, one of the recalls listed
Vehicle recalls listed
19
Makes
3
Model years
2006–2021
Earliest listed recall reported
November 10, 2016
Latest listed recall reported
September 25, 2023
Park-outside flags
15
Related NHTSA investigations
3

Counts are of the vehicle recalls and NHTSA investigations listed on this page, as NHTSA's files record them; each recall counts once, and makes and model years are those the listed recalls name. Counts aren't adjusted for sales, so they don't rank makers or models.

A vehicle that isn't listed here may still be in a recall. To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Vehicles named in the listed recalls

Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's recalls.

Genesis

All Genesis recalls

Hyundai

All Hyundai recalls

Kia

All Kia recalls

Recalls listed

Each recall below shows the evidence it is listed on:

AQ23-002
NHTSA's summary of Audit Query AQ23-002 names this recall.
NHTSA's text
NHTSA's text for this recall says a short in the ABS module can cause an engine compartment fire.

  1. HECU May Cause Engine Compartment Fire

    NHTSA #23V652000 · Reported · Kia America, Inc. · Potentially affected: 1,730,192 vehicles

    Park outside

    2010–2019 Kia Borrego and 11 more models

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  2. ABS Unit May Cause Engine Compartment Fire

    NHTSA #23V651000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 1,649,478 vehicles

    Park outside

    2011–2015 Hyundai Elantra and 12 more models

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  3. ABS Unit May Cause Engine Compartment Fire

    NHTSA #22V810000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 44,396 vehicles

    Park outside

    2018 Hyundai Santa FE Sport

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  4. Engine Compartment Fire

    NHTSA #22V800000 · Reported · Kia America, Inc. · Potentially affected: 71,704 vehicles

    Park outside

    2008–2009 Kia Sportage

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  5. ABS Unit May Cause Engine Compartment Fire

    NHTSA #22V056000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 357,348 vehicles

    Park outside

    2016–2018 Hyundai Santa FE and 3 more models

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  6. Engine Compartment Fire

    NHTSA #22V051000 · Reported · Kia Motors America · Potentially affected: 126,747 vehicles

    Park outside

    2016–2018 Kia K900 and 1 more model

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  7. Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit May Short

    NHTSA #21V331000 · Reported · Kia Motors America · Potentially affected: 440,370 vehicles

    Park outside

    2013–2015 Kia Optima and 1 more model

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  8. Anti-Lock Brake System Module May Short

    NHTSA #21V303000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 151,205 vehicles

    Park outside

    2013–2015 Hyundai Santa FE Sport

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  9. Anti-Lock Brake System Module May Short Circuit

    NHTSA #21V161000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 552 vehicles

    Park outside

    2019–2021 Genesis G70

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  10. Anti-Lock Brake System Module May Short Circuit

    NHTSA #21V160000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 94,646 vehicles

    Park outside

    2017–2020 Genesis G80 and 1 more model

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  11. Engine Compartment Fire

    NHTSA #21V137000 · Reported · Kia Motors America · Potentially affected: 379,931 vehicles

    Park outside

    2017–2021 Kia Sportage and 1 more model

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  12. ABS Unit may cause Engine Compartment Fire

    NHTSA #20V543000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 652,024 vehicles

    Park outside

    2016–2021 Hyundai Tucson

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  13. Anti-lock Brake System Module May Short

    NHTSA #20V520000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 151,205 vehicles

    Park outside

    2013–2015 Hyundai Santa FE Sport

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  14. Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit May Short

    NHTSA #20V519000 · Reported · Kia Motors America · Potentially affected: 440,370 vehicles

    Park outside

    2013–2015 Kia Optima and 1 more model

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  15. ABS Unit may cause Fire

    NHTSA #20V518000 · Reported · Kia Motors America · Potentially affected: 28,200 vehicles

    Park outside

    2018–2021 Kia Stinger

    Evidence: AQ23-002

  16. ABS Module May Short Circuit

    NHTSA #20V088000 · Reported · Kia Motors America · Potentially affected: 228,829 vehicles

    2006–2010 Kia Sedona and 1 more model

    Evidence: NHTSA's text

  17. ABS Module May Short Circuit

    NHTSA #20V061000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 476,111 vehicles

    2007–2010 Hyundai Elantra and 3 more models

    Evidence: NHTSA's text

  18. ABS Module May Short Circuit

    NHTSA #18V026000 · Reported · Hyundai Motor America · Potentially affected: 87,854 vehicles

    2006–2011 Hyundai Azera and 1 more model

    Evidence: NHTSA's text

  19. Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit may Short

    NHTSA #16V815000 · Reported · Kia Motors America · Potentially affected: 71,704 vehicles

    2008–2009 Kia Sportage

    Evidence: AQ23-002

NHTSA investigations

An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.

Audit Queries and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations: they look at whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules, not at a possible vehicle defect.

  • PE19-003 · Preliminary Evaluation Closed

    Non-crash Vehicle Fires

    Opened March 29, 2019 · Closed December 22, 2021

    NHTSA's investigations file lists recalls 20V-061, 20V-520, 20V-543, 21V-303 for this investigation.

  • PE19-004 · Preliminary Evaluation Closed

    Non-crash Vehicle Fires

    Opened March 29, 2019 · Closed December 22, 2021

    NHTSA's investigations file lists recalls 20V-088, 20V-518, 20V-519, 21V-331 for this investigation.

  • AQ23-002 · Audit Query Open

    Hyundai and Kia ABS Module Fires

    Open since November 17, 2023

    NHTSA's summary of this investigation refers to recalls 16V-815, 20V-518, 20V-519, 20V-520, 20V-543, and others on this page.

Listed recalls by report year

2023
2 recalls
2022
4 recalls
2021
5 recalls
2020
6 recalls
2018
1 recall
2016
1 recall

What this page doesn't tell you

  • This list is try.vin's: it lists a recall here only on the evidence shown beside it, and the list can be incomplete.
  • A model year listed here doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included in a recall. Whether a specific vehicle is included, and whether it has been repaired, can only be checked by its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
  • Each recall's potentially affected figure is the manufacturer's own estimate in NHTSA's record. Recalls can cover the same vehicles again, so this page doesn't add them up.

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