INTERMITTENT STALLING

NHTSA investigation SQ99020 is a SQ opened on 1999-06-30 and currently closed. The subject of record is KIA KIA, which places this file inside the Office of Defects Investigation queue for KIA. Latest activity on this investigation was logged on 2000-01-12 - NHTSA updates that field whenever an Information Request goes out, a supplement is filed, or a status change is recorded in the public docket.

Investigators summarized the matter as follows: "Kia issued a "Kia Technical Times" in October 1998 stating that, due to loose connections at the fuel pump ground at G300, the fuel pump may shut off intermittently. The corrective action is to solder the fuel pump groun..." Investigations are the early-warning layer of the federal auto-safety system, sitting upstream of formal recalls and defect orders. Whether this one closes without action or escalates into an Engineering Analysis, the full history stays in the ODI archive so researchers, litigators, and buyers can pull the paper trail at any time. Related KIA files, listed below, give context on whether this is an isolated concern or part of a broader pattern across the brand.