KIA Global Recall

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Refer: http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_conten..._Business_WORLD

 

The top executive at Kia Motors has resigned after the company issued a global recall for tens of thousands of vehicles over defective wiring, the automaker said Tuesday.

Chung Sung-eun, vice chairman and CEO of South Korea's No. 2 automaker, stepped down on Friday, according to company spokesman Michael Choo.

 

"His resignation comes in the light of the recent global recall issued by Kia Motors," Choo said, without elaborating. He said no successor has been named.

 

Kia Motors Corp. is an affiliate of South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. Together they form the world's fifth-largest automotive group.

 

Chung's resignation comes amid a wave of recalls that have shaken the global auto industry since Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. began calling in vehicles in October last year. The world's top automaker has recalled more than 10 million vehicles for problems including faulty gas pedals and floor mats.

 

South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-koo asked Chung to step down to take responsibility for the recalls as they suggested possible quality problems.

 

Neither Choo nor Hyundai Motor spokeswoman Song Meeyoung could confirm the report.

 

Chung, the former Kia executive, is no relation to the Hyundai chairman.

 

Early this month Kia issued a global recall totaling at least 85,900 vehicles, according to Choo. The recalls were for a defect in electric wiring that controls mood lighting inside the car and could cause "heat-related damage," he said. Of that total, 35,185 vehicles were recalled in the United States.

 

Kia's China operations were also part of the recall, but Choo could not provide a figure for the number of vehicles affected there.

 

Seoul-based Kia has a complex management system. Though Chung held the top rank, day-to-day operations come under the control of two presidents: Hank Lee for overseas operations and Seo Young-jong for domestic operations, according to Choo.

 

Kia, which posted a 61 percent surge in second-quarter net profit, manufactures vehicles in South Korea as well as at overseas plants in China, Slovakia and the U.S.

 

[Heartbreakid]

In the end, human is the main factor for the fault. Greed for more technology and convenience, and huge drop in quality. The more electrical stuffs in a car, the more problem it will give. See what happen now? It is like a trend to recall defect these days when products are so new as compared to olden mechanical days, where recall is unheard off and yet reliable enough to last more than 10 years...

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Same news but from different source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/M...ory_575721.html

 

SEOUL - THE head of South Korea's second-largest automaker Kia Motors has resigned to take responsibility for mass vehicle recalls caused by defective electrical wiring, the company said on Tuesday.

 

Chung Sung Eun, who is also a vice-chairman of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group, stepped down after Kia had to issue a global recall of 85,900 vehicles, spokesman Michael Choo told AFP.

 

The four models involved are the Soul, Sorento and Borrego sport utility vehicles, and the Cadenza sedan.

 

In China a Kia Motors joint venture, Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motor Co, on Monday separately recalled 18,147 Sorento, Borrego and Soul models.

 

Yonhap news agency reported that Chung was sacked by group chairman Chung Mong Koo. -- AFP

 

 

[Holiday]

sales of the kia soul is already pretty slow, with this recall thingy, it's going to be hit hard.

it's a pity, i like the design, pretty spacious. but too exp.

[Ghostami]

Kia soul is only slow in Singapore. In other places its quite fast, try not to use Singapore to gauge what is happening elsewhere. I mean in car sales that is.

[Agkk123]

With car features getting more complex comes a lot of possibility of errors. But it is a good thing that car companies are quick to issue recalls though it will cause a big blow to their finances. I wonder which car company will be next to issue a recall?

[13177]

Kia soul is only slow in Singapore. In other places its quite fast, try not to use Singapore to gauge what is happening elsewhere. I mean in car sales that is.

I think no matter wht make/model here also slow lor, becos of the high COE now! But i find Kia soul design not say very nice lor, not as impressive as the forte.