Kia and Hyundai warn 485,000 SUV owners to park outside due to fire risk

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Hyundai and Kia have issued a recall for nearly 485,000 SUVs (and a handful of sedans) due to the risk of engine bay fires, warning owners to park the vehicles outside until the repair work has been completed.

The problem affects 126,747 Kias-certain K900 sedans from model years 2016-2018 and all Sportage SUVs from model years 2014-2016.

Hyundai has a bigger task, as it's recalling 357,830 vehicles split between the Santa Fe (model years 2016-2018, not equipped with smart cruise control), the Santa Fe Sport (model years 2017-2018, not equipped with smart cruise control), the Santa Fe XL (model-year 2019, not equipped with smart cruise control), and the Tucson (model years 2014-2015).

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