Kia America is recalling 80,255 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and Hybrid vehicles. The floor wiring assembly beneath the front passenger seat may become damaged, which can prevent the front air bags and seat belts from deploying properly or cause an unintended side curtain air bag deployment.
In the required safety defect filing made public today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Kia said: “The floor wiring assembly located underneath the front passenger seat contains wires which control certain vehicle restraint systems. Repeated sliding adjustment of the manual front passenger seat may damage one or more of the wires in the floor wiring assembly due to variation in its routing. This may result in 1) the non-deployment of airbag(s) and/or seatbelt pretensioner(s), or 2) the inability to suppress the passenger frontal airbag fora child or small occupant, or 3) inadvertent deployment of the passenger side airbag (SAB).” Continue reading
Corvette 2025 ZR1 VIN 001 at Barrett-Jackson Auction
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Last Saturday the first retail production 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, VIN 001, sold at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction for $3.7 million. All of the hammer price – 100% – of this Barrett-Jackson charity auction on 25 January, goes to the American Red Cross. Chevrolet said today that selected the Red Cross to benefit disaster relief efforts in areas impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton, as well as general relief to help people affected by disasters big and small, including wildfires, storms and countless other crises. (Read AutoInformed on Chevrolet 2025 Corvette ZR1 Starts at $185,995)
Corvette Chief Engineer Josh Holder introduced the quickest, fastest and most powerful Corvette ever before an audience of bidders in the room and around the world, alongside representatives from the Red Cross. The winning bid was placed by Rick Hendrick, founder and CEO of Hendrick Companies. Continue reading →