{"id":319936,"date":"2026-03-09T02:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T02:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/319936\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T02:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T02:03:08","slug":"kia-new-zealand-issues-recall-for-ev3-ev4-ev5-and-ev6-models-auto-trader-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/319936\/","title":{"rendered":"Kia New Zealand issues recall for EV3, EV4, EV5 and EV6 models\u00a0 \u2013 Auto Trader NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kia New Zealand has issued a recall for a number of its electric models, citing an issue with the digital cluster.<\/p>\n<p>The recall concerns EV3, EV4, EV5, and EV6 vehicles from the 2025 model year only.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autotrader.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/COTY-KIA-EV5-Cornering.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102286\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COTY-KIA-EV5-Cornering-1024x683.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Issued late last week, the statement reads:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe instrument clusters (Digital) may begin to operate slowly while driving. This recall involves an upgrade of the cluster module software to improve operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kia New Zealand has stated owners of affected vehicles will be contacted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf notified of vehicles inclusion in the recall, contact nearest Kia dealer directly to arrange a time to have the recall completed. \u2013 Please do not call Kia NZ head office as they cannot make bookings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kia New Zealand has issued a recall for a number of its electric models, citing an issue with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-319936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}