*Regulatory agency in the United States urges automobile consumers who own a Kia Sportage or Cadenza manufactured between 2015 and 2021 to immediately start parking their vehicles outside

Emmanuel Akosile | 绿帽献妻

For a risk of catching fire while in motion, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has cautioned auto consumers who own a Kia Sportage or Cadenza manufactured between 2015 and 2021 to immediately start parking their vehicles outside.

绿帽献妻 learnt the regulatory agency disclosed that around 380,000 of those vehicles that come equipped with the Smart Cruise Control feature have been recalled because they were found to have a defect in an electrical circuit that makes them much more likely to catch on fire.

NHTSA stated: 鈥淯ntil these recalled vehicles have been repaired, the safest place to park them is outside and away from homes and other structures.鈥�

Vehicle fires are becoming a pain point for Kia, which announced December 2020, that it was recalling another 295,000 vehicles over a similar issue, report said.

Meanwhile, a software design issue in over 2.6 million Mercedes-Benz vehicles that were manufactured and domestically made in China also is prompting parent company Daimler to issue a massive recall.

The overwhelming majority of the affected vehicles were manufactured between January 2016 and November 2020, according to report.

A spokesperson said that just under 775,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles were sold in China in 2020.

The current recall is set to begin April 12, 2021.