Hyundai and Kia preliminary evaluation PE11010
Transmission Intermediate Driveshaft. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the automatic transmission on 2 model years (2010–2011). Opened Apr 7, 2011, closed May 10, 2011 after 33 days. It led to safety recall 11V258000, 11V261000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedOn April 25, 2011, Kia Motors Corporation submitted a defect notification letter to NHTSA regarding a transmission intermediate driveshaft condition in approximately 12,690 model year (MY) 2011 Kia Sorento 2-wheel drive vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions and 2.4L engines (NHTSA Recall No. 11V-258).The recall addresses a defect with the external shape of the engine block which can prevent the intermediate shaft bearing bracket from mating evenly with the engine block. This can cause a misalignment of the intermediate shaft with the right side output gear. Resulting damage could cause a loss of motive power. Additionally, on April 27, 2011, Hyundai Motor Company submitted a defect notification (NHTSA Recall No. 11V-261) for the same issue in approximately 6,169 MY 2010 Sante Fe 2-wheel drive vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions and 2.4L engines that use the same components as the recalled Kia Sorento vehicles. This investigation is closed.
A Preliminary Evaluation is the first formal stage: NHTSA has decided the complaints and other information it screened are worth a closer look, and asks the manufacturer for its own data on the condition. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2010 Hyundai Santa FE; 2011 Kia Sorento.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs PE11010 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 11V258000, 11V261000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE11010 still open?
No. It closed on May 10, 2011 and led to recall 11V258000, 11V261000.
Which vehicles does PE11010 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 2 model years: 2010 Hyundai Santa FE, 2011 Kia Sorento. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.