>> Matt: KIA, HYUNDAI CARS AND SUVs AT RISK OF CATCHING FIRE. WE UN-COVERED SOME ARE SHOWING
UP FOR SALE AT CAR LOTS ALL OVER
CENTRAL FLORIDA.
>> Lisa: AND IT’S ALL PERFECTLY
LEGAL.
NEWS 6 INVESTIGATOR ADRIANNA
IWASINSKI FOUND DOZENS OF THESE
CARS WITH OPEN RECALLS, LOCATED
IN MELBOURNE, OCALA AND ALL OVER
ORLANDO.
>> Reporter: WE ALSO FOUND
SEVERAL IN LONGWOOD, KISSIMMEE
AND ST. CLOUD, TOO.
NOW, THIS IS A LIST OF MORE THAN
100 CARS LISTED FOR SALE THAT
CARFAX PROVIDED TO ME.
IT SHOWS THE VEHICLE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR CARS
AND NONE OF THEM HAVE HAD THE
ISSUE FIXED YET.
>> ARMED WITH OUR LIST, WE
VISITED A HANDFUL OF CAR LOTS
ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA.
THIS 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA WAS ON
OUR LIST AND PLACED RIGHT OUT
FRONT AT A NORTH ORLANDO CAR
LOT.
THIS 2014 BLACK KIA SOL WAS ALSO
ON DISPLAY RIGHT OUT BY THE
STREET AT A CAR LOT IN LONGWOOD
AND A SALESMAN IN ORLANDO TOOK
US RIGHT UP TO THIS WHITE 2014
KIA SOL, EVEN AFTER I SHOWED HIM
THAT IT WAS FLAGGED ON OUR LIST
AS HAVING AN OPEN RECALL FOR A
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ENGINE
DEFECT BUT, AGAIN, NONE OF THESE
LOTS DID ANYTHING ILLEGAL.
THIS ORLANDO MOM TELLS ME SHE
BOUGHT HER 2012 KIA SOL AT A
USED CAR LOT THREE MONTHS AGO.
>> DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE
TOLD YOU ABOUT THE RECALL?
>> YEAH, I THINK THEY SHOULD
HAVE.
>> Reporter: WE EVEN SHOWED HER
THE SAFETY RISK DETAILS ON HER
KIA SOL’S RECALL.
>> YOUR CAR COULD STALL, IT
COULD CRASH.
IT COULD CATCH FIRE.
WHEN YOU SEE THIS, WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
>> THAT’S CRAZY?
OH, LORD.
IT COULD BLOW UP.
>> Reporter: LAST YEAR KIA AND
HYUNDAI RECALLED MORE THAN HALF
A MILLION CARS AND SUVs AFTER
SEVERAL CARS DID CATCH FIRE.
>> GET OVER.
GET OVER!
>> Reporter: AND THE POTENTIAL
ENGINE DEFECT THAT CAUSED IT WAS
EXPOSED.
NOT ALL THE CARS LISTED GOT
REPAIRED.
>> YOU CAN SEE OPEN RECALL.
>> Reporter: EMILY VOSS IS WITH
CARFAX THAT PROVIDES CAR
REPORTS.
THERE’S TO LAW TO PREVENT
SELLING A CAR THAT SELLS CARS
WITH AN OPEN RECALL.
>> THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO USED
CARS.
>> Reporter: WE ASKED CARFAX HOW
MANY KIA AND HYUNDAIS WERE UP
FOR SALE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
THERE WERE MORE THAN 100 CARS
LISTED ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
>> ALL OF THEM HAVE THE RISK FOR
FIRE?
>> YES.
>> IF YOU HAVE A PRIVATE SELLER
SELLING ONE OF THESE VEHICLES,
YOU CAN ASK THEM TO TAKE IT TO
THE HYUNDAI OR THE CAR
DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS FIX
TAKEN CARE OF AND YOU CAN
PROCEED WITH THE SALE.
IF THE SELLER CHOOSES NOT TO,
YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE THE CAR TO
THE DEALER ITSELF.
SINCE FIXING THE RECALL IS FREE
AND USUALLY TAKES A DAY OR TWO.
>> IT CAN BE A HASSLE ON THE
FRONT END BUT IT’S SO WORTH IT
WHEN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF LOVED
ONES AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE
ROADS AS WELL.
>> Reporter: CARFAX EVEN SHOWED
US A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO CHECK
IF THE CAR YOU HAVE OR WANT HAS
AN OPEN SAFETY RECALL.
YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR PHONE.
I’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT, COMING
UP TONIGHT AT 7.
AS FOR THE MOM I INTERVIEWED,
AFTER WE TOLD HER ABOUT THE
RECALL, SHE WENT THE NEXT DAY AT
THE DEALERSHIP AND GOT IT FIXED.
>> Lisa: AT LEAST THE FIXES ARE
FREE.
IT’S DEFINITELY AN INCONVENIENCE
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT AT
LEAST IT CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF.
>> Reporter: SURE.
BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’RE SELLING A
CAR OR BUYING ONE, PRIVATE
SELLERS I UNDERSTAND, BUT CAR
LOTS, YOU WOULD THINK.
SOME DO, SOME DON’T.
BUT IT’S NOT ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO
SELL THEM WITH THE OPEN RECALL
AND IT IS NOT ILLEGAL FOR THEM
TO SAY, YEAH, BUYER BEWARE.
>> Matt: IT’S NOT LIKE A LOOSE
MIRROR OR RADIO MALFUNCTION.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A CAR