Kia, Hyundai, Tesla Recalls

Automakers issued several recalls last week, including a Tesla recall involving 817,143 vehicles, a Hyundai recall of 357,830 Santa Fe and Tucson sports utility vehicles, and Kia is recalling 126,747 Sportage SUVs, according to recall notices on the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of the affected vehicles to park them outdoors because they can catch fire even if the engines have been turned off.

The recalls from the two Korean automakers are another in a string of fire and engine failure problems that have dogged the companies for the six years, according to the Center for Auto Safety.