Wiring problems of the 2010 Kia Motor Soul

Tl- the contact owns a 2010 kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving about 35 mph, the contact noticed smoke from the radio without warning. . The vehicle was taken to the bill Dodge kia dealer (877-583-6175, located at 3 saunders way, westbrook, me 04092) where it was diagnosed that there was a shortage in the wiring harness. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was out of warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000. Fe.

Wiring connector connected to the radiator fan assembly melted. I had replaced the radiator fan assembly a year earlier to its failure. Upon the repair shop I took my car to calling the dealer, it was mentioned this is a common problem by the dealer. The melting of this connector caused the engine to start over heating and the a/c to no longer cool. Dealer mentioned that the connector is not available and it would take replacing the whole electrical harness. The car only has about 65,000 miles on it.

Daughter was driving car on side street when she noticed smoke and then fire coming from passenger side speaker/light area. She was fortunately not hurt and was assisted by bystander in putting out fire. Inside of door around speaker melted. Appears to be same problem that kia recalled 2010 kia for (ref 10v388000 Aug 30 2010). Car was supposedly fixed under recall no. 10v388000 at fullerton kia (no longer in business at the fullerton location). To date kia has accepted no responsibility for the problem. I want to make sure that cause is investigated before car is repaired, and reason is destroyed as it appears recall fix was unsuccessful and there may be 1000's of cars on the road with same problem. Updated 03/06/12 updated ivoq 03/13/12.