Kia recalls more than 500,000 vehicles in US for airbag issue.

The AP (6/8, Krisher) reports on the recall of “over a half-million vehicles in the U.S.” by Kia “because the air bags may not work in a crash.” The story says the recall is connected to Hyundai’s recall, with both automakers now having recalled “nearly 1.1 million vehicles due to the” same issue, “which has been linked to four deaths.” NHTSA has been investigating the issue since March and “said at the time it had reports of six front-end crashes with significant damage to the cars.”