Importing Kia car to the US

[bort_s 63]

I did some searching but all the threads I found were several years old and wanted to see if anyone had any recent experiences.  

I have moved to the US and need to import my car from Canada, this is the last item for me.  I have requested a compliance letter from Kia but I seem to be having issues as the letter Kia Canada provided does not confirm the vehicle meets FVMSS standards, they reference CVMSS which the vehicle already has a label for this.  Kia said the only letter they can provide is the one that says it meets the EPA standards and the CVMSS.  

 

Has anyone successfully imported a Kia to the US recently in the last couple years?  I am wanting to import my 2018 Kia Stinger, the vehicle has TPMS and everything, its just missing the label in the drivers side door saying it meets the FVMSS. 

 

I am open to any advice, help or ideas as I would love to get this matter wrapped up ASAP.  Thx

Edited September 9, 2022 by bort_s

[Timona 4,207]

There's a poster here who imported a car from Canada somewhere this year. I think he had to go to the dealership to write him something 

[EmilyW 1,450]

Normally, I'd say ditch the car.  But then you said it was a Stinger, and I was like 'yeahhhhh, that's the kind of car you don't want to part with'.

 

Sorry, I have no advice, but you have good taste in cars.  

[bort_s 63]

8 minutes ago, EmilyW said:

Normally, I'd say ditch the car.  But then you said it was a Stinger, and I was like 'yeahhhhh, that's the kind of car you don't want to part with'.

 

Sorry, I have no advice, but you have good taste in cars.  

Exactly that's the only reason I haven't dumped it yet, I love the car.  If I don't get it sorted in the next few months I will sell it back in Canada and get something here.  

[RUJEN 140]

A couple years ago I bought a Ford F-450 in upstate NY and brought it to NC where I live. I had to meet with a man from DOT to inspect it before issuing a license plate for it. Lucky for me, it had the sticker inside the drivers door stating it met USA emissions. I remember him telling me is that sticker was NOT there, it would have been a long and troublesome procedure for me to get a license plate for it.

[Chancy 6,241]

*** Moved from Moving to the US forum to the Canada regional forum, for input from others who imported their car from Canada ***

 

On 9/9/2022 at 2:46 PM, bort_s said:

I have moved to the US and need to import my car from Canada

 

Check the threads below --

 

[cdndesro 44]

Did the letter they gave you state the discrepancies needed to comply with DOT standards?  My vehicle didn't meet them either but were simply badging discrepancies.  I ultimately had to just get the passenger airbag light changed from the Canadian version (with symbols) to the US version (with words).  Once I had that and the invoice from the dealership, along with the letter from the manufacturer, ownership and letter from bank that there was no lien it took about 30 minutes at the border to import.  This was in May of this year

Edited September 12, 2022 by cdndesro

[Lkkclub123 23]

On 9/12/2022 at 2:16 PM, cdndesro said:

Did the letter they gave you state the discrepancies needed to comply with DOT standards?  My vehicle didn't meet them either but were simply badging discrepancies.  I ultimately had to just get the passenger airbag light changed from the Canadian version (with symbols) to the US version (with words).  Once I had that and the invoice from the dealership, along with the letter from the manufacturer, ownership and letter from bank that there was no lien it took about 30 minutes at the border to import.  This was in May of this year

May I ask how much you paid for the modification of the airbag light?

[cdndesro 44]

On 6/28/2023 at 10:31 PM, Lkkclub123 said:

May I ask how much you paid for the modification of the airbag light?

I believe around $200. It was t anything significant. 

[Andrii Rand 0]

I had the same issues with Santa Fe 2017. And what I did is I bought an aftermarket TPMS from Amazon, installed it and went to local Hyundai dealer and asked them to provide a letter that installed TPMS works properly and accurately. 
And it worked for border officer. 

[Ontarkie 14,268]

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