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Bayless V. Kia America INC
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Case Synopsis
This is the public record summary for a civil court case 6:25-cv-00007, indexed by Open Public Records on February 10, 2026. The case is filed by Bayless against Kia America, INC. (Texas). Below you'll find enrichment from multiple authoritative business sources including OFAC sanctions, the state Secretary of State business registry, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR filings, CFPB consumer complaints, the Better Business Bureau, live news indexing, and 0 related cases in our 12.9-million-record archive.
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Deep Web Search · Kia America, INC. 4 MATCHED
Possible news and web mentions for Kia America, INC. (named in Bayless v. Kia America, Inc.). We surfaced 4 name-based results. Results are matched by name only and may refer to a different person, business, or agency — verify with the original source. Deep-search links across 11 platforms are listed below.
📰 Press Coverage · 4 matching articles
Kia America, Inc. - Loss of Headlights and Taillights/FMVSS 108
Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:00:00 GMT Possible match ·
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Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Sorento, 2025 Sorento Hybrid, and 2025 Sorento Plug-In Hybrid vehicles. A software error in the Body Domain Control Unit (BDC) may cause a loss ...…
Kia America, Inc. - Improper Air Bag Deployment from Damaged Wiring
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:00:00 GMT Possible match ·
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Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and Hybrid vehicles. The floor wiring assembly beneath the front passenger seat may become damaged, which can ...…
2025 Kia EV9 Recalls
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT Possible match ·
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Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 EV9 vehicles. The rear gear drive unit (GDU) motor shaft may have been improperly welded and become damaged, causing a loss of drive power. Dealers ...…
Recall alert: Kia recalls 300K vehicles for two separate issues
Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:11:00 GMT Possible match ·
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Kia America, Inc. is recalling over 300,000 vehicles from the 2023-2025 model years due to trim pieces that may detach while driving, posing a road hazard. The recalls affect 201,149 Kia Telluride ...…
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Compliance · Sanctions Check name-based match · not verified
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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Check ?The U.S. Treasury keeps a list of people and companies that Americans can't legally do business with, including terrorists, drug traffickers, and sanctioned foreign officials. It's called the SDN list. We refresh our copy every day from OpenSanctions.org. It currently has 19,700 entries.
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We checked the U.S. Treasury's sanctions list (19,700 entries).
We screened every party name listed on this case — 1 name in total (Kia America, INC) — against that list. A name match alone would not confirm identity.
No match. None of the names listed as parties on this case appear on the U.S. sanctions list.
Business Entity Lookup ENTITY SEARCH name-based match · not verified
Business Records · 50-State Coverage
?Direct links to official state corporate registries and federal databases for "Kia America, Inc.". Click to see filings, officers, registered agent, and status on the official site.
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Searching · Official Business Records for "Kia America, Inc."
These links search official and third-party business registries for the name "Kia America, Inc.". We have not verified that any matching entity is the same business named in this case, nor that it is currently registered or in good standing.
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Texas SOSDirect / Comptroller
State of record · Articles, status, officers, agent
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OpenCorporates · Global Entity Database
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SEC EDGAR · Full-Text Filing Search
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CFPB Consumer Complaints
Federal consumer-finance complaint database
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BBB rating, reviews, complaints, accreditation
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📰 Recent News — Kia America, Inc.
Live press coverage · most recent 8 stories
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS—MOTOR...
Dec 17, 2025
Kia Wants Out Of Pa. Suit Over Engine Defects
Jan 15, 2026
Recall Alert: 2025 Kia Telluride
Feb 27, 2026
Kia recalls over 100,000 vehicles due to fuel leak
Apr 20, 2026
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How We Built This Enrichment
📡 Live data pulls
2026-06-02 23:56 EDT · Edge cache 30 days
Every section above represents a real search against an authoritative public source. Sources are refreshed on a periodic schedule and cached; results shown reflect the most recent successful refresh of each source:
OFAC (daily), OpenCorporates (real-time), SEC EDGAR (real-time), CFPB complaints (live), state Secretary of State (live), live news indexing (24-hour cache).
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Total volume
On this page we checked Kia America, Inc. against: Open Public Records archive (12.9 million court cases), U.S. Treasury sanctions list (19,700 entries), and Texas state prison roster (about 135,000 inmates). In total, about 13.05 million records across 3 sources for this one case.
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