Fisker Karma
Registered from 2011 to 2012.
About this model
The Fisker Karma is a luxury plug-in range-extended electric sports sedan produced by Fisker Automotive between 2011 and 2012. The cars were manufactured by Valmet Automotive in Finland.
From the Wikipedia article Fisker Karma, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 290 hp · 2404 kg · 3160 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 11.8 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway · 386 Wh/km |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
Engineering analysis, opened September 2021, still open.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Fisker filed 24 bulletins about the 2012 Karma.
- Electrical system: 16
- Engine and engine cooling: 3
- Tires: 2
- Structure: 1
- Visibility: 1
- Other: 1
- Traction Motor and Inverter Location and Nomenclature · May 2021
- Fisker: on the end of release cable is original door pull ring which can slip off ball. a door pull rings, that fully capture and engage cable release ball, was redesign and replaces pull ring on the… · March 2013
- Fisker: after an extended drive, with heater on, in stealth mode, a flashing or solid check engine light (cel) illuminates, with rough idle, when engine/generator is turned on. models 2012-2013… · March 2013
- Fisker: battery charger control module loses communication due to a potential false setting. *pe · July 2012
- Fisker: information provided on standard goodyear tires fitted to karma, with wear indicator bars, still have usable tread rubber on shoulder ribs, though appearing worn. *pe · July 2012
- Fisker: information for correctly formatting, downloading, and loading software and files on usb flash drive is being provided as a service tip. *pe · July 2012
- Fisker: explanation regarding command center tips for the touch panel on computer screen on vehicle. *pe · May 2012
- Fisker: baseline 611 software is being updated in some vehicles. the ecu is not being replaced. *pe · May 2012
16 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.