Recall · 21V908000
Kia Motors America recalled the KIA Carnival over latches/locks/linkages
2,956
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
November 19, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:ELECTRONIC LOCK/LATCH ACTUATOR
- The defect
- Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2022 Carnival vehicles. The remote controller assembly for the passenger-side power sliding door may malfunction, preventing the passenger-side sliding door from securely latching.
- What it can cause
- A power sliding door that fails to latch may open while moving, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the passenger-side power sliding door release actuator's drum and holder inside the remote controller assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 16, 2021. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC221.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| KiaCarnival | 2022 | 2022 |
How this campaign compares
At 2,956 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 70% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2022, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Kia vehicles have been recalled over the latches/locks/linkages 3 times before this, most recently in August 2021 as 21V622000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 133 complaints with NHTSA, 9 of them before this campaign was filed. 7 of those name the latches/locks/linkages, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 5 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V232000 (fuel system, gasoline), 24V025000 (structure), 23V236000 (structure), 23V179000 (trailer hitches).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Kia Motors America with NHTSA on November 19, 2021 as campaign 21V908000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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