Recall · 23V035000
Kia America recalled the KIA Telluride over air bags
31,943
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
January 29, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- The defect
- Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023 Telluride vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error, the wire harnesses for the second row seat side air bags may become damaged, causing them not to deploy in the event of a crash.
- What it can cause
- Air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace, or secure the air bag wire harnesses, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 28, 2023. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC262.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KiaTelluride | 2023 | 2023 |
How this campaign compares
At 31,943 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 86% 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, 2023, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2023, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Kia vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 13 times before this, most recently in November 2022 as 22V878000. 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 203 complaints with NHTSA, 2 of them before this campaign was filed. 4 of those name the air bags, 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: 26V430000 (seats), 25V494000 (structure), 24V407000 (seats), 24V214000 (power train).
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 America, Inc. with NHTSA on January 29, 2023 as campaign 23V035000. 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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