Recall · 23V531000
Kia America recalled 3 models over power train
Park outside and away from buildings until repaired. NHTSA issues this where it considers the risk immediate, and it stands until the repair is done.
39,765
Vehicles covered
3
Models
4
Model years
July 31, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT:PUMP
- The defect
- Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023 Soul, Sportage, and 2023-2024 Seltos vehicles. The electronic controller for the Idle Stop & Go oil pump assembly may contain damaged electrical components that can cause the pump to overheat.
- What it can cause
- An electric oil pump assembly that overheats increases the risk of a vehicle fire.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete. Dealers will inspect and replace the electric oil pump controller, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 28, 2023. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC275.
- 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 39,765 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 88% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2023 to 2024, 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 power train 10 times before this, most recently in October 2022 as 22V760000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 321 complaints with NHTSA, 65 of them before this campaign was filed. 30 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2022, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V099000 (engine and engine cooling), 24V025000 (structure), 23V830000 (air bags), 23V410000 (service brakes, hydraulic).
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 July 31, 2023 as campaign 23V531000. 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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