Recall · 25V099000
Kia America recalled 2 models over engine and engine cooling
137,256
Vehicles covered
2
Models
6
Model years
February 17, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL
- The defect
- Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Seltos and Soul vehicles. The piston oil rings may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in engine damage.
- What it can cause
- Engine damage can cause a vehicle stall or fire, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the engine as necessary, free of charge. Dealers will also install piston-ring noise sensing system (PNSS) software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 4, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC336.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to 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 137,256 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 93% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Kia vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 8 times before this, most recently in March 2024 as 24V169000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 6 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 841 complaints with NHTSA, 320 of them before this campaign was filed. 120 of those name the engine and engine cooling, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in June 2020, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 23V830000 (air bags), 23V531000 (power train), 23V298000 (electrical system), 21V259000 (engine).
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 February 17, 2025 as campaign 25V099000. 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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