Recall · 25V745000
Kia America recalled 2 models over tires
45
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
October 31, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
- The defect
- Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 Telluride and 2026 Sorento vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with an incorrect spare tire which, when installed, can impair the anti-lock braking system (ABS) and the traction control system (TCS). As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."
- What it can cause
- Anti-lock braking or traction control systems that do not function properly can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the spare wheel and tire assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 3, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC355. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning November 13, 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KiaSorento | 2026 | Not published here |
| KiaTelluride | 2025 | 2025 |
How this campaign compares
At 45 vehicles this is a small campaign: 79% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2025 to 2026, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2025, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Kia vehicles have been recalled over the tires once before this, most recently in July 2022 as 22V509000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 102 complaints with NHTSA, 17 of them before this campaign was filed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 26V105000 (seats), 26V046000 (electrical system), 25V494000 (structure).
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 October 31, 2025 as campaign 25V745000. 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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