Recall · 26V046000
Kia America recalled 11 models over electrical system
42,677
Vehicles covered
11
Models
14
Model years
January 27, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- The defect
- Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 Kia K4, 2025-2026 Sorento, Sorento Hybrid, Sorento Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV), 2026 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage PHEV, K5, EV9, Carnival, and Carnival Hybrid vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 101, "Controls and Displays" and 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring System."
- What it can cause
- An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer, tire pressure, or warning lights, increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- The instrument panel display software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 26, 2026. Owners may contact Kia Customer Service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC361. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 9, 2026.
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 | 2026 | 2026 |
| KiaCarnival Hybrid | 2026 | 2026 |
| KiaEV9 | 2026 | 2026 |
| KiaK4 | 2025 | 2025 |
| KiaK5 | 2026 | 2026 |
| KiaSorento | 2025 to 2026 | 2025 |
| KiaSorento Hybrid | 2025 to 2026 | 2025 |
| KiaSorento PHEV | 2025 to 2026 | 2025 |
| KiaSportage | 2026 | 2026 |
| KiaSportage Hybrid | 2026 | Not published here |
| KiaSportage PHEV | 2026 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 42,677 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 2025 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Kia vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 27 times before this, most recently in September 2025 as 25V649000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 9 of the 14 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 268 complaints with NHTSA, 89 of them before this campaign was filed. 79 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in November 2024, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V545000 (air bags), 26V232000 (fuel system, gasoline), 25V745000 (tires), 25V548000 (engine and engine cooling).
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 27, 2026 as campaign 26V046000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2026-01-27.
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