Recall · 26V173000
Kia America recalled the KIA Telluride Hybrid over seats
568
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
March 20, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
- The defect
- Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2027 Telluride Hybrid SX Prestige and X-Line SX Prestige vehicles equipped with the Executive Package. The second-row power seats may fail to detect a person. The seat may continue to move after contacting a person during powered seat functions, such as one-touch tilt-and-slide or automatic power fold-and-stow.
- What it can cause
- A person, especially a child, may become trapped by a rear powered seat, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised to exercise caution when operating the second-row power seat functions until the repair is performed. Children are advised to not be in the rear seats or near the rear seating area during power-folding operation. The power second-row seat control unit software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 20, 2026. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC366. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KiaTelluride Hybrid | 2027 | 2027 |
How this campaign compares
At 568 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 52% 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, 2027, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2026, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Kia vehicles have been recalled over the seats 7 times before this, most recently in February 2026 as 26V105000. 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 6 complaints with NHTSA.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 26V356000 (seat belts).
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 March 20, 2026 as campaign 26V173000. 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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