NHTSA recall 19V594000
A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.
| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 19V594000 |
| Manufacturer's number | SC181 |
| Manufacturer | Kia Motors America |
| Reported | 2019-08-13 |
| Owners notified | 2019-08-30 |
| Component | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER; SEAT BELTS:FRONT |
| Units potentially affected | 30168 |
| Report | Quarterly report 7, for 2021 quarter 1 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2022-07-21 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 30168 |
| Reported remedied | 27981 (92%) |
| Reported unreachable | 339 |
| Reported removed | 96 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.
What is wrong
Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2020 Telluride vehicles. The seat belt assemblies in the front passenger, second, and/or third row seats may not tightly secure a child restraint system in the event of a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
What can happen
If a child seat is not properly secured, there is an increased risk of injury to the occupant in a crash.
The remedy
Kia will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and replace any incorrect seat belt assemblies. The repair will also include replacing the driver's seat belt which has a non-U.S. specified label, with a U.S. specification seat belt. The repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began August 30, 2019. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC181.
Notes
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.safercar.gov.
| 2020 KIA TELLURIDE | Built 2019-01-09 to 2019-08-05. |
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A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| PS665 | 2020-08-03. Service bulletin. PITSTOP: FRONT SEAT BELT OPERATION - This Pitstop provides information regarding concerns with the function of the front seat belt on some 2020MY Tellluride (ON) vehicles which may exhibit a seat belt that will not pull out or retract which may be caused by a twisting of the seat belt webbing or a pinching of the seat belt webbing behind the pillar trim. |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.