# NHTSA recall 21V447000

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 \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 21V447000
- Manufacturer's number: SC213
- Manufacturer: Kia Motors America
- Reported: 2021\-06\-14
- Owners notified: 2021\-06\-24
- Component: LANE DEPARTURE: LANE KEEP: STEERING ASSIST; STEERING
- Units potentially affected: 846
- Part numbers: 57700\-L3000

## What is wrong

Kia Motors America \(Kia\) is recalling certain 2021\-2022 K5 vehicles equipped with 2.5L T\-GDI engines.  The Rack\-Mounted Motor Driven Power Steering \(R\-MDPS\) system lacks the ability to diagnose communication faults.  If a communication fault occurs while driving around a curve with Lane Following Assist \(LFA\) engaged, the steering assist level may not adjust properly, causing a sudden increase in the steering effort required.


## What can happen

A sudden increase in steering effort can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will update the R\-MDPS software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters are were mailed June 24, 2021.  Owner may contact Kia customer service at 1\-800\-333\-4542.  Kia's number for this recall is SC213.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-20
- Vehicles in the campaign: 846
- Reported remedied: 802 \(94%\)
- Reported unreachable: 20
- Reported removed: 2

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2021 KIA K5](/makes/kia/k5/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 KIA K5](/makes/kia/k5/2022/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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