# NHTSA recall 22V304000

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: 22V304000
- Manufacturer's number: SC235
- Manufacturer: Kia Motors America
- Reported: 2022\-05\-05
- Owners notified: 2022\-05\-27
- Component: STEERING:COLUMN
- Units potentially affected: 30
- Part numbers: 56415\-L1000

## What is wrong

Kia Motors America \(Kia\) is recalling certain 2021\-2022 Rio and Forte vehicles.  A bolt in the steering column may not be secured properly, which can cause the steering column to detach from the steering rack and result in a loss of steering control.


## What can happen

Loss of steering control can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will tighten the lower steering column u\-joint retention bolt, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed May 27, 2022.  Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1\-800\-333\-4542.  Kia's number for this recall SC235.


## 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 2, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-20
- Vehicles in the campaign: 30
- Reported remedied: 21 \(70%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- Reported removed: 0

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 FORTE](/makes/kia/forte/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 KIA FORTE](/makes/kia/forte/2022/recalls.md)
- [2021 KIA RIO](/makes/kia/rio/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 KIA RIO](/makes/kia/rio/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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