NHTSA recall 22V612000
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 | 22V612000 |
| Manufacturer's number | SC246 |
| Manufacturer | Kia America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2022-08-10 |
| Owners notified | 2022-10-07 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT |
| Units potentially affected | 28065 |
| Part numbers | 46700-C5130 (Sorento), 46700-A9100 (Sedona) |
| Report | Annual report 2, for 2025 quarter 4 to 2026 quarter 3 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-10-14 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 28065 |
| Reported remedied | 17114 (60%) |
| Reported unreachable | 1826 |
| Reported removed | 1872 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 3, 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 America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2016 Sedona and Sorento vehicles. The vehicles may have been manufactured with faulty automatic transmission shift lever assembly components, preventing the shift lever from locking, which can allow the vehicle to rollaway.
What can happen
A vehicle rollaway increases the risk of a crash and injury.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the automatic transmission shift lever assembly components, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 7, 2022. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC246.
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.
| 2016 KIA SEDONA | |
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| 2016 KIA SORENTO |
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
| TSBTRA069R1 | 2017-08-25. Service bulletin. TSB: COMBINATION TSB / SERVICE ACTION: SHIFT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (SA292A) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) on some 2016MY Optima (JFa) 2.0T, produced from September 11, 2015 through October 6, 2016, 2016MY Sorento (UMa) 2.0T, produced from October 23, 2014 through April 18, 2016, Sorento (UMa) 2.4L, produced from November 18, 2014 through January 19, 2016, and Sorento (UMa) 3.3L vehicles, produced from October 23, 2014 through April 18, 2016, which may experience a shift quality concern, such as a harsh downshift, upshift, and/or shift delay. To correct this concern, apply the improved logic to the TCU using the KDS download as described in this bulletin. |
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| TSBENG169R1 | 2017-08-25. Service bulletin. TSB: COMBINATION TSB / SERVICE ACTION: SHIFT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (SA295A) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) on some 2016MY Sorento (UMa) 2.4L vehicles, produced from November 3, 2014 through April 18, 2016, which may experience a shift quality concern, such as a harsh downshift, upshift, and/or shift delay. To correct this concern, apply the improved logic to the ECU and TCU using KDS download as described in this bulletin. |
| SC118QA | 2017-01-31. Service bulletin. Q AND A: SC118 – 2016 MY SORENTO PCM LOGIC REPROGRAMMING VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN |
| SC118DEALERPSM | 2017-01-31. Service bulletin. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER MEMO: ATTENTION: ALL KIA SERVICE MANAGERS - KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. WILL BE CONDUCTING A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN, TO REPROGRAM THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) LOGIC FOR THE ADVANCED SMART CRUISE CONTROL (ASCC) IN CERTAIN 2016 MY SORENTO SX LIMITED (SXL) VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.3L V6 ENGINE AND TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ON AN INCLINE OF 6% OR GREATER, THE ENGINE MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING THE SPEED SET BY THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM. THIS MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE SPEED TO FALL BELOW THE SET SPEED WITHOUT AN ABILITY TO ACCELERATE UNTIL THE DRIVER CANCELS THE CRUISE CONTROL. THIS ISSUE DOES NOT OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE’S CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM IS NOT ENGAGED. |
| SC118DEALERP | 2017-01-31. Service bulletin. DEALER PRINCIPAL MEMO: ATTENTION: ALL DEALER PRINCIPALS - KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. WILL BE CONDUCTING A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN, TO UPDATE THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) LOGIC TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE ADVANCED SMART CRUISE CONTROL (ASCC) IN CERTAIN 2016 MY SORENTO SX LIMITED (SXL) VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.3L V6 ENGINE AND THE TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE. |
| TSBSC118 | 2017-01-31. Service bulletin. TSB: VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN: PCM LOGIC REPROGRAMMING (SC118) - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES THE PROCEDURE TO REPROGRAM THE POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM) LOGIC FOR THE ADVANCED SMART CRUISE CONTROL (ASCC) IN CERTAIN 2016MY SORENTO (UMA) SX LIMITED (SXL) VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.3L V6 ENGINE, TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE AND PRODUCED FROM OCTOBER 27, 2014 THROUGH MARCH 26, 2015. THE VEHICLES IN QUESTION MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING THE SPEED SET BY THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM WHEN DRIVEN ON AN INCLINE OF 6% OR GREATER. TO RESOLVE THIS CONCERN, KIA HAS DECIDED TO REPROGRAM THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) LOGIC. TO INSTALL THE NEW LOGIC, THE PCM SHOULD BE REPROGRAMMED USING THE GDS DOWNLOAD, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BULLETIN. KIA IS REQUESTING THE COMPLETION OF THIS SERVICE CAMPAIGN ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES, INCLUDING DEALER STOCK, PRIOR TO DELIVERY. FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE LATEST REFLASH HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE YOU ARE WORKING ON, VERIFY ROM ID USING THE TABLES IN THIS TSB. |
| TSBTRA058R3 | 2017-01-18. Service bulletin. SERVICE ACTION: TCM SHIFT LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA208) - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATED TO THE TCM SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR SOME 2016MY SEDONA (YP) VEHICLES TO IMPROVE TRANSMISSION “SHIFT-FEEL” WHEN DOWNSHIFTING (3-2) AND TO IMPROVE “BUSY-SHIFT” FEELING WHEN CLIMBING HILLS (4-3). |
| PS-441 | 2016-09-14. Service bulletin. HARSH UPSHIFT AFTER PERFORMING TSB TRA 058/SA208 - KMA HAS RECENTLY IDENTIFIED AN INCREASE IN TECHLINE CASES WITH A COMPLAINT RELATED TO “A/T UP-SHIFTING HARD” IN MOST GEARS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT MOST OF THESE OCCURRED AFTER PERFORMING TSB TRA 058 / SA208 USING MANUAL MODE AND POSSIBLY HAVING, INADVERTENTLY, ENTERED AN INCORRECT PCM/TCM PART NUMBER. IN SOME CASES, TRANSAXLES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED WITHOUT CONDITION IMPROVEMENT. PRIOR TO REPLACING A TRANSAXLE FOR A SIMILAR CUSTOMER CONCERN, CHECK CURRENT ROM ID NUMBER USING GDS/KDS. NOTE: PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WHEEL SIZE REFERENCE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH PCM/TCM PART NUMBERS. |
| SC118 | 2015-08-04. Service bulletin. KIA 2016 MY SORENTO SXL: THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES THE PROCEDURE TO REPROGRAM THE POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM)LOGIC FOR THE ADVANCED SMART CRUISE CONTROL IN CERTAIN 2016 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.3L V6 ENGINE. *LJ |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.