# 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 \(United States\)
- 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 \(Sedona\)

## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 2, for 2025 quarter 4 to 2026 quarter 3
- 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2016 KIA SEDONA](/makes/kia/sedona/2016/recalls.md)
- [2016 KIA SORENTO](/makes/kia/sorento/2016/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [TSBTRA069R1](/bulletins/10116122.md), 2017-08-25, Service bulletin
- [TSBENG169R1](/bulletins/10116120.md), 2017-08-25, Service bulletin
- [SC118QA](/bulletins/10089997.md), 2017-01-31, Service bulletin
- [SC118DEALERPSM](/bulletins/10089994.md), 2017-01-31, Service bulletin
- [SC118DEALERP](/bulletins/10089993.md), 2017-01-31, Service bulletin
- [TSBSC118](/bulletins/10089985.md), 2017-01-31, Service bulletin
- [TSBTRA058R3](/bulletins/10088981.md), 2017-01-18, Service bulletin
- [PS\-441](/bulletins/10080040.md), 2016-09-14, Service bulletin
- [SC118](/bulletins/10058125.md), 2015-08-04, Service bulletin

## 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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