# NHTSA recall 23V579000

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: 23V579000
- Manufacturer's number: SC277
- Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
- Reported: 2023\-08\-15
- Owners notified: 2023\-10\-10
- Component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- Units potentially affected: 50517
- Part numbers: 85220\-R5000 / 85220\-R5500 \(RH\), 85210\-R5000 / 85210\-R5500 \(LH\)

## What is wrong

Kia America, Inc. \(Kia\) is recalling certain 2023 Sorento vehicles.  The air bag warning labels on the driver and front passenger sun visors may detach.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."


## What can happen

A detached air bag warning label will not warn occupants about the risks of air bag deployment, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the driver and front passenger sun visors, as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed October 10, 2023.  Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1\-800\-333\-4542.  Kia's number for this recall is SC277.


## 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 1, for 2025 quarter 4 to 2026 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-10\-14
- Vehicles in the campaign: 50517
- Reported remedied: 44863 \(88%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1170
- Reported removed: 342

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

- [2023 KIA SORENTO](/makes/kia/sorento/2023/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.

- [TSB\_ELE320](/bulletins/10247556.md), 2024-01-06, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_ELE316\_R1](/bulletins/10245171.md), 2023-12-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_ELE316](/bulletins/10243929.md), 2023-11-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_ELE303](/bulletins/10241848.md), 2023-09-06, 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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