# NHTSA recall 23V830000

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: 23V830000
- Manufacturer's number: SC289
- Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
- Reported: 2023\-12\-22
- Owners notified: 2024\-01\-31
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 2967
- Part numbers: 80410\-Q5000 \(LH\) / 80420\-Q5000 \(RH\), 80410\-K0000 \(LH\) / 80420\-K0000 \(RH\)

## What is wrong

Kia America, Inc. \(Kia\) is recalling certain 2023 Soul and 2024 Seltos vehicles.  Due to a manufacturing error, the side curtain air bags may deploy unexpectedly.


## What can happen

An air bag that deploys unexpectedly can increase the risk of injury or crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace both side curtain air bag modules as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed January 31, 2024.  Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1\-800\-333\-4542.  Kia's number for this recall is SC289.


## 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: Quarterly report 11, for 2026 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-10\-14
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2967
- Reported remedied: 2385 \(80%\)
- Reported unreachable: 180
- Reported removed: 32

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

- [2024 KIA SELTOS](/makes/kia/seltos/2024/recalls.md)
- [2023 KIA SOUL](/makes/kia/soul/2023/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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