# NHTSA recall 24V057000

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: 24V057000
- Manufacturer's number: SC295
- Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
- Reported: 2024\-01\-31
- Owners notified: 2024\-03\-28
- Component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- Units potentially affected: 1243
- Part numbers: 49500\-AO000, 49560\-GI000

## What is wrong

Kia America, Inc. \(Kia\) is recalling certain 2023\-2024 Niro EV and 2023 EV6 vehicles.  One of the drive shafts may have been improperly heat\-treated, allowing it to break under load and resulting in a loss of drive power.


## What can happen

A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the drive shaft, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed March 28, 2024.  Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1\-800\-333\-4542.  Kia's number for this recall is SC295.


## 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 8, for 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1243
- Reported remedied: 1157 \(93%\)
- Reported unreachable: 18
- Reported removed: 10

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 4, 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 EV6](/makes/kia/ev6/2023/recalls.md)
- [2023 KIA NIRO EV](/makes/kia/niro/2023/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2024 KIA NIRO EV](/makes/kia/niro/2024/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## 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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