NHTSA recall 25V548000
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 | 25V548000 |
| Manufacturer's number | SC349 |
| Manufacturer | Kia America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2025-08-25 |
| Owners notified | 2025-09-12 |
| Component | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:CRITICAL FASTENERS |
| Units potentially affected | 30 |
| Part numbers | 84HM1-2JK00, 24HS1-2SK00 |
| Report | Quarterly report 5, for 2026 quarter 3 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-10-14 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 30 |
| Reported remedied | 27 (90%) |
| Reported unreachable | 2 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
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 2025 K4 and Sorento vehicles. The connecting rod bolts in the engine may have been improperly tightened, which can cause 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 sub engine assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 12, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC349.
| 2025 KIA K4 | Built 2025-01-15 to 2025-08-01. |
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| 2025 KIA SORENTO | Built 2025-06-02 to 2025-06-02. |
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
| TSB_ENG264 | 2026-04-01. Service bulletin. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CUSTOMER ACTION: ECU LOGIC IMPROVEMENT FOR DTC P2B59F0 (CA2516) - This bulletin provides information to upgrade the Engine Control Unit (ECU) software on certain 2024–2025MY vehicles equipped with 2.5 GDI or 2.5 T-GDI Theta III engines listed in the table below. Affected vehicles may experience an illuminated malfunction indicator light (MIL) accompanied with DTC P2B59F0 which can set while driving. There are no drivability issues related to this DTC. |
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| OTA_SA621 | 2025-12-10. Over-the-air update. RELEASE NOTES: OVER-THE-AIR: SERVICE ACTION SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR WARNING LIGHTS (SA621) - This Over-the-Air (OTA) software update is designed to update the Engine Control Unit (ECU) logic of certain 2025 K4 vehicles. This update improves the processing logic of the Engine Control Unit (ECU) to reduce the unintended display of warning lights. |
| SC353_QA | 2025-12-02. Service campaign. VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN: QUESTION AND ANSWER (SC353) - This document is the Question and Answer Guide containing the most frequently asked questions regarding the Voluntary Service Campaign SC353. |
| SC353_DP | 2025-12-02. Service campaign. VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN: DEALER PRINCIPAL MEMO (SC353) - This document is the announcement to the dealer principals advising that Kia is conducting a Voluntary Service Campaign on 11 units of 2025 MY Sorento vehicles, manufactured from December 18, 2024 through February 24, 2025, to replace the engine with a new one. |
| SC353_DPSM | 2025-12-02. Service campaign. VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN: DEALER PARTS AND SERVICE MANAGER MEMO () - This document is the announcement to the dealer Parts and Service managers advising that Kia is conducting a Voluntary Service Campaign on 11 units of 2025 MY Sorento vehicles, manufactured from December 18, 2024 through February 24, 2025, to replace the engine with a new one. |
| SC353_OWNR | 2025-12-02. Service campaign. VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN: OWNER NOTIFICATION (SC353) - This document is the owner notification advising that Kia is conducting a Voluntary Service Campaign on certain 2025 MY Sorento vehicles, manufactured from December 18, 2024 through February 24, 2025, to replace the engine with a new one. |
| SC353_TSB | 2025-12-02. Service bulletin. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN: ENGINE REPLACEMENT FOR COOLANT LEAK (SC353) - This bulletin provides information to address an engine coolant leak concern on certain 2025MY Sorento (MQ4a) vehicles equipped with a 2.5L Theta III T-GDI engine produced from December 18, 2024 through February 24, 2025 (see the list of 11 affected VINs below). The engine block in the subject vehicles may have a fracture, which can result in a coolant leak. Over time, continuing to operate the vehicle with this condition may result in an ‘Engine Overheated’ warning message displayed on the instrument cluster and cause damage to the vehicle’s engine. |
| TSB_ENG258 | 2025-09-23. Service bulletin. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: ECM JUDGEMENT LOGIC IMPROVEMENT FOR DTC P218100 (SA621) - This bulletin provides information to upgrade the Engine Control Module (ECM) system software on certain 2025MY K4 (CL4m) vehicles produced from July 03, 2024 through April 28, 2025 equipped with an Nu 2.0L MPI engine. The vehicles affected may exhibit a MIL ‘ON’ with DTC P218100 stored under certain driving conditions such as high-load, high-speed driving in low temperature environments. There are no drivability or other symptoms associated with this condition. High-load control logic helps to lower the coolant temperature by allowing the valve of the Integrated Thermal Module (ITM) to fully open the radiator port during rapid acceleration. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.