NHTSA recall 26V431000
NHTSA advises: park outside, away from buildings, until the repair is done.
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 | 26V431000 |
| Manufacturer's number | SC375 |
| Manufacturer | Kia America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2026-07-02 |
| Owners notified | 2026-08-07 |
| Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY |
| Units potentially affected | 8 |
| Part numbers | 37501-CV050, 37501-CV051, 37501-CV701, 37501-DO050 |
| Report | Quarterly report 1, for 2026 quarter 3 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-10-14 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 8 |
| Reported remedied | 5 (62%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| 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 2022-2024 EV6 and 2024 EV9 vehicles. The high voltage battery cells may contain misaligned electrodes, which can lead to a fire while parked or driving.
What can happen
A fire increases the risk of injury.
The remedy
Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures and limit their charge to a maximum of 80% until the recall repair is complete. Dealers will replace the high voltage battery system assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 7, 2026. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC375. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning July 17, 2026.
| 2022 KIA EV6 | Built from 2021-12-30. |
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| 2023 KIA EV6 | |
| 2024 KIA EV6 | Built to 2023-09-14. |
| 2024 KIA EV9 | Built 2023-10-28 to 2023-10-28. |
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_ELE291_R1 | 2023-07-05. Service bulletin. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: BMS UPGRADE FOR BATTERY CONDITIONING MODE - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides the procedure to install the Battery Conditioning Mode function on some 2022MY EV6 (CV) vehicles produced from November 17, 2021 through October 21, 2022 by updating the software logic of the Battery Management System (BMS). |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.