# Transport Canada recall 2021225

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: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2021225
- Manufacturer's number: RC144
- Reported: 2021\-04\-14
- Component: Engine
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 19634

## What is wrong

Issue:

On certain vehicles, the engine's piston oil rings may be defective. This can cause engine wear that can lead to increased oil consumption. Eventually, this can create abnormal engine noise and the oil pressure warning light may turn on. If you continue to drive the vehicle with these symptoms, the engine could fail.

Note: This only affects vehicles equipped with a 2.0 L Nu MPI engine.

Safety Risk:

A sudden loss of engine power could increase the risk of a crash. An engine failure could also create the risk of a fire.

Corrective Actions:

Kia will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to inspect the engine. The engine will be replaced, if necessary. The dealer will also install a Piston\-ring Noise Sensing System \(PNSS\) software update, to alert the driver of potential damage before an engine failure occurs.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2020 KIA FORTE](/makes/kia/forte/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 KIA SELTOS](/makes/kia/seltos/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 KIA SOUL](/makes/kia/soul/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 KIA SOUL](/makes/kia/soul/2021/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\_ENG263](/bulletins/11036452.md), 2026-08-28, Service bulletin
- [SST082\_R1](/bulletins/11022844.md), 2025-09-05, Service bulletin
- [SC336YZ\_TSB](/bulletins/11022843.md), 2025-09-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_SST082](/bulletins/11017169.md), 2025-04-23, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_ENG222\_R8](/bulletins/11017109.md), 2025-04-18, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_ENG222\_R7](/bulletins/11014912.md), 2025-03-04, Service bulletin
- [SC209Y\_TSB\_R2](/bulletins/11001836.md), 2024-06-18, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_ENG243](/bulletins/10238483.md), 2023-07-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_ENG219\_R1](/bulletins/10220346.md), 2022-09-30, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_ENG227\_R2](/bulletins/10216510.md), 2022-08-03, 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)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2021225](/v1/recalls/tc/2021225)

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