Kia America, Inc. recall 26V105

Affected vehicles (1)

Component / system

Defect

Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 Telluride vehicles, equipped with power front seat(s). Due to a manufacturing error, the driver and passenger seat back frame assemblies may fail to properly restrain occupants in a crash.

Risk / consequence

A seat back frame that fails to properly restrain an occupant during a crash increases the risk of injury.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the front seat back frame assemblies, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning April 24, 2026. Owners may contact Kia Customer Service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC362. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 9, 2026.

Chronology of events

1. Aug 7, 2025

   August 7, 2025 Kia Georgia informs Kia North America (Kia NA) Safety Office regarding potential driver seatback looseness condition. Kia NA Safety Office begins to monitor issue and collect warranty return parts for evaluation.

2. Aug 12, 2025

   August 12, 2025— Kia NA Safety Office collects and ships warranty return parts with

3. Sep 30, 2025

   September 30, 2025 loose condition to Kia Georgia for its investigation with supplier.

4. Oct 1, 2025

   October 1, 2025— Supplier performs tests with parts built to replicate issue condition

5. Oct 15, 2025

   October 15, 2025 and confirms that seats with this condition meet applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). Kia NA Safety Office continues to collect additional seatbacks for evaluation.

6. Oct 23, 2025

   October 23, 2025— Kia Georgia ships collected seatbacks to Kia Corporation (Kia

7. Jan 26, 2026

   January 26, 2026 HQ) for rear impact sled testing. Kia HQ shares results with Kia NA Safety Office and identifies tested parts did not satisfy Kia’s internal performance standard.

8. Feb 2, 2026

   February 2, 2026— Kia NA Safety Office, Kia HQ, Kia Georgia and supplier review

9. Feb 13, 2026

   February 13, 2026 production records, evaluate scope and confirm cause of issue. Kia NA Safety Office analysis of Kia field data finds 76 unique VINs of loose front seatback potentially related to this issue [dates of receipt 2/25/2025 – 2/2/2026]. No accidents, injuries or fatalities.

10. Feb 13, 2026

    February 13, 2026 Kia NA Safety Office decides to recall certain 2025MY Telluride vehicles equipped with power front seats. No accident, injuries, or fatalities.

11. Apr 24, 2026

    April 24, 2026 Kia Georgia informs Kia NA Safety Office that 67 VINs (Kia employee lease vehicles) are inadvertently omitted from the initial affected vehicle population due to human error.

12. Apr 28, 2026

    April 28, 2026 Kia NA Safety Office submits Amended Part 573 report to add 67 vehicles in the affected vehicle population. 1 Kia America, Inc.

Notification schedule

Dealer notification

Feb 24, 2026 - Feb 24, 2026 No Dealers

Owner notification

Apr 24, 2026 - Apr 24, 2026 Phased Recall