2025 Kia Telluride recall: seats
⚠️ What's wrong
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.
💥 The risk
A seat back frame that fails to properly restrain an occupant during a crash increases the risk of injury.
🔧 The fix
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.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 26V105000
- Manufacturer recall #
- SC362
- Manufacturer
- Kia America, Inc.
- Vehicles affected
- 85,515
- Component
- SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
- Owner phone
- 1-800-333-4542
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 24, 2026
- Built
- Nov 1, 2024 – Aug 8, 2025
- Recall started by
- MFR