{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2016540 (Kia), 2016: Seats And Restraints",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016540/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2016540, KIA SORENTO, 2016-11-01. On certain vehicles, the driver’s seatback may have been incorrectly welded at time of assembly.",
  "excerpt": "Kia Sorento. Published by Transport Canada as 2016540 on 1 November 2016. System: Seats And Restraints. What the notice says On certain vehicles, the driver’s seatback may have been incorrectly welded at time of assembly. This could cause the seatback to fail in a rear-end collision, increasing the risk of injury to vehicle occupants. Correction: Dealers will inspect the seat back frame and replace if necessary. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. This site holds seven national and European registers. Kia SORENTO is named on 39 American notices, 20 British, 18 European and 10 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. KIA recall 11V473 - Model Year 2007-2008 Sorento Passenger Cars Manufactured F... KIA recall 11V258 - Model Year 2011 Sorento 2wd KIA recall 10V599 - Model Year 2011 Sorento DVSA recall R/2004/077: Kia Sorento (Possible interference between power steering hose and brake pipe) DVSA recall R/2004/158: Kia Sorento (Alternator pulley may seize) DVSA recall R/2004/159: Kia Sorento (Snap ring retainer within the gearbox may detach) EU Safety Gate alert A12/00154/20: Kia Sorento, notified by Poland EU Safety Gate alert A12/0592/13: Kia Sorento, Carens, Carnival, Soul, Sportage, Optima, notifi",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:13:44+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:13:44+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2016540 (Kia), 2016: Seats And Restraints\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016540/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}