Kia Amanti, Kia Borrego, Kia Forte, Kia Optima, Kia Rondo, Kia Sedona, model years 2007 to 2011. Filed by Kia Motors Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 1 April 2013. 980,377 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Kia Motors Corporation (Kia) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Rondo, model year 2007-2011 Sedona, Sorento and Sportage, model year 2010-2011 Soul, model year 2008-2011 Optima, model year 2010 Forte, model year 2007-2009 Amanti, and model year 2009 Borrego vehicles. Originally, in April 2013, Kia recalled …
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The maker's own number for this recall: SC098. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V114 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13V114 cover?
- Kia Amanti, Kia Borrego, Kia Forte, Kia Optima, Kia Rondo, Kia Sedona, Kia Sorento, Kia Soul, model years 2007-2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- Kia Motors Corporation (Kia) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Rondo, model year 2007-2011 Sedona, Sorento and Sportage, model year 2010-2011 Soul, model year 2008-2011 Optima, model year 2010 Forte, model year 2007-2009 Amanti, and model year 2009 Borrego vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. Additionally, when the ignition is in the 'ON' position, the transmission shifter may be able to be moved out of PARK without first applying the brake.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Kia will send an interim notification to owners in May 2013. When parts are available, owners will receive a second notification and dealers will replace the stop lamp switch, free of charge. Owners may contact Kia at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's recall campaign number is SC098.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall SC098, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. Additionally, when the ignition is in the 'ON' position, the transmission shifter may be able to be moved o…”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13V114 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Kia Motors Corporation |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights:Switch |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 April 2013 |
| Model years | 2007-2011 |
| Vehicles named | KIA AMANTI, KIA BORREGO, KIA FORTE, KIA OPTIMA, KIA RONDO, KIA SEDONA, KIA SORENTO, KIA SOUL, KIA SPORTAGE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. Additionally, when the ignition is in the 'ON' position, the transmission shifter may be able to be moved out of PARK without first applying the brake. This may lead to unintentional movement of the car which may increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Kia will send an interim notification to owners in May 2013. When parts are available, owners will receive a second notification and dealers will replace the stop lamp switch, free of charge. Owners may contact Kia at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's recall campaign number is SC098.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Kia Forte recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Kia Optima recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Kia Sedona recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Kia Sorento recalls: 23 US campaigns since 2016
- Kia Soul recalls: 15 US campaigns
- Kia Sportage recalls: 21 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 13V114, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v114/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 13V114 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
47536872 - Consequence
2023c321 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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