Kia Optima, Kia Sorento, Kia Sportage, model years 2011 to 2014. Filed by Kia Motors America and reported to NHTSA on 31 March 2017. 618,160 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Kia Motor Company (Kia) is recalling certain 2011-2014 Optima, 2012-2014 Sorento and 2011-2013 Sportage vehicles. Machining errors during the engine manufacturing process may cause premature bearing wear within the engine.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, 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.
Kia's own number for this recall: SC147. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V224 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 17V224 cover?
- Kia Optima, Kia Sorento, Kia Sportage, model years 2011-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- Kia Motor Company (Kia) is recalling certain 2011-2014 Optima, 2012-2014 Sorento and 2011-2013 Sportage vehicles. Machining errors during the engine manufacturing process may cause premature bearing wear within the engine.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Bearing wear may result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Kia will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine assembly, and replace the engine if necessary, free of charge. The recall began June 20, 2017. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC147.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Kia calls this recall SC147, 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: “Bearing wear may result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V224 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Kia Motors America |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine |
| Reported to NHTSA | 31 March 2017 |
| Model years | 2011-2014 |
| Vehicles named | KIA OPTIMA, KIA SORENTO, KIA SPORTAGE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Bearing wear may result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Kia will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine assembly, and replace the engine if necessary, free of charge. The recall began June 20, 2017. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC147.
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 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Kia Optima recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Kia Sorento recalls: 23 US campaigns since 2016
- Kia Sportage recalls: 21 US campaigns
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.
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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 17V224 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8cf701c8 - Consequence
f7145715 - 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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