Kia Forte, Kia Forte Koup, Kia Optima Hybrid, Kia Sorento, Kia Soul, Kia Sportage, model years 2011 to 2015. Filed by Kia Motors America and reported to NHTSA on 2 December 2020. 294,756 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2012-2013 Sorento, 2012-2015 Forte and Forte Koup, 2011-2013 Optima Hybrid, 2014-2015 Soul, and 2012 Sportage vehicles. An engine compartment fire can occur while driving.
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: SC200. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V750 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 20V750 cover?
- Kia Forte, Kia Forte Koup, Kia Optima Hybrid, Kia Sorento, Kia Soul, Kia Sportage, model years 2011-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2012-2013 Sorento, 2012-2015 Forte and Forte Koup, 2011-2013 Optima Hybrid, 2014-2015 Soul, and 2012 Sportage vehicles. An engine compartment fire can occur while driving.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An engine compartment fire increases the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Kia will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine compartment for fuel and/or engine oil leaks, perform an engine test and make any repairs, including engine replacement, as necessary, free of charge.
- 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 SC200, 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: “An engine compartment fire increases the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V750 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Kia Motors America |
| System at fault | Engine |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 December 2020 |
| Model years | 2011-2015 |
| Vehicles named | KIA FORTE, KIA FORTE KOUP, KIA OPTIMA HYBRID, KIA SORENTO, KIA SOUL, KIA SPORTAGE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An engine compartment fire increases the risk of injury.
The remedy
Kia will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine compartment for fuel and/or engine oil leaks, perform an engine test and make any repairs, including engine replacement, as necessary, free of charge. In addition, Kia dealers will update the Knock Sensor Detection System (KSDS) software, free of charge. The recall began January 27, 2021. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC200.
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 116 notices in the record whose component field names engine. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 50 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 Forte Koup recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Kia Optima Hybrid recalls: 5 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 20V750, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v750/
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.
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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 20V750 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
87fad0f2 - Consequence
d52a0061 - 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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