Kia Borrego, Kia Cadenza, Kia Forte, Kia Forte Koup, Kia K900, Kia Optima, model years 2010 to 2019. Filed by Kia America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 25 September 2023. 1,730,192 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2010-2019 Borrego, 2014-2016 Cadenza, 2010-2013 Forte, Forte Koup, Sportage, 2015-2018 K900, 2011-2015 Optima, 2011-2013 Optima Hybrid, Soul, 2012-2017 Rio, 2011-2014 Sorento, and 2010-2011 Rondo vehicles. The Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit (HECU) may experience an …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: SC284. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23V652 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 23V652 cover?
- Kia Borrego, Kia Cadenza, Kia Forte, Kia Forte Koup, Kia K900, Kia Optima, Kia Optima Hybrid, Kia Rio, model years 2010-2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2010-2019 Borrego, 2014-2016 Cadenza, 2010-2013 Forte, Forte Koup, Sportage, 2015-2018 K900, 2011-2015 Optima, 2011-2013 Optima Hybrid, Soul, 2012-2017 Rio, 2011-2014 Sorento, and 2010-2011 Rondo vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete. Dealers will replace the HECU fuse, free of charge. Interim notification letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed November 14, 2023.
- 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 SC284, 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.
Owners are told to park away from buildings: the wording the agency uses when a vehicle can catch fire with the ignition off.
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23V652 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Kia America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip:Control Unit/Module |
| Reported to NHTSA | 25 September 2023 |
| Model years | 2010-2019 |
| Vehicles named | KIA BORREGO, KIA CADENZA, KIA FORTE, KIA FORTE KOUP, KIA K900, KIA OPTIMA, KIA OPTIMA HYBRID, KIA RIO, KIA RONDO, KIA SORENTO, KIA SOUL, KIA SPORTAGE |
This is not an ordinary campaign.
- Owners are told to park it outside, away from buildings: the wording used when a vehicle can catch fire while switched off and unattended.
What the notice says today
The consequence
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete. Dealers will replace the HECU fuse, free of charge. Interim notification letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed November 14, 2023. Owner notification letters were mailed March 29, 2024 through June 18, 2024. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC284.
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 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Kia Cadenza recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Kia Forte recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Kia Forte Koup recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Kia K900 recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Kia Optima recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Kia Optima Hybrid recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Kia Rio 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 23V652, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v652/
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 23V652 on 5 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
901a4e3c - Consequence
88d9af80 - 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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