{"id":138451,"date":"2026-07-10T10:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/kia-launches-new-recall-for-463000-telluride-suvs-due-to-fire-risk-urges-owners-to-park-outside\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:25:04","slug":"kia-launches-new-recall-for-463000-telluride-suvs-due-to-fire-risk-urges-owners-to-park-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/kia-launches-new-recall-for-463000-telluride-suvs-due-to-fire-risk-urges-owners-to-park-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"Kia launches new recall for 463,000 Telluride SUVs due to fire risk, urges owners to park outside"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FILE – The front grill of a 2020 KIA Telluride is on display at the 2020 Pittsburgh International Auto Show, Feb.13, 2020 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar, File)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar, File)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Kia America has issued a new recall for nearly 463,000 of its Telluride SUVs, urging owners to again park their vehicles outside and away from buildings after several customers reported fires following previous repairs.<\/p>\n

The recall, announced this week<\/a> by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, replaces a prior one Kia initiated in 2024<\/a>. Certain Tellurides from the 2020-2024 model years are affected, with the NHTSA warning that the front power seat motor of these vehicles may overheat due to a stuck slide knob.<\/p>\n

That could result in a fire while the car is parked or being driven. And even after Kia rolled out a remedy in 2024, recall documents note several customers filed complaints of alleged fires underneath the passenger seat. The automaker investigated other vehicles that had received the prior repair and identified \u201csporadic dealer workmanship issues\u201d \u2014 later deciding to initiate a new recall.<\/p>\n

Between October 2024 and April 2026, Kia North America’s safety office identified 18 incidents involving either localized seat fires or melting of the seat motor, per recall documents. No associated injuries or crashes have been reported.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Kia America noted that \u201can external impact with excessive force” to the vehicles’ front power seat side cover or slide knob could cause their switch to become dislodged or otherwise damaged \u2014 resulting in overheating if the motor continues to be used over time. To prevent this, Kia’s new fix will be for dealers to install an electronic fuse assembly, free of charge.<\/p>\n

That remedy will be available in early August, according to an advanced dealer notice published by the NHTSA. And owner notification letters are set to be mailed starting Aug. 13.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, both the NHTSA and Kia are warning owners to park \u201coutside and away from structures\u201d until the recall repair is complete.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drivers can also confirm if their specific vehicle is included in this recall and find more information using the NHTSA site<\/a> and\/or Kia\u2019s recall lookup platform<\/a>. Irvine, California-based Kia America is a subsidiary of the larger South Korean automaker.<\/p>\n

The recall covers 462,869 model year 2020-2024 Tellurides that were manufactured between Jan. 9, 2019 and May 29, 2024. Kia America estimates that 1% have the defect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FILE – The front grill of a 2020 KIA Telluride is on display at the 2020 Pittsburgh International Auto Show, Feb.13, 2020 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar, File)(AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar, File) NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Kia America has issued a new recall for nearly 463,000 of its Telluride SUVs, urging owners to again […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5734],"tags":[],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-138451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-associated-press"],"acf":[],"author_name":"Website Administrator","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138451"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=138451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}