Kia Sorento Hybrid, Sorento Phev: Seat belts — front

Affects Kia Sorento Hybrid, Sorento Phev · 2022 — about 213 vehicles.

The hazard

An exploding seat belt pretensioner can project metal fragments into the vehicle, striking vehicle occupants and resulting in injury.

What to do

Dealers will replace the seatbelt pretensioner(s), free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 3, 2022. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC231. This recall is replaced by NHTSA recall number 22V-447. Vehicles already repaired under this recall will need to have the new remedy completed.

Critical — crash/injury risk now High — injury risk; see remedy Moderate — fix at next service Low — minor / informational