- Vehicles
- 82,281
- Built between
- Feb 2024 – Apr 2025
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 24 June 2025
- Repaired
- 94%
- Unrepaired
- 2,181
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between February 2024 and April 2025. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2025 Kia K5Built February 2024 to April 2025
Repair progress
2,181 of 82,281 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.
94% repaired — 77,024 of 82,281 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 2,486
- Scrapped or exported
- 590
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 K5 vehicles. A software error in the Power-net Domain Controller (PDC) may cause the parking lights to flicker. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
What could happen
Parking lights that fail to illuminate properly can reduce visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
The PDC software will be updated by a dealer or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 24, 2025.
Parts involved
- Junction Box ASSY-I/PN91960-L2010Junction Box Assembly (PDC, Power-net Domain Controller)
- Junction Box ASSY-I/PN91960-L2011Junction Box Assembly (PDC, Power-net Domain Controller)
Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtFebruary 2024 to April 2025
- Recall reported to NHTSA27 May 2025
- Owners notified24 June 2025
- Latest repair reportQ2 2026 — 94% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 27 May 2025.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC341.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- SC341
- Recalling manufacturer
- Kia America, Inc.
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 108
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.