Kia recalls 2024-2025 Sorento Hybrid vehicles with potential headlight and taillight failure, risking reduced visibility and crashes. Owners must update BDC software free of charge.
A loss of headlights and taillights can reduce visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
Kia is recalling certain 2024-2025 Sorento Hybrid vehicles due to a software error that can cause headlights and taillights to fail. This reduces visibility and increases crash risk. Owners must contact Kia for a free software update.
A software error in the Body Domain Control Unit (BDC) can cause headlights and taillights to stop working. This reduces nighttime visibility and increases crash risk, especially in low-light conditions.
Owners of 2024-2025 Sorento Hybrid vehicles are affected. Drivers using these vehicles without the software update are at risk of reduced visibility.
Check if your vehicle has a 2024-2025 Sorento Hybrid model. The recall covers vehicles with the BDC software error that may cause headlight and taillight failure.
Dealers will provide a free software update to fix the BDC error causing headlight and taillight failure.
Call 1-800-333-4542 to confirm your vehicle is affected and schedule the software update.
Dealers will update the BDC software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 21, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC331.
A software error in the Body Domain Control Unit (BDC) can cause headlights and taillights to fail, reducing visibility and increasing crash risk.
This recall applies to 2024-2025 Sorento Hybrid vehicles. Check your vehicle's model year and contact Kia to confirm.
The recall notice states owners may contact Kia for the update, but no specific deadline is mentioned.
We’ve drafted a message you can send Kia to request your refund or repair — edit it as you like.
Subject: Recall 25V006000 — Kia Kia Hello, I own a Kia that is covered by recall 25V006000 from Kia. The official recall notice states: Dealers will update the BDC software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 21, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC331. I’m writing to arrange the remedy described in the recall (a refund, repair, or replacement as applicable). Could you please tell me the next steps to resolve this? Thank you.
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The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official NHTSA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
