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2025 KIA CARNIVAL — SEAT BELTS

1 injured · 2223378 · 2026-07-07

Vehicle

Make
KIA
Model
CARNIVAL
Year
2025
Manufacturer
Kia America, Inc.
Component
SEAT BELTS
Miles at failure
46,000

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

The contact owns a 2025 Kia Carnival. The contact stated that while parked in a bank drive-thru, the contact's son mentioned that his seat belt was stuck. The contact parked the vehicle in a parking spot and attempted to remove the seat belt; however, the seat belt retracted tightly around his abdomen as the lower half of his body was turning blue, requiring the contact's husband to cut the seat belt. The contact mentioned that it was discovered that all seat belts located in the rear row seats failed. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were flickering on and off back in April. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that all the third-row rear seat belts had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired by replacing the seat belts. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the seat belts were replaced and that the vehicle was ready to be picked up. The approximate failure mileage was 46,000.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11748893
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown