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TSB-ELE124
Jan 30, 2017
110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR AUDIO POWER ON IMPROVEMENT (SA264) - This bulletin provides the procedure to upgrade the Base Audio Gen 3.0 Type A software on some 2017 Forte (YDm) vehicles, produced from May 16, 2016 to November
PS487
Jan 27, 2017
111000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
PITSTOP: 17MY NIRO (DE) PDI BATTERY TEST NOT REQUIRED - Due to the built-in 12 volt Li-ion battery system, which is currently not compatible with the Midtronics GR8 battery tester, PDI or dealer lot maintenance battery testing is NOT requir
TSB-BOD150R1
Jan 27, 2017
171100 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
TSB: FRONT DOOR LATCH - CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM (CS1603) - This bulletin provides information regarding the inspection, upgrade and/or replacement of door latches on 2011MY Sorento (XMa) vehicles. Kia has determined that after extende
TSB-ELE122
Jan 25, 2017
118000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
TSB: PREMIUM NAVIGATION UNIT SOFTWARE UPGRADE - This bulletin provides the procedure for upgrading the navigation system software of some 2015MY K900 (KH) vehicles, produced from January 2, 2014 through March 17, 2015, to resolve concerns r
TSB-ELE126
Jan 23, 2017
110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: REAR PERSONAL LAMP REPAIR (SA273) - This bulletin provides information related to the rear personal lamp on some 2016MY Optima (JFa) vehicles, produced from September 11, 2015 to August 13, 2016, which may experience a
TSB-CLI037
Jan 20, 2017
357100 EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: DRIVER?S SIDE HVAC TEMPERATURE OPTIMIZATION (SA274) - This bulletin provides information related to the Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system on some 2017MY Sorento vehicles equipped with Dual Air Tempe
PS469
Jan 18, 2017
063100 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
PITSTOP: MANUAL EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS TEST FOR HARD TO FIND/SMALL LEAKS - If the malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) is illuminated with DTC(s) P0442, P0455, P0456, or P0457 (Evaporative Emissions System-Leak detected) and the evaporative (EVA
TSB-GEN085R1
Jan 18, 2017
354000 EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
TSB: MANDATORY REPLACEMENT OF LOCKING/SECURITY HARDWARE - By design, certain fasteners, which are designed to lock into place once fully attached, are utilized in various Kia models and are strictly intended for ?one time use.? Some example
TSB-FUE033
Jan 13, 2017
070000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TSB: FILL LEVEL LIMIT VALVE REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides information related to the fill level limit valve (FLLV) replacement on some Sorento (XMa) vehicles, produced from December 17, 2012 to December 11, 2014, which may exhibit a
SC141OWNERTD
Jan 10, 2017
161100 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
SERVICE CAMPAIGN: OWNER LETTER - Advises Owners of certain 2011-2013 MY Forte and Forte Koup vehicles currently registered in the states where heavy amounts of road salt are used of a service campaign to add additional anti-corrosion materi
TSB-CHA076
Jan 10, 2017
110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA269) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit (HECU) on some Smart Cruise Control equipped 2017MY Sorent
TSB-ELE123
Jan 10, 2017
118000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
TSB: DARK BACK-UP CAMERA DISPLAY ON UVO eSERVICES (UVO 2.0) - This bulletin provides the procedure to upgrade the UVO 2.0 software on some 2016MY Sorento (UMa) vehicles, produced from October 27, 2014 to April 26, 2016, which may experience
TSB-ELE115
Jan 6, 2017
118000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
TSB: AVN 4.0 SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR ?BLUETOOTH PHONEBOOK DOWNLOADS AT EVERY VEHICLE START? - This bulletin provides the procedure for updating the AVN 4.0 (Audio/Video/Navigation) software on some Sorento (UMa) vehicles that frequently display
TSB-ELE125
Jan 4, 2017
110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TSB: OUTSIDE REAR COMBINATION LED LAMP ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the outside rear combination lamp(s) (LED type) on some 2014-2015MY Forte Koup (YD) vehicles, produced from October 14, 2013 to Ju
SC141OWNERSL
Jan 3, 2017
161100 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
SERVICE CAMPAIGN: OWNER LETTER - Advises Owners of certain 2011-2014 MY Sportage vehicles currently registered in the states where heavy amounts of road salt are used of a service campaign to add additional anti-corrosion material to underb
TSB-BOD158
Dec 21, 2016
220000 SEATS
TSB: SERVICE ACTION - 2ND ROW STAND-UP SEAT LEVER MOUNTING BOLT REPLACEMENT (SA258) - This TSB provides information about how to replace the stand-up seat lever mounting bolt for the 2nd row seats on Sedona (YP) vehicles produced from July
TSB-BOD163
Dec 21, 2016
133000 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
TSB: SERVICE ACTION - FRONT DOOR GLASS RUN CHANNEL INSPECTION (SA263) - This bulletin provides information about some Sedona (YP) vehicles, produced from June 10, 2016 through October 16, 2016 which may experience unusual noise from the fro
TSB-CHA073
Dec 21, 2016
021540 SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TSB: COMBINED TSB / SERVICE ACTION: BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT (SA242) - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace both left and right front lower ball joints on some 2016-2017MY Sorento (UMa) vehicles, originally sold in one of twenty-ei
PS353R1
Dec 20, 2016
350000 EQUIPMENT
PITSTOP: NAVIGATION HEAD UNIT REPLACEMENT - This article provides information regarding navigation head unit replacement on 2015 - 2017MY Soul EV (PS EV), 2016 - 2017MY K900 (KH), and 2017MY Optima Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV). It is important to
TSB-CHA066R1
Dec 16, 2016
021100 SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
TSB: FRONT STABILIZER LINK REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the front stabilizer links of some Optima (TF/QF), Optima Hybrid (TF HEV) and Rio (UB) vehicles, which may experience an abnormal noise emanating from
SC141OWNERXM
Dec 8, 2016
161100 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
SC141 - SORENTO OWNER LETTER - Dear Kia Sorento Owner: Kia Motors America, Inc. is conducting a Voluntary Service Campaign to apply additional anti-corrosion material to the underbody components of certain 2011-2014 MY Sorento vehicles that
TSB-BOD151
Dec 7, 2016
162200 STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
TSB - SERVICE ACTION: FRONT BUMPER GRILL REPLACEMENT - SA244 - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the front bumper grill on some 2017MY Sorento (UMa) vehicles, produced from April 18, 2016 to September 2, 2016, which may experi
TSB-BOD159R1
Dec 6, 2016
132000 VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
TSB - SERVICE ACTION: DRIVER?S WINDOW RUN CHANNEL REPAIR (SA259) - This bulletin provides the procedure for inspecting and if necessary, repairing the driver's window run channel on some Sorento (UMa) vehicles, produced from April 4, 2016 t
TSB-SC141
Dec 6, 2016
161100 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
TSB: SC141 - SERVICE CAMPAIGN - APPLICATION OF ADDITIONAL ANTI-CORROSION MATERIAL - To improve customer satisfaction, Kia is launching this service campaign to apply additional anti-corrosion material to the underbody components of certain
SC141DP
Dec 5, 2016
161100 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
DEALER PRINCIPAL MEMO: SC141 - SERVICE CAMPAIGN - Attention: All Kia Dealer Principals - Kia Motors America, Inc. will be conducting a Voluntary Service Campaign, as a preventative measure, to apply additional anti-corrosion material to the