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Service bulletin TSB-073

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10037640
Published by NHTSA2011-06-01
Manufacturer's numberTSB-073
Manufacturer's date2010-12-01
NHTSA componentAIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE

NHTSA's summary

KIA: INFORMATION ON REPLACING THE AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT. *RM

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Air bags, Air bag control module

Vehicles listed
KIA FORTE2010, 2011

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
18V3630002018-06-01. AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SC-0812010-09-20. Service bulletin. KIA: AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT (ACU) REPROGRAM. INFORMATION RELATING TO AN UPGRADE OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE LOGIC IN THE AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT IN SOME VEHICLES TO INCREASE THE RANGE OF IMPACTS IN WHICH THE SIDE AND CURTAIN AIRBAGS WILL DEPLOY. PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOW TO REPROGRAM THE ACU. *PE