Service bulletin TSB-ELE-086-R1

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10080079
Published by NHTSA	2016-09-14
Manufacturer's number	TSB-ELE-086-R1
Manufacturer's date	2016-01-29
NHTSA component	SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

NHTSA's summary

TSB: DDM / ADM SYSTEM LOGIC IMPROVEMENT/PARASITIC DRAW REDUCTION - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATED TO THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR MODULE (DDM) AND THE ASSIST DOOR MODULE (ADM) OF SOME 2015 MY SEDONA (YP) VEHICLES, PRODUCED FROM JOB #1 THROUGH FEBRUARY 12, 2015. THE VEHICLES IN QUESTION ARE EQUIPPED WITH INTEGRATED MEMORY SEATS (IMS), AND THE CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE SIDE MIRRORS DO NOT RETURN TO THEIR EXACT ORIGINAL POSITION, AFTER REVERSING THE VEHICLE, OR ABOUT A "NO START" CONDITION CAUSED BY AN INTERMITTENT BATTERY DISCHARGE DUE TO EXCESSIVE PARASITIC DRAW. TO CORRECT THESE CONDITIONS, THE ADM/DDM SYSTEMS SHOULD BE REPROGRAMMED USING THE GDS/KDS DOWNLOAD AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BULLETIN.

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

Body and frame, Electrical system, Glass, wipers and mirrors, Seats, 12-volt battery, Mirrors, Software

Vehicles listed
KIA SEDONA	2015

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
21V725000	2021-09-17. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
18V338000	2018-05-23. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

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

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